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Meeting Namibia’s Challenges with Faith and Resilience
The department consists of a programme secretariat headed by the Programme Director Rev. Josef Ngula and supported by the team of project Advisor, Coordinator, Finance and Administration officer, and field officers who are supported by a robust network of 224 active pastors and 45 deacons, who work at the community level to provide social mobilization and implement development interventions. Through these efforts, ELCIN DMDSS translates awareness into tangible social action, contributing significantly to the improvement of community well-being. Over the past decade, ELCIN DMDSS has successfully implemented a variety of impactful projects, including:
- Supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland and the Helsinki Deaconess Institute, this project focused on improving the lives of elderly individuals.
- Also funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland and the Helsinki Deaconess Institute, this initiative aimed at providing youth with essential skills and opportunities.
- Engaged in broad social community efforts with support from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland and the Helsinki Deaconess Institute.
- Tackled gender-based violence with funding from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Finland and the Helsinki Deaconess Institute.
- Promoted good governance practices, funded by the Lutheran World Federation.
- Addressed malaria prevention and treatment with support from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Promoted good governance practices, funded by the Lutheran World Federation.
- Addressed malaria prevention and treatment with support from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Focused on gender-based violence among young women and girls, funded by the Federal Government of Germany.
- Enhanced resilience-building activities for rural women, funded by the Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa.
- Promoted sustainable development practices with funding from Finnpartnerships.
- Strengthened rural resilience with support from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
- Improved church responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, funded by the Lutheran World Federation.
- Focused on economic recovery for youth in informal settlements.
- Supported by the Lutheran World Federation, this project aimed at empowering Bushmen youth.
- Funded by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, this initiative focused on enhancing community resilience to climate-related disasters.
Faith in Action. Justice in Motion.
Grounded in Christian faith and driven by a calling to serve, we work to uplift the spiritual, social, and economic well-being of Namibia’s most vulnerable communities.
ELCIN DMDSS has grown into a national voice for community empowerment, human dignity, and social justice. Our reach spans urban and rural communities, border towns, and informal settlements—responding to both longstanding inequalities and emerging crises.
We support Namibians to find local solutions to local challenges, inspired by love, guided by truth, and committed to justice.
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