In 1996, the wife of the General overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God ("RCCG") Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye (also known as "Mummy Go") visited the missions' fields in West African area. Her findings can be summarized in one phrase "that the missions urgently required assistance." This led to the birth of West Committee that focused on assisting all RCCG missions in West Africa sub- regions by ensuring that they have the basic infrastructure with which to function. The scope of the committee was enlarged to include the rest of Africa after Mummy GO again visited the missions in central, east and South Africa. The name of the committee was changed to African missions committee. To date, the committee has chapters in Abuja and Lagos.
AMNA believes that education is an effective way to fight poverty and build a healthy family and community. History shows that no country ever developed without investing in the education of its people. Education empowers people and strengthens communities and nations. In spite of efforts made by many Governments to provide free education for all, millions of children are still deprived of educational opportunities, due to extreme poverty. Statistics has shown that one out of three children never see the inside of a classroom.
As a result of this deprivation in the lives of many children, AMNA performed an Impact Mission Years 2003 and 2004 to address the problem of illiteracy in three countries, namely 433 Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. It was observed that many children are deprived of the right to education and/or quality education due to the following:
Lack of funds to pay tuition and basic school’s supplies.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic which has forced many children become heads-of-households thereby caring for their sick parents stricken with the HIV/AIDS virus.
Children becoming employed at ages as young as 4 to support their family income;
Early marriages of young girls in many rural areas; and
Poor salaries paid to missionaries, thereby causing them to keep their children at home uneducated.
AMNA’s core objective for EACP is to improve the quality of education in Africa. Our major activities to achieve this objective include;
Establishing Scholarship programs;
Providing school supplies, books, uniforms, shoes, and transportation costs to children whose families cannot afford them;
Promoting quality education by establishing “Train-the Trainer” self- enrichment programs for teachers;
Improving the dropout and retention rates of education, particularly for young girls;
Enhancing the quality of life for children by providing at least one meal during each school day;
Partnering with in-country faith-based organizations, public and private sectors and community leaders in ensuring that programs achieve desired results and impacts;
Establishing a process to identify children with the greatest need;
Establishing effective systems for monitoring and reporting;
Developing and implementing a sustainability plan to ensure continuity of all programs;
Providing informal education for children and youth, including orphans who do not have access to traditional and formal education;
Providing financial resources; and Technical assistance for the development and implementation of country-specific sustainability plans.
