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CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA MISSION TRIP

CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA MISSION TRIP. 22 SEPTEMBER – 09 OCTOBER 2013. Cape Town Crime Overview. South Africa 2012 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISOR COUNSIL (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report On a rating scale of low, medium, high, and critical, crime in South Africa is considered “critical”

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CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA MISSION TRIP

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  1. CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICAMISSION TRIP 22 SEPTEMBER – 09 OCTOBER 2013

  2. Cape Town Crime Overview South Africa 2012 OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISOR COUNSIL (OSAC) Crime and Safety Report • On a rating scale of low, medium, high, and critical, crime in South Africa is considered “critical” • Violent, confrontational crime is a major concern in South Africa. • Crimes addressed in this report are as follows: • Home invasion robberies • Burglaries • Carjackings • Street muggings • Smash-and-grabs • Organized attacks on commercial and retail centers such as shopping malls and outlets • Attacks on cash-in-transit vehicles/personnel (i.e., armored car/personnel) • Sexual assaults

  3. Sexual Assault • 144 women report rape to police every day • The Cape Town Regional court averages 10 -15 new cases per week • Crime statistics for the period April 2011 to March 2012 showed • 64, 514 sexual crime cases reported to police • down from 66,196 the year before • Data from the Medical Research Council states the under reporting is a huge problem and that actual rape numbers are much higher

  4. Human Trafficking • South Africa is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking • Diamond & gold mining • Children are trafficked mainly within the country, from poor rural areas to urban centers, such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban, and Bloemfontein • Traditions that allow for the forced marriage of girls as young as 12 to adult men, is still practiced in some remote villages in Eastern and Western Cape provinces, leaving these girls vulnerable to forced labor and prostitution • Syndicates dominate the commercial sex trade within the country, though local criminal rings and street gangs organize child prostitution in a number of South Africa's cities • In 2011, South African trafficking victims were discovered in Bangladesh and Turkey

  5. Social & Economical Situation • There is very little of a middle class • The “Have or have Not’s” • Unemployment is extremely high • Official reports says 25% • Unofficial reports say it ranges from 30-45% • Minimum wage ranges from R8 – R14 • Equal to .80 – $1.40 per hour • Three classes of people • Afrikaans • Colored • Black

  6. Community Involvement “You are the light of the world, a city set on a hill can not be hidden” (Matthew 5:14) • LAPECS Ministry Group • Made up of aprox. 70 religious and community leaders LAPECS • Leadership Empowerment • HIV/AIDS Awareness • Poverty Alleviation • Elderly Care • Crime Prevention • School Programs

  7. Hope Prison Ministry • Jonathan and Jenny Clayton • Involved in prison ministry for over 21 yrs • Uses the “Restorative Justice Program” within the prison system

  8. Pollsmoor Prison “For the Lord hears the needy and does not despise his own people who are prisoners.” Psalm 69:33

  9. Zanokhanyo “Empowering lives, changing communities” • Tim and Leslie Black • Lived in country 10+ yrs • Zanokhanyo means “Bringing Light” • Job and life readiness skills • Bible based curriculum

  10. “You were wearied with the length of your way, but you did not say, ‘It is hopeless’; you found new life for your strength,and so you were not faint.” (Isaiah 57:10)

  11. I & J Unakho Children Home Care • Julius and Irene Bonani • 22 children • Ages 1 – 18 • Almost half are HIV positive • Unakho means “God Can”

  12. “For my father and my mother have forsaken me,but the Lord will take me in” Psalm 27:10

  13. Mokone Public School • Approximately 800 students attend • Many don’t make it out of H.S. • Little to no supervision outside of class rooms • Many children try not to miss school in order to have a meal that day

  14. Local Township Environment

  15. Cape Town Scenery

  16. Closing Remarks For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome (I John 5:3) People may not believe everything we say, but they will always believe everything we do… Since this world is not our home, the mission field is wherever we are… Display the love of Christ in all we say and in all we do…

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