CCM Flashcards

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What do Tearfund believe about what the Local Church can offer

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Tearfund believe that local churches can offer their communities nothing less than total transformation, We believe that local churches around the world can make an immense contribution to overcoming poverty, at a local, national, and international level.

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Give two examples of Church mobilization approaches

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  1. Through Service provision e.g shelter in a disaster, or medical care, or care for orphans
  2. Through Empowerment - e.g, self help groups, preventative training (child protection, domestic violence, health)
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What does CCM give to communities

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CCM gives those in the communities the skills, knowledge and training they need to lift themselfes out of poverty.

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What is the benefit of CCM to communites when they are provided with knowledge and training

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The Community feels empowered to take ownership of the problems but more importantly the solutions

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What is the overal objective of CCM

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To bring about long term sustainable transformation to the community and the wider region

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By what principles means do Tearfund work through when carrying out CCM, and why is it important

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The Local Church, which helps address the psycological, emotional, and Spiritual need of the community as well as the material and and Physical need.

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How many Churches and Countries have been mobilized through CCM

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To date, more than 14,468 Churches across 36 countries have been mobilized to transform their communities

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Define CCM

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Church and Community Mobilisation, otherwise known as ‘Umoja’ (Swahili for ‘Togetherness’) is a dynamic way of helping local churches to work together with their community in addressing needs using their own resources. It has brought remarkable transformation to local churches and their communities around the world.

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How is Umoja presented to the local church

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Umoja is an exciting and comprehensive set of training resources for those who want to envision and equip the local church to work for transformation in their communities. Our resources are available in English, French and Portuguese.

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What are the three words used to decribe what CCM does for Communities

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Inspire, Empower and Equip Churches to transform Communities

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What Does CCM eradicate

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Ends the the need for Dependency - which deprives people of dignity

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Why does Tearfund use the local Church from a practical point of view

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Local Churches understand the needs of their community

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What phrase sums up what CCM strives to do

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Sustainable Development

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What does Tearfund aim to break

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To break the attitude of dependency, and opening their eyes to the potential of resources they have

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