Wetsembekile Ministries

Benevolence and Community Outreach: In 2024, Wetsembekile Ministries continued to provide food, housing and basic household improvements for people with no or severly inadequate housing, funds for medical help, and assistance in paying for transportation, uniforms and fees for school for struggling people in the community, including child-led homesteads. A home was built for an elderly widow caring for her grandchildren. The 3 wells and the water distribution systems established in prior years continue to provide clean water to over 250 homesteads.

Local Farm: Unemployment & food security are 2 of the biggest obstacles to people being holistically healthy in Eswatini. As part of Wetsembekiles vision to see health throughout the communities, Wetsembekile has purchased a 360 acre farm to grow food and provide jobs for local Swazis. In 2024 additional land was purchased & the perimeter cleared. On the first portion of the farm, beans were grown, drip irrigation was installed, and additional land was cleared. In 2024, 80 people were impacted by the jobs provided at the farm, impacting over close to 600 people when you include those living at their homesteads. Not only does this land serve as a living classroom and a source of food security, but it also keeps families together, because parents can work close to home and be home for their children each evening instead of just one weekend a month.