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Change comes when we help others
"If I can help one person, and that person can help another person, then it becomes a change." - Dr. Kakenya Ntaiya This is what Just One Africa is ALL about! The difficult situations and deep challenges in life can seem so impossible to overcome and high mountains of...
What is Your “YES” Today?
"Sometimes something touches your heart so deeply that “doing nothing” isn’t an option anymore. You become determined to make a change rather than coming up with excuses of why you can’t. Not because the fear stops lurking, but because the desire to do something is...
Jackeline’s Powerful Story
Jackeline is a lot like the teenagers that might be in your house... But hiding behind her smile and young age is wisdom and a story that no one should ever have to go through...but there is also hope. Jackeline Soila’s story is one of rescue, restoration, and...
Water Filters Empower Women
“Sometimes something touches your heart so deeply that “doing nothing” isn’t an option anymore. You become determined to make a change rather than coming up with excuses of why you can’t. Not because the fear stops lurking, but because the desire to do something is...
Live Out What You Believe
“Ideas, dreams, and visions, don’t change the world. Rather, it’s people – like you and me, who faithfully, prayerfully, and tenaciously live out these ideas, dreams, and visions – who change the world.” ~ Eugene Cho When you live out what you believe by taking action...
Valley Light Building Project Update
Has your year gone as expected? Ours certainly hasn't! The environment 2020 has created is filled with unfathomable pivoting and deep challenges, especially trying to navigate a large building project in another country. While we have dealt with no shortage of...
Change Lives Today with Just One
Just One Africa was founded with the belief that it takes JUST ONE person to make a difference and JUST ONE person is worth making a difference for. Our efforts are focused in Kenya as we partner with local leaders who care for vulnerable children on sustainability...
Change is Possible
DID YOU KNOW… UNICEF has reported that “2.1 Billion people have no safe drinking water” and that “4.4 Billion people lack properly managed sanitation”. So, what does that mean exactly? Those numbers can seem really daunting, so let’s break that down… If you were in a...
World Health Day – Special Thank You
April 7 marks World Health Day, and because of COVID-19 this one is not like any other in our lifetime. COVID-19 respects no borders, no skin color, no religion, no placement in life. For the first time in several generations, both developed and developing countries...