Sharon Smith-Robinson, Mary Seacole Outreach Ministry, UK
*RAFFA Awards for Development 2010 “International Practitioner of the Year”*
Project: Glen Stuart Primary School Computer Lab & Library, Maggotty, St Elizabeth,Jamaica
For more information:
http://www.raffa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/GLEN_STUART_PRIMARY_SCHOOL_FLYER_dec.pdf
Jamaica Education Initiative
http://www.raffa.org.uk/raffa-in-caribbean/jamaica/jamaica-education-initiative-jei/
Myrna Sealy, COGOP Longsight is working together with Tricia McIntosh, Christian Outreach, Castries, St Lucia.
Barrel Appeal:
Financial donations welcome
PLEASE CALL: Myrna Sealy on 07565465435 or e: myrna.sealy@virginmedia.com
RAFFAid works with local partners to bring humanitarian relief to vulnerable communities who have suffered as the result of civil conflict, natural disasters and climate change.
RAFFA Development Awards 2010, recognises the achievements of practitioners, churches,organizations and businesses who are working to transform the more traditional NGO leadership and management models.
Wilton Powell, OBE, Chairman, RAFFA, will present the International Practitioner Award to Sharon Smith-Robinson, Mary Seacole Outreach UK. This innovative project has utilized entrepreneurial skills to finance the building of Glen Stuart Primary School Computer Lab & Library, Maggotty, St Elizabeth, Jamaica.
A Partner Funding Scheme provides sustainable remittances by the adaptation of “throwing a Partner” a traditional approach to saving and investing adopted by the Caribbean communities in the United Kingdom since the1950’s.
The inaugural “Communication Award” will be presented to UK Churches, who have provided RAFFA with a creative and professional website that meets all their unique communication needs. UK Churches stated “we were established in 2004 and our vision is to ensure that Churches and Ministries are equipped with the tools they need to utilise the Internet to spread God’s love and his word. We are passionate about the Kingdom being represented in a way that spreads the good news and looks professional”.
International Practitioner of the Year
Appreciation
Fundraiser of the Year
Church of the Year
Improving Carers Lives
Region of the Year
Communication – website
Professional & Social Entrepreneur
RAFFA Mission:
To promote community economic development and reduce poverty by encouraging enterprise and increased productivity amongst individuals.
Church of God of Prophecy, has selected a portfolio of Social Action initiatives for regional and national replication. The range of inter-locking projects transcends education, housing and health with the common themes of reducing inequalities, tackling social exclusion and transforming community services:
RAFFA, is responsible for implementation of BIG SOCIETY Forums, making connections work for synergy and the introduction of partners who have a proven track record of achievement and expertise in the provision of community development as a service.
The ongoing Community Leadership & Empowerment Survey will focus on generating evidence-based approaches that promote the linkage between physical development and community economic development that inspires peaceful, caring and enterprising neighbourhoods.
Case study ( 1 )
Please see link:http://www.raffa.org.uk/social-action/partners/big-society-annd-cogop-social-action-case-study-1/
For more information:
Rudi Page 07958 744660 or www.raffa.org.uk
Minority Ethnic Christian Affairs ( MECA ) hosted the inaugural meeting of the ‘Big Society Forum’ on Thursday 9 December at the London offices of Churches Together in England. The Forum was attended by representatives of Black-led Churches and Minority Ethnic communities in England. Guest speaker was Mr Rudi Page, CEO, of international development agency RAFFA and member of the Cinnamon Network, a group of executives from Christian organisations involved in community services development and delivery. The Cinnamon Network recently carried research that showed that Churches are delivering an estimated 72 million hours of volunteering for social initiatives at over £250 millions of direct funding per annum.
MECA Executive Secretary, Bishop Dr Joe Aldred said, ‘Faith communities in general and Black-led churches and Minority Ethnic Christian communities in particular do ‘Big Society’ as a way of life. Social responsibility has long been a core Christian virtue. And it is vitally important that as the government encourages local communities to take on more responsibility that minority communities are able to critique the new proposals and collaborate where possible, but always in the interest of the poor, disadvantaged, marginalised and what the bible calls ‘the least of these’”.
The Big Society Forum will meet three times during 2011 in order to raise awareness and promote understanding about government’s flagship Big Society programme with a particular remit to encourage approaches that reduce inequalities in public and community services. Senior political, civic and religious leaders will be invited to hear from a diverse range of independent and national Black-led Churches and Minority Ethnic Christian communities.
Rudi Page, said “The Big Society Forum has been invited to contribute to a Community Leadership & Empowerment survey that will highlight and measure the impact of Black-Led Churches which through social action are inspiring peaceful, caring and enterprising neighbourhoods”.
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