19.03.2024

Women: Empower to Sustain

Foto: URCSA

58 Women from UEM member church URCSA* gathered this February in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, for a workshop on Agriculture and leadership. They come from URCSA’s Cape Regional Synod. The workshop followed the objective of empowering women with leadership skills and sustainability skills so that they can be leaders who take care of both the spiritual and physical wellbeing of the women, congregations, and the entire community.

UEM Council member Vuyokazi Christine Vinqi from the URCSA Christian Women’s Ministries has organized the workshop. She says: “We were honored to have the Rev Braam Hanekom with Steven Bernard and Arthur from the Garden of Life, leading a workshop session for us. Here the women went to the garden to get their hands dirty and start a garden in one of our congregations, URCSA Motherwell.”

In the workshop supported by UEM and CET*, the women learned skills and knowledge about gardening and using the products to sustain themselves and their families.

*URCSA = Uniting Reformed Church in Southern Africa

*CET = Cape Empowerment Trust