DEVELOPING TIMES: Clean Water?

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Rural Empowerment Initiatives (REI) mission is to collaborate in the reduction of poverty through investment in rural areas and training of local people.

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REI's vision is to treat every created being with dignity, respect and love. We strive to work with those most in need by empowering people to recognize their God given talents, enabling them to make the world a better place and providing them hope for the future.

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REI believes that all people are created equal.
REI will develop small to medium businesses (SMEs) as one approach to reach those most in need by creating jobs that build the economy in rural areas.
REI's partner businesses will be led, managed and majority owned by local people.
REI will always seek a triple bottom line of economic, spiritual and social transformation.
REI seeks to build sustainable community-oriented business models.
REI's focus of support is to the economically disadvantaged.
REI will seek attractive market and growth opportunities.
REI will incubate pilot projects with capable management.
REI believes in collaboration. We seek partners whose strengths complement our own in an effort to build well-rounded projects of lasting economic value for the communities in which we work.
REI is inspired by the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, and is therefore rooted in the Christian faith.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Clean Water?

The last month or so has been so interesting. With my joining of Congo Initiative and the beginning of something special with clean water.
A friend of mine, Dave Colwin, who has traveled to Senegal about four times, Don Wick, and Dr. David Brueening, founder of International Children's Fund, and I have collaborated and reaching Senegal with a clean water program.
As we have many specifics to work out. I can hardly contain myself to shout hallelujah!

The main thing is, we believe that God is in this. God has opened doors so fast in the past few months that we have hardly time to get thru em!
While I won't get into to many specifics right now, here's a few things that I can share.
One is that Living Water Int. has agreed to act as a consultant for no fee and help guide us in the process. Their knowledge in this arena in second to none and what we are discovering is that they are a strong faith based organization. Dave C. has also been consulting with a gentleman from the Baptist General Conference who spent fourteen years in Cameroon doing clean water projects. His philosophy , I believe lines up with our thinking very well. Sustainable, community involvement and a very simple approach to clean water.

Would you join us in prayer involving this?
1- Pray that we seek God first
2- Pray for the team to take shape and work well with each other. This could be a multiple partnership including Living Water, International children's Fund, United world Mission and the local NGO in Senegal
3- Pray for the vision to take shape and become reality

I'll keep you posted on this development. It could mean clean water for thousands of rural Senegalese.