Background
War, AIDS, malaria, cholera and famine have gradually turned Africa into a continent full of orphaned children and teenagers. Between 1990 and 2000, the number of orphans in Africa rose from 30.9 million to 41.5 million, and those orphaned by AIDS increased from 330,000 to seven million.
Source: Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS), Lisbon, April 7, 2007]
Who We Are, Who We Help & Why We Help!
Reni Ministries is a nonprofit organization based in the United States with the vision by the grace of God to support orphans in Africa through educational scholarships.
Reni, having been orphaned by the age of seven, has a vision to support as many African orphans as possible in partnership with people like you.
The scholarship awards are solely for orphans in Africa irrespective of gender, ethnicity or creed.
Why We Focus on Education
We believe education is a major means of enriching the mind…and gaining freedom from poverty.
“Literacy arouses hopes, not only in society as a whole but also in the individual who is striving for fulfilment, happiness and personal benefit by learning how to read and write…”
~UNESCO, Institute for Education Hamburg, Germany.
”Education is a social process, education is growth; education is not a preparation for life but its life itself.” John Dewey.
”Literacy is not a luxury; it is a right and a responsibility if our world is to meet the challenges of the 21st century…” ~Bill Clinton.