Having met Lorraine Kalal Stonecroft's last President and CEO, whilst on a trip to Barbados many years ago, I was touched and excited to discover that she wants to find new ways to share the Gospel with women of all ages and all walks of life she suggested we identify as many effective means as we can by which to reach women for Jesus.

I believe that 'women with access to education, leadership training, basic rights and empowerment, will transform a society and the world.' Bishop David Akondowi

Seen here one of the sewing machines donated by United Caribbean Trust (UCT) to our Tanzania Women's Empowerment Program, over 200 women have been trained over the years.

With this in mind we want to do whatever it takes to reach the women in communities that have otherwise not been reached with the Good News, through a Women’s Empowerment Sponsorship Program.

Reaching out to women in the 10/40 window and third world countries such as Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia DR Congo and Uganda.

Jenny, the founder of UCT, seen here in Tanzania

For this she will be entitled to attend a weekly ‘Encountering God’ devotional time, utilizing the Stonecroft Bible Study materials, translated into her native language.

She will also be able to attend a variety of Empowerment classes such as Sewing, Computer skills, Book Keeping, Moringa Processing, Animal Husbandry etc. enabling her to earn a living, support her children and regain her self-esteem.

Your contributions of US $50 per month will support her year-long participationin a variety of Life Skills Programs.

Provide her with vocational and technical skills and training instrumental in ensuring that she receives the tools she needs to regain her strength and stability and access to income generation support.

But above all it will open the door of opportunity to introduce her to the Stonecroft Bible Study material and encourage her to share her faith with her friends and family.

She will be entitled, as part of the Women's Empowerment Sponsorship program, to bring one child to attend the After School Feeding Club at least once a week to be fed physically and Spiritually.

An additional US $10 per month will enable your 'sister' to bring along another child to the Child After School Feeding Club.

This Women's Empowerment Sponsorship Program educates and empowers women with children, some are homeless and helpless but through this program they will acquire skills and confidence necessary to get a job, create a healthy lifestyle, and regain a home for themselves and their children.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God. Proverbs 14:31 NIV

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We are looking now at introducing the Swahili Stonecroft Bible Study as part of this progamme so as the ladies arrive for their empowerment we are able to share with them the Good News using this excellent material.

This programme can be duplicated in Malawi as an outreach, empowerment arm of the Africa Training Bible School using the Stonecroft Trinity Series already translated into Chichewa for the ladies of Malawi

Finally the translation in French is complete and we can now introduce this programme into DR Congo and Haiti.

Special thanks to Stonecroft Ministries for allowing us to translate this material, we will be working on other studies over the years to expand this ministry into Mozambique and other African countries.