African Christian College

African Christian College desires to equip men and women for excellent service, who are globally aware, and have the skills, experience, and knowledge necessary for the rapidly changing world of Africa. Though the digital divide remains significant on the continent -- especially in Swaziland -- our students will be returning home to "wired" communities using mobile and online technology in increasing ways. The following numbers represent the available technology for students learning in the 21st century classrooms of our college: 24 desktop computers in the ACC computer lab 15 computers working on the first day of classes 43 students enrolled for 2013 11 years since these computers were "new" 2 dot matrix printers 0 KB is Read More

Trainers from Bible League International spent the week at African Christian College leading students, faculty, and locals through facilitation training for the Firm Foundations Literacy programme. Each facilitator spent over 12 hours -- outside their regular classes -- to be certified as a trainer by Ted York, Carol Maples, and Shadrack Molosiwa of Bible League International. A graduation ceremony was held on Friday where each student was presented their certificate as facilitators. Firm Foundations uses proven strategies for teaching literacy using the Bible. The training this week was for English, but the strategies and materials are available and can be used in a variety of languages (including siSwati!). As facilitators our Read More

It has been a strange weather year for Swaziland this year. (Is it global warming?) Lots of early rain in September and October tricked the orchard into getting ahead of itself. Now we're expecting a low crop for 2013. A surprise October storm ripped roofs off of several structures and toppled over 100 trees in our orchard. All in all, it caused about $45,000 in damages. This morning we found some new surprises left by a much milder storm last night. A bridge across a small creek on our orchard road washed away. And a retaining wall failed in its job and collapsed next to our farm building. Repairs are underway. Read More