Event Supports African Widows And Orphans
Lexington’s annual Rafiki sale will be held on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to noon, at the Grace Presbyterian Church, located at 40 Village Way.
Products being offered include jewelry, crafts, baskets and bags, all made by African widows. All proceeds from the Rafiki sale will go to support the Rafiki Widows Program.
The Rafiki Foundation has villages in 10 African countries that house, care for, and educate children orphaned by AIDS or other crises. In recent years Rafiki’s emphasis has been on education. Day students now attend the Rafiki village schools, and Rafiki’s classical Christian curriculum is available to the African schools.
In addition to its work with orphans, Rafiki has a program for widows. In Africa, when a husband dies, the widow can lose everything: her possessions, her house and even her children. There are possibly more widows in Africa than orphans.
In the Rafiki program, widows are given a space in which to work, guidance in improving their skills, a time of fellowship and a daily B ible s tudy. R afiki purchases their products at a fair price and brings them to the U.S. to market them.
These are the products that will be on sale at Grace Presbyterian church. They may also be purchased through the Rafiki website, rafikifoundation.org.
