CCT Flashcards
What is Church & Community Transformation?
CCT helps the local church to meet the needs of the local community.
What are the two ways in which the local church meets the needs of its local community?
The local church can serve the local community through service provision e.g. shelter in a disaster, or medical care, or care for orphans etc. and through empowerment e.g. self-help groups, preventative training (child protection, domestic violence, & health).
To date, how many churches across 36 countries have been mobilised to transform their communities?
To date, more than 14,468 churches have been mobilised to transform their communities.
Why use the local church to bring transformation to a community?
The church is uniquely placed to bring complete and lasting transformation through a holistic strategy which meets people’s social, environmental, spiritual, and emotional needs.
In 2001, in which country was CCT first run?
This new approach was piloted in Tanzania by the Diocese of Mara.
What was accomplished in the first pilot project?
A nursery and a primary school were created.
What was the process called in 2005?
CCM - Church & Community Mobilisation.
In which four countries was CCM run in 2005?
Kenya, southern Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
What was the name of the training manual created to enable Tearfund’s partners to replicate the approach globally?
Umoja (Swahili for “togetherness”).
What was the name of the network set up by Tearfund and its partners to strengthen and spread CCM methodologies?
Friends of Umoja.
By 2014, CCM was taking place in how many countries?
By 2014, CCM was taking place in 41 countries worldwide.
By 2014, how many people had CCM transformed?
By 2014, CCM had contributed to the transformation of around 10 million people.
What are Tearfund’s three corporate priorities?
CCT, economic and environmental sustainability, and fragile states.
What are Tearfund’s five key areas of technical expertise?
Food security, HIV & AIDS, livelihoods, resilience, and water and sanitation.
What is the sixth key area of technical expertise that Tearfund will be developing?
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence.
