Missions
Rachel’s Home Split Lake Cambridge
Rachel’s Home
Central supports Rachel’s Home, an orphanage and Christian school for the child victims of Lesotho’s AIDS crisis.
Godwill & Hilda, the couple that runs Rachel’s Home, care for 45 orphans. They employ three teachers and two local women to care for and teach these children and an additional 250 local children.
Our support began with the Penny Project, a children’s ministry project to raise funds. To date we have raised a half million pennies.
In March 2009, a group of 27 volunteers from Central travelled to Lesotho to build a school.
We continue to support Rachel’s Home in other ways.
We continue to fund the wages of the teachers and we have begun a vitamin supplement program for the children and staff at the orphanage.
In memory of our friend, Janice Aiken, a member of our Lesotho mission who passed away in April, we have created the Janice Aiken Memorial Bursary. This bursary is a university scholarship program for the children of Rachel’s Home.
Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Central has partnered with the Tataskweyak Cree Nation in Split Lake Manitoba. The goal of this new mission is to improve student attendance at Chief Sam Cook Mahmuwee School.
The Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank
Every Sunday, Central collects food for the Cambridge Self-Help Food Bank. The baskets can be found in the Narthex. Please, even if its just one can, bring something for the food-bank. Every little bit counts.
The Ontario Christian Gleaners
Central also provides support for the Ontario Christian Gleaners.
Ontario Christian Gleaners is a Christian, interdenominational charitable organization that, with its many volunteers, cleans, dices, dries, mixes and bags surplus produce such as onions, carrots, peas, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, beans, lentils, apples, and pears into a nutritious soup mix and fruit snack ready for distribution. The OCG donates the soup mix to reputable relief organizations with logistics to distribute the food where it is needed.