Judith Warren and Brenda Daniels will be travelling to Kenya and Zambia in September!!

We will visit Zion Global Ministries and catch up on mission work in Kitui County, Kenya and then move onto Zambia to celebrate two years of ministry with Pastors Gorden and Jacqueline at Zion Global Ministries Zambia. This will be an exciting time  to spend with our church leaders, members, visit the villages and share donated items from ZGMinistries USA.

We will also spend time in Nairobi with the Makaya family and a day at the Liberty Vision Learning Center. Chipo Makaya serves as the Learning Center Director*. We look forward to sharing with our supporters when we return.

*Click here to read the June Liberty Visions Newsletter

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​On February 25,2020, the Greater Cincinnati YMCA hosted a ribbon cutting event to celebrate the reopening of the Melrose Y Branch as the Melrose Impact Center. Zion Global Missions is one of four
organizations located at the Center to offer social services, employment referral services and youth
programs. The other three organizations housed at the Center are Villedge, UpSpring and EasterSeals.
We will collaborate and connect clients with available services, offer interagency referrals and outreach
events in the Walnut Hills neighborhood. The Center also has a full court gym where our boys’
basketball team, Zion Lions practice. We plan to start a girls’ team as well as enrollment site for Project
Lift. Check back for activity updates!

​Starting in March 2019, ZGMissions launched a new workforce and transportation service - Gigshuttle!  We are partnering with Amazon and other regional employers by hosting community hiring events that will be accessible to low income consumers who are unemployed or underemployed and have no access to reliable transportation.  Jobs with a livable wage are harder to get to; employers struggle with finding workers for second/third shift jobs.  Our community suffers, families aren't stable or have a path to self-sufficiency.  To date, ZGMissions has hosted 5 hiring events attended by 150+ people.  Thirty have succeeded in getting employment.  Thorugh a partnership with Zion Global Ministries, we utilize church vehicles to provide daily shuttle service from Cincinnati neighborhoods to Amazon warehouse locations in Hebron KY.  An added bonus is connecting each of the new workers with a mentor for up to 6 months.  Also workers begin to contribute for their shuttle assistance after 3 months of continuous employment. Our goal is transportation independence after six months by starting a "transportation fund" that will allow the purchase or repair of a vehicle. Donation of a "gently used" vehicle is needed so that we can have capacity to meet the transport needs

​Cincinnati ranks as one of the top 5 cities in the U.S. with a high rate of child poverty. The main reason for this is that parents are poor! Low wages, no full time employment, high market rate rental prices and unreliable transportation are just some of the challenges that low income households are facing. To address these chronic issues, ZGMissions has joined forces with 24 nonprofit and public sector organizations to provide financial resources, legal consultation, and fast track enrollment with existing services in order to break the poverty cycle and fill the income gap. All clients must be employed, have at least one child under 18 in the household and commit to working on 2-3 personal and employment-related goals, such as finding better employment, developing a realistic household budget or assisting with finding affordable housing. Since joining this collaborative, ZGMissions has enrolled 35 households with 73 children and 9 adults.  This is truly the launch of a lift out of poverty!!

​Young girls attending the women's conference

Cincinnati ranks as one of the top 5 cities in the U.S. with a high rate of child poverty. The main reason for this is that parents are poor! Low wages, no full time employment, high market rate rental prices and unreliable transportation are just some of the challenges that low income households are facing.

​To address these chronic issues, ZGMissions has joined forces with 24 nonprofit and public sector organizations to provide financial resources, legal consultation, and fast track enrollment with existing services in order to break the poverty cycle and fill the income gap. All clients must be employed, have at least one child under 18 in the household and commit to working on 2-3 personal and employment-related goals, such as finding better employment, developing a realistic household budget or assisting with finding affordable housing. Since joining this collaborative, ZGMissions has enrolled 35 households with 73 children and 9 adults. This is truly the launch of a lift out of poverty!!

Starting in March 2019, ZGMissions launched a new workforce and transportation service - Gigshuttle! We are partnering with Amazon and other regional employers by hosting community hiring events that will be accessible to low income consumers who are unemployed or underemployed and have no access to reliable transportation. Jobs with a livable wage are harder to get to; employers struggle with finding workers for second/third shift jobs. Our community suffers, families aren't stable or have a path to self-sufficiency. To date, ZGMissions has hosted 5 hiring events attended by 150+ people. Thirty have succeeded in getting employment.

​Through a partnership with Zion Global Ministries, we utilize church vehicles to provide daily shuttle service from Cincinnati neighborhoods to Amazon warehouse locations in Hebron KY. An added bonus is connecting each of the new workers with a mentor for up to 6 months. Also workers begin to contribute for their shuttle assistance after 3 months of continuous employment. Our goal is transportation independence after six months by starting a "transportation fund" that will allow the purchase or repair of a vehicle. Donation of a "gently used" vehicle is needed so that we can have capacity to meet the transport needs.