Working with the Safe House Project, we have created a multi-faceted interactive training for pastors, teachers, and other community leaders. We are equipping them to train about the science and sickening realities of trafficking. These leaders need strategies for helping both individuals and communities prevent their precious young ones from falling into the hands of
A message from Kele Koole, our Soshanguve Orphan Care Manager I miss the old normal! I miss the days when it was not an offense to hug. Now we have to elbow greet or just simply wave to show affection. This virus has had severe consequences for our families, and news about the passing of
"When the street lights come on, you should be home!" Was that your family rule when you were a little kid? What did your parents really mean? Was it, WHEN you see the street lights you should go home, or IF the street lights are on, you should be home? The first gives wiggle room
What is your favorite personality assessment? You've likely taken one for marriage counseling, choosing your career, applying for a job, or your personal growth. There are hundreds out there, and, like most things, you get what you pay for in a personality assessment. As former university professors, we took many different kinds. We learned our
Last fall, our Kerus founders Drs. Jennie Cerullo and Marcia Ball were shopping in a local Johannesburg market, finding items for Kerus fundraising efforts in the USA. They were introduced to a beautiful entrepreneur, KHUMBELO RAMARU. As they chatted, Dr. Ball mentioned that she was of Kerus Global Education and was promoting the It Takes
Kerus has just completed renovations on a new house that will be used to take care of children vulnerable to abuse and sex trafficking! Located in a South Africa township, the five bedroom house, with space to accommodate up to eight children, is ready for use! We have hired Tabitha as our house mother who
It always feels so good to be a part of the solution to a big problem. Our grannies are trying to keep their families together under military lockdown, restricted to the cramped quarters of their rickety shacks during the cold of winter setting, unable to work, unable to get food or medicine, unable
Kerus loves to invest in the ministry projects of pastors with a unique platform for ministry. Last year we assisted with and published a book, The Stone that Hit the Giant, by our dear friend and colleague, Pastor Thando Sikonkwane. Kerus founders, Drs. Ball and Cerullo, contributed a chapter about courage. The book is for youth who live
Our national staff is amazing! With help from our board members in South Africa, Johan and Charlene Mostert, our orphan care center team crafted a plan to deliver a food parcel as well as soap and masks to every single family that we serve. With a security guard escort and a detailed map to avoid
After two weeks of wondering how we could help our families in the township, Kerus has been approved as an essential organization! We can now get into the township and deliver much needed food to our orphans and their families. With generous donations from our partners we plan to rice, beans, corn, oil, sugar, flour
