We meet practical needs today by providing essentials to individuals, families and communities. Through UP Builds, we create sustainable solutions that help people and communities become stronger, more self-reliant and better equipped for the future.
In His Name Ministries photo archive
Our Mission
Whether it is a food pack that meets an immediate need or a farming initiative that creates livelihoods for years to come, every UP initiative has the same purpose:
to help people rise.
WOWZA volunteers · Thembisa, South Africa · July 2026
Photos from In His Name Ministries and WOWZA outreach; these are not records of UP project delivery.
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Immediate relief
UP Packs
We meet practical needs when they matter most.
When people face hardship, even basic needs can become difficult to meet. Our packs provide a once-off supply of basic food, crucial toiletries, school stationery or a combination—offering practical support where it is needed most.
We focus on poor communities, remote villages, and under-resourced schools and prisons, distributing through trusted community leaders and partners.
An UP Pack can:
provide food and essential hygiene items
equip children with basic school stationery
relieve immediate financial pressure
restore dignity in a difficult season
remove practical barriers to learning
Our packs may not provide everything someone needs, but they can provide something that matters right now.
We restore comfort and dignity in difficult circumstances.
When people lack basic comforts, simple things can make a profound difference. We provide blankets, mattresses, and clothing that bring comfort, dignity and care.
We focus particularly on vulnerable and under-resourced communities, schools and prisons, working through trusted local leaders and partners.
These initiatives can:
provide warmth and comfort
give someone a safe, dignified place to sleep
provide clean, appropriate clothing
restore a measure of dignity
remind someone that they are valued and not forgotten
We are committed to simple acts of care that make a lasting impression.
An UP Build creates opportunity and solutions that can last beyond the initial intervention.
People sometimes need more than help getting through today. They need opportunity, infrastructure, resources and practical solutions that can help them build a better tomorrow. UP Builds supports longer-term, sustainable initiatives that strengthen individuals, schools and communities.
These may include chicken and fish farms, agricultural ventures, school sanitation, water projects, livelihood initiatives and other community-based solutions.
An UP Build can:
create sustainable food or income
provide employment and develop skills
improve school sanitation
provide clean water
help communities become more self-sufficient
An UP Build is a practical investment in something that can keep building long after we have left.
We help people think differently, see differently and live differently.
People need more than practical resources. They need hope, healthy perspectives, practical guidance and the tools to move forward. UP Inspires provides motivational speaking, leadership development, life-skills training, trauma counselling, and thought-provoking programmes.
We work with young people, schools, prisoners, community groups, women and emerging leaders, creating spaces where people can heal, learn, think, dream and grow.
UP Inspires
provide trauma counselling and emotional support
challenge limiting ways of thinking
teach practical life skills
develop leadership potential
encourage wise choices
help people realise their dreams
We are passionate about helping people heal, grow, discover their potential and see a different future.
Because mindsets matters.
Because when one person is lifted up, they can help lift a family. When a family is lifted, a community can begin to rise. And when communities rise, they can become places where people don't simply survive — they have the opportunity to thrive.
We believe upliftment should never stop with the person who receives it. The ultimate goal is to see people who have been helped become people who can help others — creating a cycle of generosity, opportunity and hope.
