Successful completion of the Discipleship Training School (DTS)
On completion of all units of this course you will obtain a Certificate CNH/EDN 251 / 252 from the University of the Nations.
We are happy to say that the Children at Risk school will continue despite COVID-19!
The Children at Risk school is designed for those who want to become advocates for children and work to see lasting change in their lives. The focus is on children who have been placed at risk because of factors such as war, disease, poverty, exploitation, abandonment, disability, and other forms of injustice. Students are given an overview of the needs of at risk children as well insight concerning child development. An emphasis is made on intervention and working towards advocacy for children.
Today, all over the world, children face risks we cannot imagine. Children are the most vulnerable group in any society. The Lecture Phase is twelve weeks which provide you with the opportunity to grow and learn in many ways. It includes class lectures, small group discussions, assignments, worship and prayer times, evangelism, community life, practical work duties and much more. Specific instruction is provided on issues relating to them such as HIV and AIDS, counselling, evangelism, God’s nature and character as mother and father, and other such topics allowing us to be advocates and see lasting change and true transformation in these children’s lives.
“Learn to do right. Seek justice, encourage the oppressed, defend the cause of the fatherless, plead for the case of the widow.”
Isaiah 1:17
After the lecture phase we will have an optional but highly recommended three month outreach phase. This outreach will go to South Africa. The aim is to give you the possibility to stay on location after this period for your potential internship.
| Week | Subject | Speaker | Start date | End date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Human Trafficking | Anne Abok | 24-01-2022 | 28-01-2022 |
| 6 | No Apologies training | No Apologies team | 21-02-2022 | 25-02-2022 |
| 8 | Abuse and Trauma | Kay Lorentz | 07-03-2022 | 11-03-2022 |
| 9 | Community development | TBC | 14-03-2022 | 18-03-2022 |
First coming to the Children at Risk school, I had a heart to learn how to work with women in crisis pregnancies and their babies, knowing many of them had come from difficult childhoods themselves. While at Heidebeek, I learned not only more about standing in the gap for these women and babies, but also countless other skills to aid in working with kids from all different kinds of backgrounds and in all different kind of settings, all pointing them to the perfect Father whose heart is for their wholeness and seeing them realize all His plans and dreams for them. The Lord also met me in a whole new way at Heidebeek. I began to know Him more as Abba, I learned more of His heart of grace and mercy for me, a journey that continues to this day. I would recommend the CAR school to anyone who God has passionate with His love for children and who desires to be equipped with the knowledge and tools to intentionally and effectively stand in the gap for these little ones
Brittany
Successful completion of the Discipleship Training School (DTS)
On completion of all units of this course you will obtain a Certificate CNH/EDN 251 / 252 from the University of the Nations.