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Life Connections International
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Mission Statement
The mission of Life Connections Intl. is to unify and encourage the body of Christ by supporting the work of churches and Para church organizations worldwide.
This will be accomplished through:
1. Facilitating global short-term volunteer work
2. Helping to connect ministry partnerships between individuals, churches, and Para church organizations.
Description
One aspect of the work of LCI is our short-term volunteer trips, here in the US and around the world. We have a heart to come along side people that are on the frontlines of ministries and help support the vision that God has given them to touch their communities. We do this by taking people like you who are willing to give up a little of their time to come and serve. We take skilled and unskilled people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life. We just asked that you have a servant’s heart!
Organizational Statement of Faith
We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son and Holy spirit.
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
We believe in the forgiveness of sins. God graciously justifies and regenerates by the Holy Spirit all who trust in Christ through repentance from sin and confession of faith.
We believe in the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. There is resurrection of both the saved and the lost -- those who are saved, to the resurrection of eternal life, and those who are lost, to the resurrection of everlasting damnation.
We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life.
We believe in the holy Christian church. The church is the people of God, comprised of all those who believe in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The church is the body of Christ, visible in the world wherever Christian belivers, in obedience of faith, hear the word, observe the ordinances and live as Disciples of Christ.
Program Type
Other Program
Denominational Affiliation
Parachurch Organization
RSS
community project handcrafts busines
Hi Brethren We are an artisans from western kenya who are looking for Business partnership and community development project,
Here in below is the information about our organization,
we wel come you to qwork together and make changes in our communities.
Tamokcub project is non profit organization found in Kenya Western part of the country, it is founded by local volunteers. It has hundred artisans who make various handcrafts e.g. soapstone carvings, wood carvings, baskets, bags, T-shirts, Jewelries and others.
The project has been devised to assist the development of a sustainable industry using those native resources that are readily available. Proceeds from the project go towards the project member’s children’s education and to raise the health of all the project participants.
This project seeks to blend the resourceful creativity of the Kenyan artisans with knowledge of western world marketing distribution brought to the project by an experienced business coach.
The vision is to develop a unique product line that will attract the interest of the world, be low cost to distribute globally and be high in unique skilled labour content but low in other production costs. The business developed must be capable of sustaining the group in the long term. With economic sustainability the health and education benefits will flow.
To meet this requirement the group is working on a unique handcrafts concept from various artisans within Kisii and neighboring. All the income generating we get from the sales 100% profit of the project will go the Tamoklub Committee, for the distribution in accordance with their constitution. In addition 50% of the project costs will be expended in the Kenyan artisan groups. The constitution and committee officers are elected by the general members annually.
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT
This group which is found in the western part of country faces many problems of diseases mainly Malaria, HIV/ AIDS for example 88% of the community have Malaria 60% have HIV/AIDS their average life expectancy has nearly halved over a period of 15 years as HIV/AIDS has taken its toll. Children born with HIV/AIDS seldom live beyond age of 15 years.
The group’s predominant industry is agriculture. The group as a main central workshop and other various home workshops where they are making their products. The group rents their main workshop. There are no electricity, water or communication services installed. Their homes are predominately mud and stick buildings are still used.
Drought is becoming a problem as a primary issue with lower rainfall generally. A secondary effect on drought in the north and west of the country is forcing human and livestock movement to find grazing further south. Anthrax is a health issue associated with the livestock movements.
EDUCATION
Education is scarce, around one third of teachers in the rural areas have been lost to HIV/AIDS. The Kenyan government has decreed universal primary education but the reality on the ground is the cost of equipment and uniforms, the need for younger family members to take care of their sick members, and the lack of teachers, all conspire to make general primary education of the group’s children currently unachievable. Secondary education is rare.
So we highly welcome any organizations e.g. fair trade organization, N.G.Os and others to partnership with us to assist as in marketing, representing and developing our communities as it is stating from above. contact person Samuel Omweriemail. mumayouth@yahoo.com or tamokcub@yahoo.ca