COMMUNITY WORK
We train local communities in Mozambique, Kenya and Malawi to strengthen their capacity to act.
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We build cooperations with other organizations and support them in their work with our training. We act exclusively on request from the local partner.
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We develop context- relevant training curricula.
COMMUNITY-DEVELOPMENT-TRAINING IN MOZAMBIQUE, KENYA AND MALAWI
Our community-training-program serves pastors and local leaders and their communities to:
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identify and mobilize local resources to meet the community needs independent from outside help
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initiate community-development-projects and have true ownership of development
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overcome poverty-promoting worldviews about self, others, creation and God
The program includes skills training in:
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health and hygiene
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marriage and parenting
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money management
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ecological farming
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We also educate local trainers from the very beginning to multiply the training program and to avoid creating dependencies. We focus on strengthening peoples ability to act, so that the affected people will find sustainable solutions to problems, that we as outsiders cannot even see.
SUSTAINABILITY AND CAPACITY TO ACT:
AUTONOMY AND OWNERSHIP
FUTURE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES WILL ARISE OUT OF THE AFFECTED
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AND NOT FROM A FOREIGN AID ORGANIZATION
"The training has enabled me to see the gold that I am sitting on and around me, I used to think I am poor but this training has opened my eyes."
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"Transformation begins with us! We develop our communities with our competence and our own funds!"
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„I started to use the resources that I already had but was not aware of. I grew economically, my health has improved drastically and my realtionships with others are healing. I want to pass this on, therefore I volunteer to help others in similar situations to move out of poverty. “
Kenya
In Kenya, our partner organization, Transformational Compassion Network, developed our training program in three modular levels under the leadership of Rev. Walter Rutto and with the support of 30 volunteers. Accredited by the Ministry of Education Kenya, the training program has been an integral part of the curriculum at three partner institutions since 2018: Kaboson Chaplaincy College, Kenya Highland University, and the University of Nairobi. It offers pastors a high-quality alternative to traditional theological education.
Furthermore, more than 5,000 participants annually take part in our hands-on training programs on sustainable agriculture, small business development, and community development. The majority of participants are affected by life-threatening poverty, and through our training, they are empowered to improve their living conditions independently.
