Annual Widows and Orphans Christmas Party
GCM has been organizing this program in December every year since 2002. We do this program yearly because some widows and their fatherless children become sorrowful during Christmas time as they are not able to buy dresses, shoes, and some food items for themselves for the occasion.
To meet this need, we organize the party to feed and encourage them as well as supply them with gifts such as clothing, shoes, toiletries, eggs, rice, and anything donated to us.
We use the occasion to preach the word of God to draw them closer to God and encourage them to put their trust in God. We also educate and counsel them on social and moral matters as well as health issues. Topics such as peer pressure; single parenting, STDS, and HIV/AIDS pandemic are addressed. It is a time for intereactions and socialization among the widows and orphans. It put smiles on their faces and joy in their hearts.
2014 Party
2017 Party
2018 Party
Group Meetings and Family Visits
The widows are mobilized at the community level, and they come together for group meetings at the office. At these meetings, we exhort them with God’s Word, educate on some of the challenges they are facing and counsel them. In addition, from time to time, as the need arises, widows and orphans are called to the office to receive donated items for themselves and their children. Individual widows and their children also visit the office frequently for donation and support be it food, money, clothing, and counseling. We also visit the widows in their communities from time to time.
