Monthly forums for Church Pastors and Business owners. Currently we are working with approx. 7 different Churches (incl. some province Churches) with numbers increasing each month.
In addition, we're assisting the following forum members in a specific sustainability project over the next 12 months:
Churches
- New Life Fellowship, Phnom Penh (Ps. Samdy Leang and Snr Ps. Jesse McCaul): 1)Assisting with implementation of new financial management system (supporting the main effort led by Benkorp organisation); 2) Assisting in review and re-structure of Office Skills Training Centre (OSTC); 3) Advice and assistance with development of micro-enterprise opportunities to help support the needs of the NLF young men's and women's dormitories; 4) Advice re: setting up a Church advisory Board/Committee
- New Life Fellowship, Kran Tnong (Ps. Ty Pros): Business advice re: income generation proposals including chicken farming project in the provinces
- New Life Fellowship, Samroung Young (Ps. Chao Chantheoun): Monthly leadership training for the key church leaders at Samroung Young NLF church
- Church Celebrating Jesus Christ (Ps. Inpa Eliezer): Business advice re: Inpa's church forming a business partnership involving the church members
- Russey Keo Baptist Church (Ps. Toun Kakada): Providing monthly business foundations training for church members
- New Generation Community Church (Ps. Joko): Planning for potential kingdom business to support Church.
Business Owners
- OneSherpa Cambodia (Veasna Uk): Personal mentoring
- Compass Design (Selah Sin): Personal mentoring and assistance with Compass Design business processes
- Women's fashion market shop (Vathey): Business planning and advice re: expanding the business
- Chicken Farming business (Kran Tnong Church): Advice and business planning for chicken farm business
- Khmer translation service (Vatha Ouk and Hak Heng): Advice and business planning
- RTC Cambodia (Marion Fromm): Advice and assistance in project planning for business expansion
Vocational Training
We are presently conducting market research and reviewing specific opportunities for development of vocational training programs in the following four key market segments:
- Hospitality / Customer Service
- IT services
- Motor mechanic / servicing
- Homewares /soft home furnishings
Our aim is to develop at least one vocational training program for commencement in 2009. This training will initially be offered to members of New Life Fellowship and other churches in the Forum program.
In addition, we are presently holding monthly Life Skills Training (held at NLF Church) for young men and women in the dormitories.Business Training:
Currently, aside from informal business training & advice offered as part of the Church Sustainability Forum program - we are investing time in strategic planning relating to development of a more formal training program to be provided in the future. The context of training material we are seeking to develop will be suitable for micro-enterprise or small business owners in a cambodian context. At this stage, we are pursuing development of a foundations (introduction to business) level training course. We are in dialogue with several key organisations who we will potentially be partnering with in the development of this training program. Stay tuned for more details!
NLF Dorms:
We are currently partnering with New Life Fellowship (Phnom Penh) in financial support of 2 No. young men's and women's dormitories over the 2008/09 fin. year period. We are, in conjunction with assisting with operations of the dorms, exploring both vocational training opportunities as outlined above and also potential micro-enterprise opportunities. Our goal is to equip the young men and women in the dorms with skills and opportunities to see them develop a sustainable livelihood through employment or business, and in the longer term to see how these dormitories can become more self-supporting.
Other Activities:
- Christian Business and Professional Leaders Lunch Events: We are part of a small group of dedicated people coordinating quarterly christian business and professional lunch & networking events in Phnom Penh. The last event was held in April 08 with Talmag Payne (CEO of Hagar Cambodia) as guest speaker.
- Adhoc training for Christian NGO (Non-government organisations): To date, we have provided staff training in key areas of: Understanding mindsets, Understanding personality types, teamwork, communication and conflict resolution. To date, we have provided this training for staff at New Life Fellowship International Christian School, International Cooperation Cambodia (ICC) and New Life Fellowship Church.
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3 comments:
This topic have a tendency to become boring but with your creativeness its great.
Love the new look.
What was the trip like on your recent run to the NE part of the country re the training for ICC?
Hi Mark,
Great to see how well things are coming together. If we look back only a year or so it is easy to see the trmendous progress which has been made towards helping the church become more sustainable in Cambodia
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