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2. Girls Ministry in Jos, Nigeria
Transforming lives as part of the work of City Ministries

3. Our Mission
To honour God by developing young people who will love and serve Him, and impact their societies for Christ

4. How ? By raising the girls to be : Spiritually mature Educated
Skilled in a variety of vocational skills and able to generate income
Equipped to meet the challenges they will face living in Nigeria

5. Girls come to us at all ages and in all sizes!
Starting ages :
Youngest : 10 months
Oldest : 15 years
Length of stay :
A few months to more than 10 years
Some have families who can one day take them back as they, and circumstances, change
Some have no one except us

6. Differing Situations
Double orphans
Single orphans
Abandoned
Accused of occultist involvement
Involved in the occult and needing deliverance
Extremes of poverty
The result of being internally displaced
Etc.

7. Common Needs Love and care Healing from trauma A Saviour To grow
To be discipled
Education and training
One day : to leave and return to their society

8. Some of our girls

9. Adonai
In school

10. Rose
Graduated and waiting to go to university

11. Miriam
Equipped as a hair dresser and beauty therapist

12. Ruth
Now living back with her family, free from accusations

13. Faith
Trained, equipped and reconciled back to her sister and her family (after 5 years)

14. Rebecca
Educated, equipped and skilled; ready to go home this year to her aunt (after 10 years)

15. Alheri, Elizabeth, Ruth
Now a member of our staff, doing an excellent job being a role model to her younger sisters.
All after 10 years with us
In her second year of training to be a teacher
In her final year of training to be a teacher

16. The aim : To establish a home for these and many more girls
Where they can :
feel safe and loved
be educated and receive vocational training skills
So that :
they can leave and thrive, back in their communities as the mothers of tomorrow
we can reach out to the community and help many more girls and women

17. We have been blessed by God
This year we have acquired a piece of land in a place called Bassa

18. Bassa 30 minutes from Jos rural location near an army base (safe area)
farming community
fertile land
good water supply (farming continues all year round)

19. Bassa
1.2 hectares
Plenty of space to build our homes and vocation training centre and farm the remaining land
So far, we have planted an orchard of around 100 fruit trees to get established before we move there

20. Proposed Site Layout Girls hostels Farm land Kitchen/dining room
Vocation Training Centre
Centre leader house

21. One of the hostels
Proposed internal layout

22. The site

24. Our orchard
Dry season : farming water is pumped from the river

25. We dedicated the land in October and prayer walked around it
We dedicated the land in October and prayer walked around it. We await the time we can start to build to the glory of God

26.  This has been provided 
Development : Phase 1
Build the two hostels with house parent accommodation
Drill a bore hole and plumbing
Build a kitchen and dining facility
Cost = $55,000 / £45,000
 This has been provided 

27. Further Development Phase 2 : Cost estimate = $38,000 / £30,000
Build and equip the Vocation Training Centre
Build the centre leader house
Cost estimate = $38,000 / £30,000
Phase 3 :
Perimeter fence
Establish the farm
Cost estimate = $25,000 / £20,000

28. Please continue to pray for God’s provision and timing for completion of the project

30. !! Thank You !!