PUSH-UPS FOR POVERTY
Help bring nutritious meals to Orphaned & Vulnerable Children in Eswatini, Africa
Help us get half a million meals to children and families that desperately need them.
What is Push-ups for poverty
Help Fight Hunger
Welcome to Push-Ups for Poverty, an Inheritance International Ministries campaign dedicated to raising funds to feed orphaned and vulnerable children and at-risk families in Eswatini. By participating in this initiative, you are helping to provide essential food supplies to those in dire need, giving hope and sustenance to the most vulnerable members of our community.
For Every $10 raised, someone in our fitness community has to do a pushup and post it on social media with the tag #pushupsforpoverty. Our goal is that you make us do 2,000 push-ups or more! Donate and watch to see who does pushups today!
HOW IT WORKS
Sending Hope, Health, and Love in Every Pack
Your donation empowers us to pack meals in the U.S. and ship them to Eswatini. Thanks to our incredible meal partners, Kids Around The World, we are able to pack culturally appropriate meals for vulnerable children and families in Eswatini.
The primary ingredient of each pack are red lentils (a great source of protein), PhytoBlend (micronutrients with a combination of 24 essential vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients), dehydrated vegetable blend, fortified white rice.
GET INVOLVED
Help With Your Hands
Are you interested in doing more than donating? Your are invited to be a part of our packing days, where we bring volunteers in to pack meals to be shipped out. Pack days occur sporadically throughout the year in many different States and Cities. Contact us to let us know you’re interested, and we will reach out when a packing event is taking place near you.
Join us on a service trip to Eswatini, where you will have the opportunity to serve the community directly. Contact us to let us know you’re interested.
THE NEED
Understand The Crisis
Today, in Eswatini, less than 12% of children are raised in homes that have both parents present.
Unemployment and poverty are high in Eswatini partly due to weak job creation in the formal economy. The unemployment rate is currently at 33%, which is the highest in over a decade and the youth unemployment rate has risen above 54%. An estimated 87% of Swazi people live below the poverty line.
Eswatini is highly dependent on imports to feed its people, as national production is constrained by frequent droughts, erratic rainfall, prolonged dry spells, inadequate farming technologies, and low investment in agricultural development.
The country also has the world's highest HIV prevalence at 27%. Unlike other epidemics, HIV/AIDS took the strong, working age adults, leaving only children and the elderly. Today, more than half of Eswatini’s population is under the age of 21, and with a population of only 1.2 million people there are approximately 355,000 orphaned and vulnerable children.
Since 1997, Challenge Ministries Eswatini has been hard at work responding to the fall-out of orphaned and vulnerable children. With a strategy to be within walking distance of every rural family and orphaned child, we are convinced that investing in their efforts has the power to change this small nation for good.
Learn More About The Kingdom of Eswatini
Nonprofit Oversight
Inheritance International Ministries
Please note that all donations made to the Push-Ups For Poverty campaign are made to Inheritance International Ministries, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. As such, all contributions are tax deductible as permitted by law. Please consult your accountant or tax attorney for further advice on tax deductibility.
The specific use of donated funds is subject to the Board of Director’s guidance.
OUR WORK
Learn More About The Work In Eswatini
Childcare
Inheritance helps support the holistic care for over 400 orphaned and vulnerable children throughout Eswatini, Africa.
Rural Community Development
We empower rural communities in Eswatini, Africa to plant churches, helping them to develop sustainable initiatives in discipleship, healthcare, agriculture and education.
Rehabilitation
For those affected by abuse, addiction, and life-controlling habits, Challenge Ministries is providing effective treatment, career training and community reintegration. The residential rehabilitation programs help restore mothers and fathers to their roles in leading safe, healthy homes.
Rural Sustainability Business Enterprises
We help develop sustainable business enterprises in rural communities that provide job opportunities, create food security and advance economic development in Eswatini, Africa.