LDS Church members conduct community service projects across Africa in 2026

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mobilised across communities in Lagos and Ogun states on Saturday for the 2026 All-Africa Service Project (AASP). The annual initiative, held every August, brought together members and friends of the Church to provide voluntary services aimed at improving public facilities and supporting communities.

Among the activities carried out in different locations were the cleaning and painting of a health centre in Badore, Ajah, by Lekki Stake; painting of a health centre and clearing of the Spinal Cord Injury Association of Nigeria (SCIAN) centre in Amuwo-Odofin, Lagos, by Festac Stake in partnership with Clarion Care Home and Senior Living; blood donation by members of Yaba Stake in partnership with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH); environmental sanitation at Shimawa roundabout; painting of a health centre and Shimawa High School; as well as fumigation of Makinde Police Station at Ewuntuntun and painting of the Ewuntuntun Primary Health Centre.

The All-Africa Service Project was established in 2006 as a community service initiative designed to bring members and friends together to serve and improve communities across Africa. By 2009, the project had grown into a significant Africa-wide service effort, with members in more than 30 countries participating in activities including road repairs, drainage clearing, environmental clean-up, painting, tree planting and assistance to hospitals and other community institutions.

Speaking during the exercise at Shimawa, the First Counselor in the Mowe Ward Bishopric, Ojodu Stake, Chibueze Ohaegbulem, said the project was part of the Church’s annual commitment to serving communities irrespective of religious or racial differences. Ohaegbulem said the Church annually organises community service every August, adding that this year’s project in Shimawa focused on cleaning the roundabout and carrying out improvement works at the health centre and secondary school.

He explained that the initiative was rooted in the Church’s belief in practical service to humanity. According to him, members volunteered their time and personal resources to participate in the exercise. “It’s a volunteer thing that we do. Members of the Church, from their own resources, come to do the work. They volunteer their time and their resources to come and do it in the community where they are staying,” he said.

Ohaegbulem said the choice of Shimawa was informed by identified needs within the community. He added that the project was designed to encourage communities to embrace cleanliness, healthy living and collective responsibility. The efforts reflect a commitment to serving others, a principle central to the Church’s teachings. As Micah 6:8 reminds us, to do justice, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God, the Church’s service initiatives embody these values in action.

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