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RURAL NETWORK
CONSCIOUSNESS-RAISING, WITNESS AND ADVOCACY FOR FUTURE
DIRECTION IN RURAL MISSION
RURAL
SUSTAINABILITY – There are six areas of activities under this program,
each briefly described below:
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Gender and
Development (GAD)
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Earth,
Culture and Spirituality (ECS)
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Technical Consulting/Appropriate
Technology (TCS/AT)
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Social and
Racial Justice (SRJ)
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Rural Legal
Assistance (RLA)
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Training
CAPACITY
RESTORATION FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS
AFFECTED BY
DISASTERS
The
Rural
Network Program facilitates exchange of communication, personnel
and knowledge among peoples' organizations.
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Consciousness-raising, Witness and Advocacy for Future Direction in
Rural Mission: Education and training among representatives of
member denominations and agencies, and North American church and
community based constituencies, leading to advocacy and support on
issues important to Agricultural Missions constituencies.
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The
Rural
Sustainability Program
provides individuals and
communities, through their local organizations, with assistance in
addressing the root causes and impacts of hunger, poverty and societal
conditions that give rise to the inequities that result in hunger and
poverty. There are six areas of activities under this program,
each briefly described below:
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Gender and
Development (GAD): Addresses the specific needs of women by
organizing and challenging gender based discrimination; support
women's economic empowerment by facilitation of training in business
management and providing capital for savings and micro credit for
production and marketing activities. (back)
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Earth, Culture and
Spirituality (ECS): Promotes concepts and practices that
contribute to environmental and economic sustainability, respect for
the "integrity of God's creation" and the integration of cultural
and spiritual values in everyday activities. (back)
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Technical
Consultant Services/Appropriate Technology (TCS/AT): Functions
to facilitate access to technologies that are relevant to the needs
of development communities. The program acts as an instrument for
organizing, educating and responding to specific economic problems
related to the use of technology and supports projects that access
and develop alternate technologies that are appropriate to the needs
of rural communities. Embodied in the implementation of this program
are concepts and practices of sustainability, education, training
and skills transfer, environmental conservation and cultural
compatibility. (back)
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Social and Racial
Justice (SRJ): Raises awareness of the presence of social and
racial injustices in society and their impacts on communities and
nations and confronts the root causes through analysis, education
and action. (back)
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Rural Legal
Assistance (RLA): Assists local communities and their advocates
in protecting the human rights of indigenous and rural peoples and
their access to land, water and other natural resources. In the era
of "technological globalization," not only are the natural resources
of indigenous and rural peoples under threat of expropriation, but
also their biological resources, traditional knowledge and even
their personal and collective genetic resources. (back)
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Training:
Facilitates delivery of training to various groups in skills that
lead to capacity building and decreased dependency, whether this is
at the individual, organizational or community level. Training
sessions may take the form of on site farmer-to-farmer production
related training; institutional based training for members of
community. (back)
Capacity Restoration for Community Organizations Affected by
Disasters: Assists partners in restoration and rebuilding of
their capabilities to function effectively following natural
disasters and to address specific issues of injustice, resulting
from or exacerbated by disasters. (back) |
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