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3-Way Partnerships
We realize we don’t have all the answers…not by a long shot. That’s why we actively seek and promote 3-Way Partnerships. World Advocacy Foundation partners with internationals that are emerging leaders and voices of change in their community. The third partner is the teams of U.S. developing professionals we identify, equip and bring into our projects and programs in Africa.
At the kickoff of the Empowerment Conference series in August 2007, WAF brought a team of social work master’s degree students specializing in child sexual abuse to Zambia, where they teamed up with our Zambian panel of counselors, social workers, attorneys, nurses and policewomen to present a multi-cultural, relevant, dynamic learning experience, not only for the conference attendees, but for the presenters as well.
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| (U.S. social worker Andrea Montaney teams up with Zambian advocate Enala Phiri in a session addressing child defilement in Lusaka, August 2007) | (At the Empowerment Conference Series, the panel of U.S. and Zambian professionals included Grace Banda, Rebecca Sedlacek, Andrea Montaney, Annie Chanda and Enala Phiri in one of the question and answer sessions) |
Based on the great needs of the communities we work in, and the excellent feedback from our first conference, World Advocacy Foundation is planning to host further Empowerment Conferences addressing child defilement in Zambia, and also in Ghana. We are also exploring a project to develop and produce mini-conferences on dvd to take into more remote regions.
In 2008, WAF is scheduled to develop and host conferences addressing the issue of training up the African boy to become a man who protects and empowers women. To that end, WAF is researching, writing and developing curriculum, and putting together a panel of African and U.S. professionals trained and equipped to address Man-Child Training.
Our goal and focus is to empower and equip not only those dedicated and passionate advocates in Africa, but to give opportunity and unique global experience to our own U.S. young professionals.
The Empowerment Conference Series will continue to address child defilement, man-child training and tribal taboos in areas of great need and brokenness. With the strength of our 3-Way Partnerships, we are confident we can truly make a difference.
For more information, please contact us at info@wafafrica.org.
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