8th Mile Project
Caring for People in Need as Christ Instructed
GOING THE EXTRA MILE

Caring for People
in Need as Christ Instructed

The 8th Mile is the missions' arm of YWAP. We help alleviate human suffering in rural communities and urban slums as instructed in Matthew 25:35-40.

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Free Medical Services to the Sick
RURAL MEDICAL OUTREACHES

Free Medical Services
to the Sick

We provide mobile clinical services, health education, and free medication to rural dwellers with limited access to healthcare.

Fund Healthcare
Breaking Poverty Through Student Support
EMPOWERMENT & EDUCATION

Breaking Poverty
Through Student Support

Through our Back to School programs and student assistance, we equip the next generation for a brighter future.

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Building Homes and Restoring Dignity
PRACTICAL LOVE IN ACTION

Building Homes
and Restoring Dignity

We build habitable homes for widows and provide bibles in local languages to rural churches across Nigeria.

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Our Commission

The 8th Mile is the missions’ arm of Youth with A Purpose (YWAP).

Through our outreaches and projects, we care for people in need as instructed by our Lord Jesus Christ in Matthew 25:35-40.

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There are many ways to be part of our mission. Choose how you want to make a difference today.

Pray

Pray for us and for our teams and efforts.

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Volunteer

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Donate

Help us raise funds to make a big difference.

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OUR WORK

Touching Lives,
Making Impact

Started in January 2006 in Kaduna, we have been touching lives for over 15 years, mobilizing and connecting hearts and skills to alleviate human suffering.

Rural Medical

Outreaches

Providing free medical services, clothing, and food items to needy communities.

Clothing

The Naked

Following the instruction in Matthew 25:36: 'I was naked and you clothed me'.

Students

Assistance

Mobilizing resources to provide educational support to students in need.

Back to School

Program

Breaking cycles of poverty by equipping children with school essentials.

Habitable Homes

for Widows

Building safe and dignifying shelter for vulnerable widows in rural areas.

Bibles for

Rural Churches

Donation of Bibles in local languages to strengthen rural churches.

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Our Team
20+
Years of Service
HOW WE WORK

Volunteer & Partnership Based

The 8th Mile is volunteer and partnership based. we achieve our objectives through YWAP centres that are spread across Nigeria.

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Mobilizing Hearts & Skills

We mobilize and connect the hearts, skills and resources of local and international partners who believe in our goals.

2

YWAP Centres

Our objectives are realised through Youth With A Purpose (YWAP) centres that are spread across Nigeria.

3

Sustainable Empowerment

Our goal is to help alleviate human suffering in rural communities and urban slums through empowerment.

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Our Faith

Our Faith

"Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation."

FAITH
Statement of Faith

What We Believe

1The Triune God

We believe that the one and only God is Spirit, self-existing, infinite, personal, immutable and eternal in His being. We believe in His perfect holiness, love, justice, goodness, wisdom and truth, omnipotence, Omniscience, and Omnipresence. We believe that God is the Creator and sustainer of the universe, and that He is eternally existent in three persons, one in substance and co- equal in power and glory- Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

2The Bible

We believe that the Bible, consisting of the sixty-six books of both old and new testaments, given by divine inspiration, is inherent in its original manuscripts and is the final authority in matters pertaining to faith and conduct. We accept the right and duty of personal judgment, under the illumination of the Holy Spirit, in the interpretation of the Holy Scripture. II Timothy 3:16, I Peter 1:25, II Peter 1: 21. .

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Since 2006

Our History

The 8th mile started in January 2006 as Youth With A Purpose (YWAP) practical love initiative in Kaduna Nigeria. Free medical services, clothing, food items, Insecticide treated mosquito nets were given to the people of Bugai community.

Till this day, all 8th mile outreaches, activities and resources are coordinated and managed by members of YWAP.

Our History - YWAP

Youth With A Purpose

Practical love initiative

Moments

Our Impact in Pictures

A glimpse into the lives touched and communities transformed through our practical love initiatives.

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Community Reporting

8thMile Reporting

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