Christy Radcliff

Hi, I'm Christy Radcliff! 

I have been working with young adults at Lily of the Valley Children's Home in South Africa. I first went to Lily in 2010 where I fell in love with the kids and saw a vision to help support them. Since then, I have been able to be a long term part of shaping the lives of our beautiful kids and young adults who need opportunity and consistency. These smaller kids are now growing up and are now in college and starting their lives. I have been able to lead a program called iLAUNCH, which helps our young adults, as well as Ikhethelo Children's Home's youth, take the next step towards independence. Whether that is pushing hard through high school, getting their driver’s license, starting college, doing a specialized training program, gaining employment, receiving spiritual and emotional mentoring, or learning life skills, I look at each special soul and give them opportunities to move forward.

Since 2017, I have been renting an apartment near the college students in Durban. It has been an amazing 4 years of giving them a place they can get spiritual, emotional, and educational encouragement. We have had many talks, meals, and laughs and I am so thankful for this place. I continue to split my week at Lily and in Durban, not only working with our college students in Durban, but also with our high school students at Lily. I provide them with career guidance and help them to strategically plan the direction of their futures in a challenging country.  I have also been assisting Ikhethelo Children's Home with career guidance for their high school students and look forward to do more of that this coming year.

Since I am on a volunteer visa, I cannot receive any money overseas, so I must fundraise my salary. I need to raise $17000 for the year, which includes rent and utilities, car insurance and expenses, language lessons, health care, food, visa renewal expenses, and travel expenses back to the states. So if you feel compelled to support my mission and vision, I would love to have you as a partner. You can give on a monthly basis or give a one-time donation. Anything over my goal will be used for next year’s expenses.