Action Ministries

Overview

‘…while in Mombasa my dream is to be a blessing and to positively affect people’s lives and to leave a mark that grows deeper and deeper. Although Mombasa is such a great city with many luxuries, I also met many desperate people here and came face to face with slums and street families. These situations inspired me and compassion filled my heart. I believed that I could make a difference-it was time to take action.’

-Peter Founder Action Ministry.

How it all started.

Action Ministry, an interdenominational Evangelism and Mercy ministry, is a non-governmental(non-profit) organisation.

Action Ministry is the result of a divine call that God placed in my heart at a very tender age and it became clearer and clearer after graduating from high school.

God gave me a vision of reaching the unreached people with the Good News and a compassion for the less privileged in society; particularly orphans, widows, street families, people living in the slums and destitute families amongst others.

Between the year 2000 and 2002 I lived and worked with a church in Busia, Kenya (A Boarder town of Kenya and Uganda)- Gospel Centre, where I was involved in, amongst other things, working with orphans, widows and street children. In mid-2002 I moved to Mombasa, a coastal city on the shores of the Indian Ocean. By the year 2004, God confirmed to me that it was time to spring into action. I started sharing my vision with friends and within a short time I was surrounded by people who were willing to be involved. The first step we took was to register the organisation; ACTION MINISTRY, the word ACTION stands for

Activating

Nations

Just before our registration, a unique occurrence took place. One evening I was seated in a telephone bureau when a beggar came up to me and asked me to assist him in paying school fees for his three children. I learned more about the children’s situation and this led me to discover a camp approximately 60 kilometres from Mombasa which was inhabited by people who had suffered from Leprosy disease. Most of them were physically disabled, had wounds and the majority had been rejected by their families. This precious people depended on begging and well-wishers for their survival. Working with these people became our first project. The camp at that time was named Tumbe which means “a place set aside for the rejected people.” We renamed it “Blessed Camp”. We bless God for the mighty transformation that has taken place and the great transformation that is yet to occur.

Our main programs at this camp include a Church, tuition sponsorships, adult literacy programmes, feeding programmes, medical outreaches and income generating projects for the disabled. In addition, we have programmes running in the Bangladesh slums (a slum in Mombasa).