Opening our Eyes to Not Hurt People

By Jeanine Ayivi and Kwasi Ayivi

I want to thank God for taking us through the course. I thank Anthony and Jonny for their facilitation. It has been very good. I have been doing development work with communities since 1977. And I can say that for me as well as the communities, there has been a lot of hurt. Because there were many things I didn't know. And so this training has opened our eyes and helped us so that we can continue working without hurting any people. In the church we have been working with, I can also see there has been a lot of hurt. With the training I have received, I believe we have been given the opportunity to train other church leaders so that together we can work without hurting those who are to receive help from us.

Thank you Chalmers. Thank you Brian Fikkert for thinking of such a program. And may the Lord bless all of us. The next step is to sensitise the Churches, lead them to understand their place and their role in the community and to engage with the poor. (Translated from French)