Today I have been clearing out cellars (long story) and going to an evening in Shipley from a family who have been working for an NGO in Tunisia. It looked a bit greener and a lot more developed than Yemen, although we were seeing things through ex pat eyes. Eg the children told us at school you learn Englsih, french, arabic and Latin. You learn in French, they ride horses, do fencing, and do swimming etc. They attemd a church in Tunisia which is a centre for the African development bank and so it is a multicultural affair.
The organisation is called: "Association de cooperation en Tunisia" which is an NGO that works with Tunisian partners by building capacity in five areas.
Health - working in paliative care for the government.
Disability and integrating education ...
In.schools
Rural development - working with women and farmers.
At risk - vulnerable women and children.
There are 500 national christians in Tunisia... so it's impressive that they are able to work there with all different bits of the community. They talk about Jesus carefully and are held in high regard... although I did wonder to what extent they are bringing stuff to them rather than partnering with them.
These people are going to be at Greenbelt so I am looking forward to meeting them and their like.
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Let's talk more about partnering and partnership - one of the touchstones for us is reciprocal transformation. That reciprocity is what makes it partnership - being willing to be changed, as they bring stuff too.
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