July 2022 | Vol. 09 Iss. 07
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fter serving a church mission in Zimbabwe and doing anthropological research in Namibia with Brigham Young University, South Jordan resident Austin Cameron was shocked at the desperate need faced by orphans and vulnerable children in those communities. He returned home and lost sleep worrying about these children. “I realized I needed to make it part of my life’s mission to help them,” Cameron said. In 2010, he started the nonprofit Footsteps for Africa, an organization dedicated to helping the most forgotten populations. His first initiative was to gather winter clothing, shoes and school supplies. The donations were shipped to Africa, where he met the shipment himself and distributed the goods to the children. “A lot of aid gets to the continent of Africa, but through inefficiency or corruption and other obstacles, it doesn’t get to a lot of kids who need it most,” he said. “I’m determined that with every initiative we do that we
have a physical presence on the ground and a way to make sure the resources and efforts reach these kids.” Footsteps for Africa got word that children in Namibia were living in shacks on school grounds because their villages were too far away for them to attend school. More than 100 children, some as young as 8 years old, cooked meals outside with no running water, no toilets or showers, and with an added danger of poisonous snakes that would come into the shacks at night. “Worrying about snakes coming in at night shouldn’t be anything any 8-year-old should worry about,” Cameron said. “I was touched by the kids and made a promise that we’d help.” Last month, Footsteps for Africa, along with students, teachers, government officials and the surrounding community, held a grand opening for a construction project that improves living conditions for students at Oshamukweni School. Through a generous, six-figure
South Jordan resident and founder of Footsteps for Africa Austin Cameron walks around the school grounds with stu-
Continued page 13 dents from the Oshamukweni School in Namibia. (Photo courtesy of Footsteps for Africa.)
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