Word Made Flesh Inc.

JOINING THE GLOBAL CHURCH IN DEVELOPING RELATIONSHIPS WITH VULNERABLE CHILDREN, WOMEN, AND FAMILIES, AND TOGETHER OFFERING RELIEF, REABILITATION AND DEVELOPMENT AROUND THE WORLD

Through friendship, development, and advocacy, Word Made Flesh International is called to establish

Goal One: Support over 10 expatriate staff and 130 indigenous staff to effectively serve those who are extremely vulnerable through administration, advocacy, and physical, emotional, and spiritual care.

Goal Two: Recruit and send individuals and teams that can become long-term staff and supporters.

Goal Three: Develop organizational structures that sustain and increase our capacity to fulfill our mission.

We have supported the training of senior staff in resilient service with the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. We facilitate weekly discussions for all international staff and interns about our missional culture and objectives. We support senior staff in PhD coursework on international development.

Although many expat staff from other organizations left their countries of service, almost all of WMF's staff remained. Because of the long-term shutdowns, we could no longer continue our personal services. So, we quickly shifted to help meet the pressing needs of children who could no longer go to school and of families who could no longer earn daily income. In Brazil, we distributed PPE and visited vulnerable mothers in their homes. In Bolivia, we provided 1,000 biohazard suits and 700 facemasks (produced by our small confectionary business) to the local police department. In Peru, we provided essential food supplies to 730+ vulnerable children and adults and delivered 6,300+ cooked breakfasts to children and elderly for 3 months. In Malawi, we provided 30 students with radios for audio learning, while continuing care for 50 children in an orphanage. In Burundi, we installed handwashing stations, distributed soap, provided educational material on the virus to combat misinformation, and held a workshop on health and safety. In Sierra Leone, we provided 150+ people with 4 months of food, continued to support 100+ students with weekly meals and school fees, installed 50 handwashing stations in a slum, and provided 8+ sensitization sessions. In Rwanda, we provided 40+ households with 8 weeks of food relief and continued our work in developing a confectionary business. In Romania, we created outdoor tutoring programs, provided 200+ packages of food staples and hygiene products, and provided 12 new electronic tablets for pupils to do schoolwork at home. In Moldova, we provided one family suffering domestic abuse with a safe home, distributed 2 tons of dried goods and 1 ton of vegetables, helped 4 families to financially remain in their homes, and helped 2 women complete vocational training. On the Navajo Nation, we supported an indigenous project to provide water to the most vulnerable.