🌱 Our Projects
At Give a Smile Today, we design practical, hands-on empowerment programs that uplift the most vulnerable in society and point them to Christ. Our aim is to equip people with simple skills that can be started with little capital, using locally available resources, while also fulfilling the Great Commission of Jesus Christ in Matthew 28:18–20:
“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.”
Through these projects, evangelistic chaplains serve not only as preachers but also as trainers and mentors, passing on knowledge, practical skills, and the Gospel wherever they go.
Who We Empower
Our focus is to empower those who often face the greatest barriers to independence and dignity:
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Widows & Widowers – supported with income-generating skills to sustain their families.
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Orphans & Vulnerable Children – equipped in orphan homes and schools with simple, replicable skills.
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The Disabled – introduced to accessible projects suited to their capacity.
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School Leavers & Jobless Youth – given pathways to self-employment.
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Ex-inmates & those in rehabilitation – supported with reintegration skills that give them a fresh start.
🔨 Practical Projects
Each project is intentionally simple, easy to replicate, and designed to provide both income and a platform for evangelism.
Each of these projects is designed to:
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Empower the vulnerable (widows, orphans, disabled, school leavers, ex-inmates).
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Be practical and affordable to start.
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Provide dignity through self-reliance.
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Create natural platforms for evangelism through our chaplains.
Our Biblical Foundation
Our projects are not merely about survival—they are about discipleship and transformation.
We draw from the wisdom of Scripture: work with your hands (1 Thess. 4:11), care for the poor (James 1:27), and let your light shine before men (Matt. 5:16).
Every training session and project site becomes a mission field where chaplains bring the message of salvation alongside practical empowerment.
1. 🚲 Mobile Knife Sharpening Service
Description: Using a bicycle-mounted sharpener, trainees go door-to-door sharpening knives, machetes, and farm tools.
Biblical Principle: “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord” (Col. 3:23).
Startup Cost: ~$80–100 (bicycle + sharpener).
Evangelism Opportunity: Each home visit opens a door for conversation, prayer, and Gospel sharing.
2. 🌱 Urban Sack Gardening
Description: Growing vegetables and herbs in sacks or containers for food and income, especially in limited spaces.
Biblical Principle: “The Lord will bless the work of your hands” (Deut. 28:12).
Startup Cost: ~$20–30 (sacks, soil, seeds).
Evangelism Opportunity: Training gardens in schools, orphanages, or prisons double as discipleship groups.
3. 🧼 Soap & Detergent Production
Description: Making affordable bar soap, liquid soap, and disinfectants for local sale.
Biblical Principle: Caring for hygiene echoes the call to holiness—“Cleanse your hands, you sinners” (James 4:8).
Startup Cost: ~$50–70 (basic raw materials and containers).
Evangelism Opportunity: Products branded with Scripture or training integrated with Bible lessons.
4. 🧵 Tailoring & Repairs
Description: Teaching simple tailoring—uniforms, alterations, bag making—with one sewing machine.
Biblical Principle: Like Dorcas (Acts 9:36–39), tailoring blesses communities with clothing.
Startup Cost: ~$120–150 (sewing machine, starter fabric).
Evangelism Opportunity: Tailoring hubs can double as chaplaincy centers and disciple-making groups.
5. 🍯 Beekeeping & Honey Processing
Description: Producing honey and beeswax using simple hives.
Biblical Principle: “Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones” (Prov. 16:24).
Startup Cost: ~$60–80 (local hives, protective gear).
Evangelism Opportunity: Honey cooperatives become gathering points for community Bible studies.
6. ♻️ Recycling & Upcycling Projects
Description: Converting plastic, paper, and waste into crafts, bricks, or household products.
Biblical Principle: Redemption—turning what is discarded into something valuable (2 Cor. 5:17).
Startup Cost: ~$30–50 (basic tools, molds).
Evangelism Opportunity: Environmental care linked to Creation stewardship (Gen. 2:15).
7. 🍞 Small-Scale Baking
Description: Chapati, mandazi, and simple cakes sold in markets, schools, and churches.
Biblical Principle: “Give us this day our daily bread” (Matt. 6:11).
Startup Cost: ~$40–60 (charcoal oven, flour, utensils).
Evangelism Opportunity: Food outreach—sharing both bread and the Bread of Life.
8. 📱 Mobile Phone & Computer Repair
Description: Teaching youth basic repairs and troubleshooting.
Biblical Principle: “Daniel was found ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters” (Dan. 1:20)—excellence in skills.
Startup Cost: ~$100–150 (toolkit, starter spares).
Evangelism Opportunity: Repair kiosks act as ministry points for youth evangelism.
9. 💧 Clean Water Distribution
Description: Simple water purification and packaging for resale in bottles or jerrycans.
Biblical Principle: Jesus, the Living Water (John 4:14).
Startup Cost: ~$50–80 (filters, containers).
Evangelism Opportunity: Each water point becomes a symbol of Christ’s living water.
ACTION: Practical skills like these show how simple tools can transform lives while opening doors for evangelism.
🌍 Integration into Chaplaincy
Every project is more than economic empowerment—it’s a discipleship tool.
🤝 Reintegration & Evangelistic Chaplaincy
For those leaving prison or rehabilitation centers, reintegration is often a struggle. Our Evangelistic Chaplains are equipped to help in:
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Training in marketable skills (Trainers of Trainers passing on skills).
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Providing starter kits (e.g. bicycles with sharpeners, sewing machines).
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Linking them with churches and community mentors.
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Ensuring the Gospel takes root as their foundation.
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Disciple making by planting the Gospel.
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Being Community Shepherds offering guidance and hope.
Thus, our chaplains are both spiritual shepherds and trainers of trainers, multiplying impact wherever they go.
