Dorothy has been in our program for 15 years. She was recently asked to speak at an event, what she said was so powerful, we’ve wanted to include it here for you to read as well. We invite you to give to Arise Africa to provide a future for other…
Mary Kendall Benton
September 8, 2025
We asked Gideon Tuyu, a third-year university student who grew up in Matero and attended the Matero Resource Center, what Arise Africa means to him. He asked to take some time to gather his thoughts and sent us this heartfelt letter a few days later: For fifteen years, the name…
Mary Kendall Benton
September 2, 2025
Featured Story
Joseph was one of our first students in sponsorship, joining our program in 2010. He lives in the Matero compound in the city of Lusaka. At the beginning of 2020, Joseph discovered that he had failed his grade nine exams. Every grade nine student is required to pass this government-issued…
Alissa Rosebrough
September 22, 2021
Margret strives to exemplify the love and gentleness of Christ toward every person she encounters, whether her family, teachers, or people she is meeting for the first time. “My life is a living testimony, so I want to encourage others.” Margret When Margret was a baby, the doctors told her…
Alissa Rosebrough
November 30, 2020
Suwilanji is a bright, talented, and hard-working student in our sponsorship program. She lives in the Ng’ombe community with her mother and has 3 younger sisters. Two of her sisters, Olipa and Natasha, go to Arise Christian School. Miracle is the youngest and is not in school yet. Before the…
Alissa Rosebrough
September 27, 2020
Grandson Mwansa, Class of 2020 Greetings from Africa! The first few weeks of the coronavirus spread was quite a lot to handle and full of panic, anxiety, and fear of the unknown. Schools closed down in the middle of finals preparations. Everything was put on hold as we figured out…
Grandson Mwansa
July 14, 2020
Natasha Nyirenda, Class of 2020 It feels like just yesterday I was graduating from high school, which at that time I believed were the greatest 3 years of my life. Little did I know how much more was in store for me in my university years to come. There I…
Natasha Nyirenda
July 14, 2020
David Sibande, Class of 2020 The journey at Africa University has been the best part of my life. I would like to thank Arise Africa and my all my sponsors for the help and support that has been given to me from the time I first got to know Arise…
David Sibande
July 14, 2020
Children typically join Arise Africa’s student sponsorship program when they are as young as 4 years old and starting kindergarten. Since they’re so young, they don’t usually understand what sponsorship means or how it works. All they know is they are getting to go to school and being fed a…
Arise Team
March 4, 2020
For the last 6 years Teacher Gama has worked for Arise in Zambia in one of our schools. His Daughter, Rejoice, is also in our child sponsorship program. Gama and his daughter fled the genocide in Sudan and made it to Zambia in 2012. They were living as refugees in…
Alissa Rosebrough
February 4, 2020
A few months ago, an Arise Africa staffer, Catherine, made a home visit to one of the children in our student sponsorship program. It was during the school break and our staff is constantly in the compounds at this time keeping up with our children. Catherine went to find Juliet,…
Arise Team
October 29, 2019
