Countless stories and parables are being told of ‘small beginnings’ that lead to greater ends and this is how my own small-beginnings-story began.
It was a comment from a stranger that got me thinking about a change of direction for the Social work with poor communities we were involved in at the time. The place where we had been working hadn’t yielded much lasting fruit and the outcome of our labour hadn’t at all, been what we hoped. Our efforts seemed wasted and work had become increasingly frustrating.
Our founding fathers set up a number of services that cared for the sick, poor and marginalised. These are the roots of our work today.