Our Story

In the 1990’s, Jacques van Bommel, a South African, had a passion to bring hope to the millions of needy children in his country. He understood the racial and economic barriers but moved forward with a plan to somehow reach an entire generation.

After years of being mentored in children’s ministry, Jacques has assembled a network of like-minded people. Initially the work started as a summer camp for children. It was soon obvious that the camp model was not scalable to meet the large population of needy children in South Africa. The organization continued to evolve into an agency that empowers local communities, through logistical support, training, and facilitation, to do more than any single organization could do.

Jacques now serves as the President of Reaching a Generation in South Africa (RaG-ZA), a multi-national compassionate ministry to children and families across all southern Africa.

In 2006, RaG-US was incorporated in the United States, to promote and support the work of RaG-ZA and other ministry partners who have similar goals: to bring hope to a generation of children.  Reaching a Generation is not just a name, it is a mission!  To see a generation reached, so they can continue to reach even further!