Amani ya Juu

Lawoi

[caption id="attachment_2783" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Lawoi mentoring young girls from the Amani Girls Club[/caption] Lawoi is a 27-year-old from Lofa County, Liberia. She is married and ...

Judy

[caption id="attachment_350" align="aligncenter" width="200"] Judy[/caption] Judy is a Kenyan woman who came to Amani ya Juu in 2001 at the end of painful recovery process from a stroke that affec...

Meet Laytopoe

Laytopoe is one of four Amani Girls Club leaders and a senior student at ABCU of Yekepa, Liberia. During Liberia’s 15-year civil war, she was unable to attend school. But that hasn’t stopped thi...

The Amani Girls Club

The Amani Girls Club breaks the destructive cycle which hinders a Liberian girl and her success in life. The Amani Girls Club, an initiative of Amani Liberia, is a weekly after school program in ...

A New Place for Amani Uganda

  The previous Amani Uganda  A month ago, Amani Uganda existed in one room of a strip in the Cerelene district of Gulu. With seven women sewing and four babies playing in a twelve-by-twelve roo...

Raise the Roof, Chattanooga

Three years ago, my husband and I lived in a town in Liberia, West Africa. We were teachers in a small Christian college there and felt God’s blessing on our work.  But midway through our two-year ...

Introducing Amani Uganda's Blog

Check out this post from Amani Uganda! Now you can learn about the beautiful ladies of our Uganda center. Amani Uganda     In late 2011, Simprosa’s heart stirred at the story of a young woman w...

What is freedom?

Three Amani women share their thoughts on freedom with their USA friends. Margaret "I feel blessed to be able to express myself in the area of spiritual life. Also, I feel blessed that I’m able...

Meet Marcelline

    Marcelline with the Robertsport Clutch $28 Marcelline's Story Meet the woman behind the Robertsport Clutch and Monrovia Wristlet "I come from Rwanda and I am a mother of one daughter. I have l...

"My Seamstress Died Last Week"

Christianity Today recently posted an article in response to the tragic garment factory collapse in Bangladesh. We liked it so much we thought we'd repost it here. Please share your thoughts below...