TransAfrican Development, Inc. A 501 (C)(3) nonprofit organization
dba NDANDO HOUSE "A Place You Can Call Home"
The NDANDO HOUSE, we have chosen not to "turn and look the other way," as the priest and the levite did in Jesus' story of the parable of the
Good Samaritan (Luke 10:23, NIV). May God speak to you as you glance at this message and lead you to find your place in the battle to address MENTAL HEALTH
in our communities.
The Scriptures make it clear that anyone who says he or she loves God, and does not love the brother or sister who is a neighbor, is a liar. Persons suffering from MENTAL HEALTH are our brothers and sisters. The Jesus who we find in Scripture calls upon us to look for him in the eyes of the poor and the oppressed. He tells us in Matthew 25 that what we do "to the least of them" we do to him. The Christ of Scripture refuses to be an abstraction in the sky. Instead, he chooses to be incarnated in the last, the least, and the lost of this world. At NDANDO HOUSE, we contend that he is especially present in those who suffer from MENTAL HEALTH issues.
Here at NDANDO HOUSE we appeal to all Christians who read this to live as Jesus lived, walk as Jesus walked. The Bible tells us that Jesus instructed his disciples to love their neighbors and give to the needy. He urged believers who professed his name to help those less fortunate than themselves. Yet, over time, Christians have put these things aside. We have forgotten what the Bible says. We have not done our job in loving our neighbors. We, as believers, need to abandon our hypocrisy and set the example. We must be the first to help those fellow Americans suffering from MENTAL ILLNESS.
As we all know, the health and development of a country is closely linked to the health of its citizens. Children with behavioral problems in American are in a state of crisis. They are our richest natural resource and caring for them is an investment in the truest sense of who we are as Americans. We ignore their development at our own peril. It is through them that we invest in the future of the economy, in the future security of America, and in its future social well being and stability.