Redeem International
Protecting the homes and land of the world’s most vulnerable widows and orphans.
For widows and orphans in Africa, land is life.
A family’s land is their primary source of food, shelter, income, security, savings, and standing in the community.
Unfortunately, it’s also a target for land thieves who use violence, fraud, and intimidation to tear families from the homes they live in and the land they depend on for survival.
Stories of Redemption
Olivia
Olivia has been restored and is sending her children to school.
Beatrice
Beatrice was safely restored to her land
Kathy
Kathy is safe and farming the land to feed her children.
“Violence is as much a part of what it means to be poor as being hungry, sick, homeless, or jobless. We will simply never be able to win the battle against extreme poverty unless we address violence.”
Our Solution
Redeem deploys local justice professionals to partner with law enforcement authorities in individual land grabbing cases:
- Restoring land grabbing victims to their homes;
- Prosecuting land grabbers for their crimes;
- Broadcasting the results to the community.
Individually, these interventions transform the lives of the clients we serve. Collectively, they drive down victimization rates by changing the risk-reward balance for those who would consider stealing land from a widow or an orphan.
30,000 Abuses Prevented
- When the law is enforced, widows are not attacked.
- When offenders face consequences, families are not displaced.
- When vulnerable women and children are safe, communities thrive.
This is the power of deterrence.
When the vulnerable are safe, communities thrive.
When strong, resilient women and children experience the safety that comes from enforced law, they can—and will—invest in their families’ future.
Safety gives them the freedom to farm, to work, to send their children to school, and to dream beyond survival.