What can Africa Cares for Life do for You?

Once you are affiliated, you will have the following benefits:

Training

  • An annual conference which provides training, networking opportunities and inspiration.
  • Training on having a banquet and other fundraising events.
  • Training on how to start a pregnancy care centre.
  • Training on how to start a mother home.
  • Regional Trainings, held around the country on specific topics pertaining to ministry.
  • Equipped to serve, a training course on counseling for PCC volunteers and staff.
  • Ongoing training workshops for trained advisors.
  • Refer to HWSETA for additional training modules.

Networking

  • Being affiliated to a body that networks PCC’s all over Africa and globally.
  • Being part of the ACfL family entitles you to a corporate identity.
  • An annual directory of life-affirming pregnancy services, which gives the details of affiliated organisations and centres who have completed our recommended training.
  • Newsletters are published quarterly and contain features on affiliates, new programs, up and coming news, resources, training, innovative ideas and inspiration.
  • Networking meetings to encourage building relationships with other life affirming ministries.

Resource material

  • Development of training and other resource materials e.g. manuals and pregnancy calendars.
  • Advice on suitable books, CD’s and DVD’s which are suitable for your PCC.
  • Advice on resources e.g. foetal development models
  • Entitles you to a supply of brochures (benevolent pack from Focus on the Family).
  • Samples of client contact forms.
  • Samples of policies and procedures.
  • Annual national statistics are available showing our impact on women and children.
  • Sanctity of human Life Pack.

Development (capacity building)

  • Quality management system to ensure that your centre is up to required standards.
  • Advice on startup of mother homes, PCC’s, nurseries, hospital programs and school programs.
  • SETA accreditation qualifies your centre for many benefits, such as qualification for trained

advisors, payment of trained advisors by the government (thus helping you to raise the level of
            commitment of trained advisors) and much more. It gives you credibility and provides many funding opportunities.

Consultation

By phone or in-person, on issues relating to pregnancy centre operations:

  • Volunteer training and educational materials,
  • Board development,
  • Spiritual encouragement and prayer.

Once you have become affiliated to Africa Cares for Life, you will receive an affiliation certificate which needs to be renewed annually.