Partnerships that support Women in Ministry
Sebber at new Malawi well
HOLISTIC EVANGELISM IN TETE PROVINCE
Led by Sebber Banda, project manager and public health nurse, the holistic evangelism project in Mozambique’s Tete Province trains and equips leaders for 80+ churches. Churches, wells, schools, teacher housing, and clinics are being constructed. Health education and disease prevention are being taught, and traditional birth attendants and village health assistants are being trained.
Izdihar with the Syrian woman who teaches sewing classes
Together for the family
Izdihar Kassis leads Together for the Family (TFF), a faith-based relief organization located in Zahle, Lebanon, serving Syrian refugees. From two modest “service centers,” TFF runs a small medical and dental clinic, provides skill development training in carpentry for boys, and sewing and needlework for girls with the hope of keeping them out of the farm industry where they are often exploited.
Veda Javaid Gill with students from PEB
Presbyterian Education Board (PEB)
Veda Javaid Gill, Executive Director of PEB, has devoted the last 25 years to improving the education of children in Pakistan. Education had positively impacted her family, as her own mother was a young scholarship student from one of PEB’s schools. In Veda’s 25 years as Executive Director, she has been able to see the student population at PEB schools grow from a few hundred to 5,500 students.