This campaign is happening because the leaders of that village of Rakops decided that enough was enough. They are tired of hearing of gender-based violence, suicides, extra marital affairs, fatherless children, alcoholism, and other social ills which all stem from unhealthy and unhappy families. Therefore, they spent eight months lobbying and preparing for our Foundation, The Healthy Families Foundation, to come and teach everyone in the village for 18 days what it means to have stronger healthier families. The results are astounding! I teach 50 volunteers every morning how to teach our marriage book for two hours. In the afternoon, those 50 go out and teach a group of 10-15 in every ward (neighbourhood) in the village. Thanks to the government, who printed 1,000 books, each person participating has their own workbook. By doing these small discussion groups, we are able to comply with all Covid protocols, train leaders, make the groups easily accessible and start something in every ward that can continue even when we leave.
The groups are growing like wildfire! Hundreds and hundreds of testimonies abound! The amazing thing is that now OTHER groups are forming! The police, who can’t come every day are going to start their own group at the police station. The teachers already started their own group to study the book after hours. Last night, we learned that they are also planning to start a group with parents of students as they have realised that students from healthy homes perform better. Older people who can’t come to the groups have requested people come to them and new groups are springing up every day! Revival of families is BEAUTIFUL!
