Umoya Project
Umoya: a girl's name meaning breath, spirit, essence of life, in siSwati, a South African language.
Breath. Spirit. Her future reimagined.
About Umoya Project
A decision support initiative empowering young women in Southern Africa to navigate unintended pregnancy with clarity, confidence, and hope.
The Challenge
South Africa faces a significant challenge with teenage pregnancies, ranking among the highest globally. Statistics indicate that nearly one in four girls fall pregnant before the age of 20, with an estimated 150,000 girls aged 10-19 becoming pregnant in the 2022/2023 financial year.
Teen Pregnancy
The South African Department of Education warned that teenage pregnancy often perpetuates a cycle of poverty, particularly in households where there are no family support structures to care for children, thereby hindering young mothers from continuing their education.
Lack of Education
Social media platforms serve up very real, and often very dangerous ways for women to end their pregnancies. One of the most popular of the "non-existent medications" flogged online and through flyers plastered on street poles, are "sonar pills". Lured by the word sonar, women are offered abortions.
Social Media
The World Health Organisation estimates that, globally, six out of 10 unintended pregnancies end in women choosing to have an abortion. Nearly half of all abortions are unsafe, with most of the unsafe terminations happening in developing countries like South Africa.
Unsafe Abortions
Our Response
Umoya Project is positioned to offer culturally sensitive support that is both relevant and accessible to women in South Afica.
01: Decision Support
While accessing an operating pregnancy care centre is ideal, it is not always possible. Umoya Project wants every woman facing an unintended pregnancy to Rise. No matter where she is located, Umoya Project will make informed decision support accessible to her, online and as much as possible in-person.
02: Community-Based Care
Umoya Project needs YOU! When you invest in training for your Center, you directly invest in her support in South Africa. 100% of your training fee is donated to Umoya Project to ensure She Rises!
03: Global Partnership
Partner with Us
Your Role
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Unlock her from the "unthink" space--where fear, pressure, and ambivalence cloud her view--and guide her toward a life-affirming choice. Every woman deserves the space to reflect and choose with Calm, Clarity, and Informed
Choice. ClearLinQ Training and Coaching will equip you to take her from "UNTHINK" to "EMPOWER" making the impossible
feel possible again.
Unthink Journey
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Invest in your Center staff, your client services and your precious clients while at the very same time uplifting women in South Africa. HOW? We're glad you asked. ClearLinQ Training & Coaching will donate 100% of your training fees to Umoya Project. Umoya Project is strategically positioned in South Africa to be able to Empower women with decision support.. You'll benefit and she'll benefit!
Invest Now
Umoya Project is the evidence of that which is unseen. Birthed out of sincere and passionate faith, Umoya Project is coming to life. It is His heart for His people, specifically women facing unintended pregnancy in South Africa. People you may never meet in your lifetime but people He Sees and has a plan for. Would you invest in their future through powerful and effective prayer?
Pray with Us
Meet Our Founders
Terri and Marlene are the co-founders of ClearLinQ Training & Coaching. As Canadian missionaries living and serving in South Africa, they are intimately acquainted with the challenges faced by vulnerable women in the Global South. Previously, they served together as Executive Director and Client Services Director of a Pregnancy Care Centre in Ottawa, Canada for 16 years. Due to a
When She Rises, We all RISE!