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The Vision for Bulembu
Your once-in-a-lifetime opportunity The Strategy for Reaching Swaziland Homes of Hope Currently, there are 1,200 houses, two hostels, and two apartment buildings that will provide housing. Some of these homes will be set aside for homestead style communities which will house orphaned and vulnerable children in a family setting. To make the homes livable and secure, they will be renovated, furnished, and maintained by donors, churches, and corporations. The homes will be a safe haven where children will be sheltered, clothed, fed and loved. The schools will provide an education for each of the children of Bulembu. In addition, they will also be taught the biblical principles of life. The first need is to secure donors to underwrite the renovation of the classrooms. Then we need to provide furnishings and supplies. And finally, recruit and pay teachers. Volunteers are also needed to augment the work of paid staff. Plans are also underway for the Bulembu International Christian Academy. This boarding school will provide a holistic approach to Entrepreneurial Leadership Development. It will meet a need within southern Africa for a place where future leaders will be trained beyond the grade school level. This school will also provide income for the village. Clinic of Care At present, only a small portion of the facility is in use. In 2006 a volunteer team cleaned most of the building, organized scattered beds and files and prepared a small “wing” which could immediately be put to use. Now an operational clinic occupies the area immediately adjacent to the main entrance. In February 2008, an inspection of the clinic revealed that the entire campus is in fairly good condition, but in need of renovations including sewage, electrical and water upgrades.
Also, as AIDS continues to ravage the tiny mountainous country of Swaziland, medical services and health care provisions become more and more critical. Bulembu has the opportunity to utilize its sound clinic facility and equip it to begin to provide health care to the Bulembu community. Nurseries for Nurturing Life This unique ministry will care for "Throw Away Babies." These are babies left almost anywhere for almost any reason . . . under trees, at doorsteps, at the side of the road. Bulembu Ministries is committed to caring for abandoned newborns. Economic Transformation
Community Development Infrastructure modernization is underway and is funded by a grant to improve the water, sewage and electrical distribution system in the village. Construction has also begun for an environmentally sensitive electrical generation facility that will meet the village’s needs into the next decade. This facility is desperately needed as South Africa, the only source of electrical power, begins to reduce its export of power. A special fund has been established to underwrite this vital project. Both donations and investments are needed. Mission Teams and Volunteers Volunteers are urged to complete an online application to join us in this miracle in the making. Please contact us at info@partnersinaction.org. Partnering Options & Ways to Give
We invite you to partner with us in any ways you can. Invest, donate, volunteer . . . join the rebirth of Bulembu as a shining City on a Hill. Pure and lasting religion in the sight of God our Father means that we must care for orphans and widows in their troubles, and refuse to let the world corrupt us. - James 1:27 NLT
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Partners in Action, as Bulembu USA, is working together with two other organizations, Bulembu Canada and Bulembu Swaziland, to transform Bulembu, an abandoned city in Swaziland, into a place of hope for vulnerable children, widows and others so that they may have life. The vision is to provide jobs, housing, medical care, schools and spiritual life. This City on a Hill will become a thriving place full of life and hope. 
Schools for Students 
The unemployment rate in Swaziland is over 30%. Our vision is to see Bulembu become a center of economic growth and employment that will employ thousands and become self supporting. This will enable the village to sustain its vital mission of caring for children and training future leaders for Swaziland without outside assistance. Bulembu Ministries Swaziland already has growing businesses producing timber and honey, bottling clean, natural water, and a growing agricultural sector. Distribution systems are also being developed to get products to market. A Seed Capital Fund has also been established to stimulate and fund ongoing economic development programs. 
God puts opportunities in front of us to serve Him by helping others. This is one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to make a real difference. Our faith and commitment to carry out God's Word and His work will have an amazing impact on lives. We minister so . . . that they may have life (John 10:10). 
