Who are the forgotten children of Africa?
At Every Child Ministries we are frequently asked what we mean by the term “the forgotten children of Africa” and why we say these children are forgotten. Our own pastor reminded us that they have never been forgotten by God. Africa has forgotten her own children. We have three things in mind in using this term. First, all the children of African are largely forgotten because they are so often neglected and marginalized by African churches, leaders, governments and even parents. We see this when children are expelled from churches to make room for adults and when parents force their own children out to the streets, sell them or send them into prostitution. The church needs to be reminded of its responsibility to children and awakened to the opportunities children present. The world has forgotten the children of Africa. Second, the children of Africa have been largely forgotten by the outside world. While there are some notable exceptions, thank God, tragedy after tragedy has gone by in
