Hidden With Christ Ministries

THIS ORGANIZATION OPERATES AN ORPHANAGE FOR ORPHANS AND ABANDONED CHILDREN IN TANZANIA, EAST AFRICA, SUPPORTS NATIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN AFRICA AND PRODUCES BIBLE BASED TEACHING MATERIALS.

FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTS TREASURES OF AFRICA CHILDREN'S HOME WAS OPERATED BY THIS ORGANIZATION IN MOSHI, TANZANIA (EAST AFRICA) TO CARE FOR ORPHANED, ABANDONED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN. DURING 2021, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN CARED FOR IN-HOUSE BY TREASURES OF AFRICA CHILDREN'S HOME WAS 32. TWO WERE HIV POSITIVE, ONE WAS NEUROLOGICALLY IMPAIRED, AND ONE IS PROFOUNDLY DEAF. THE CHILDREN CARED FOR RANGED IN AGE FROM INFANCY TO 17 YEARS ALL WERE FED, HOUSED, CLOTHED, HAD THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS MET, AND WERE SUPPLIED WITH ALL NECESSARY SCHOOL UNIFORMS, BOOKS, AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES AND SCHOOL FEES. IN ADDITION, DURING 2021 HIDDEN WITH CHRIST MINISTRIES FULLY SUPPORTED 8 COLLEGE-AGED ORPHANS WHO WERE PREVIOUS RESIDENTS OF TREASURES OF AFRICA CHILDREN'S AND ARE NOW ATTENDING MULTIPLE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN TANZANIA, WITH ONE STUDYING IN THE U.S.A. THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF A MAJOR GOAL OF THE ORGANIZATION TO HELP PREPARE LEADERS FOR EAST AFRICA FROM THE POPULATION OF ORPHANED AND ABANDONED CHILDREN BY SPONSORING THEIR ADVANCED EDUCATION. WHEN THE ORGANIZATION TRANSITIONED THE ORPHAN CARE PROGRAM FROM AN INSTITUTIONAL STYLE OF CARE TO A FOSTER HOME STYLE OF ORPHAN CARE IN JULY 2021, IT DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF NEEDY CHILDREN FOR WHOM ENGLISH-MEDIUM (PRIVATE SCHOOL) EDUCATION WAS FULLY FUNDED IN TANZANIA. THIS FOCUS CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR THRUST OF THE ORGANIZATION.

FORM 990 PART III LINE 4B PROGRAM SERVICE ACCOMPLISHMENTSOUTREACH MINISTRIES: AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION TO DEMONSTRATE THE LOVE OF GOD THROUGH PRACTICAL MERCY MINISTRIES, A NEW OUTREACH ENTITLED REHEMA PROJECTS (REHEMA IS THE SWAHILI WORD FOR MERCY) WAS STARTED IN MOSHI, TANZANIA IN 2021. THIS PROJECT FOCUSED ON SERVING THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WITH PRACTICAL HELP. THE ORGANIZATION FUNDED EMERGENCY SURGERY FOR AN ACCIDENT VICTIM WHO HAD NO RESOURCES, A WHEELCHAIR AND WALKER FOR AN ELDERLY AMPUTEE, FOOD FOR THE POOR, NEW MATTRESSES AND BEDDING FOR 12 IMPOVERISHED ELDERLY PERSONS WHO HAD NO FAMILY, AND PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR A SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF. AS PART OF THE ORGANIZATIONS MISSION TO SHARE THE WORD OF GOD TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, HWCM SUPPORTED AN INDIGENOUS CHURCH IN A MAASAI TRIBAL AREA OF TANZANIA NEAR LAKE MANYARA AND CONTINUED TO EXPAND ITS FREE LIBRARY OF BIBLE TEACHING MATERIALS VIA THE INTERNET THROUGH OUR MULTIPLE WEBSITES, YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS INCLUDING A BIBLE TEACHING APP CALLED MY EVERYDAY BIBLE WHICH IS OFFERED FREE IN THE APP STORES FOR BOTH ANDROID AND APPLE DEVICES.