Our mission is to provide a safe home for youth to break free from life controlling habits.

Swaziland suffers a very high percentage of alcoholism and marijuana abuse. The extended family network continues to strain and break, no longer catching as many of the children that need attention. This happens for many reasons, one of which is the direct consequences of HIV and AIDS. More and more children are growing up without a mentor, a protector, a provider and/or parents. The result is a growth in younger and younger youth experimenting more and more with alcohol, solvents, hard drugs and sexual relationships outside of marriage. They are looking for love and acceptance in the wrong places.

The Emafini site provides a home for as many as 30 youth to break free of those life-controlling habits. The program is a minimum of 18 months long. It is an official Teen Challenge program.

PO Box 1141, Mbabane, Kingdom of Swaziland

Phone: (268) 404-7685 or (268) 404-5452

Email: lighthouse@swazi.net.co.sz or wardkh@realnet.co.sz