Osivela wa Yesu
In 1992, the Mozambican civil war came to an end. One year later, a young missionary, Bernadette Jansen came to Mozambique from South Africa. She began to work in the town of Mocuba as a social services missionary. She recruited several community members and began a preschool and orphan out-care-center called Osivela wa Yesu. Over the years, the organization grew; expanding its services to orphaned infants and widows.
Later, Osivela wa Yesu increased its focus on public health, in particular the high rates mortality and morbidity from diarrheal diseases, malaria, and HIV. In 2016, the life expectancy in Mozambique was 58 years. Their response was to promote health and nutrition in the community, to closely monitor the health of orphaned children and their extended families, and provide referrals and motor bike transportation to the local clinic .
Mozambique also has a high HIV prevalence with an estimated 12.5% of Mozambicans aged 15-49 being HIV positive. It is also estimated that a staggering 170,000 children under the age of 15 have HIV. In 2011, Osivela wa Yesu began strongly responding to the HIV epidemic through providing preventioneducation in the community and encouraging testing. The organization has also expanded its services to local youth through a variety of programs including theater, health clubs, life skills groups, and reading clubs in the new library. Love Emergent has wired donations to pay for food, needed school and clinic repairs, school supplies, youth programs, home repairs for orphans, and public health projects.
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