Introducing SI's 9 Principles

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Introducing

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Empowering people:

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Transforming Communities

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Through our 9 principles of development…. there is a real sense of and when the project comes to fruition. “By involving the community in aspect of the development programme every from design right through to implementation ownership pride tools success hands, electric When the community realise that the to their are in their the excitement is

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“We place a great emphasis on the of our partners overseas and peer-to-peer learning. building capacity through regular training vital step We consider this as a in the of an development of the South, and programme implementation.” authentic voice successful

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hand out, hand up, By offering people a rather than a we aim to build their confidence & see them restored to God’s intended stature.” empowering people through communities transformed “The mission of our organisation is to see to realise their own needs.

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“Created in the of our Master we are all beautiful unique individuals. perfect image And as such there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution to issues of poverty; expressed needs tailored instead each and every programme has to be around the of the community.”

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Being a small organisation we are able to very quickly.” “All the in the world cannot foresee every eventuality, plans and so within all of our we must retain the to change as per the dictates of programmes flexibility local situation. react to change

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and yet are often most successful in business. Because of this, special consideration to the must be included in each programme.” “Globally are disproportionately affected by issues of They are more likely to suffer from malnourishment, become victims of HIV/Aids, and suffer domestic abuse women poverty. needs of women

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we build monitoring and evaluation processes into all programmes. Sets of audited accounts and regular reports from external evaluators provide us with the information required to ensure targets are being met.” “In order to ensure our get to where they are supposed to, funds

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These organisations are better placed to to the of communities we seek to help.” “We believe that God calls us to Internationally we focus on creating with local organisations. relationship building relationship. lasting partnerships listen needs and so all of our work, both overseas and here in the UK, is focussed around

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they cannot do this if they cannot stand on their own two feet.” “With our partners and the community we plan our programmes on a 5-8 year project cycle, an important element of which is the without a clear end in sight there is a real danger of creating an environment of dependency and unintentionally worsening the situation for the very people we are trying to help. exit strategy, Our aim is to to live empower people independent lives;