Fly540 partners with IcFEM Mission to speed community transformation A village fellowship Staffed by local people, IcFEM responds to community needs by growing strong leaders to take their community forward, working with the local administration and government officials. In 2006 a community structure was established and today there are more than 1,200 Village Fellowships in 20 Local Transformation Unit (LTUs) with over 65,000 members.
Local Transformation Unit (LTU) launch Based in Kimilili, Bungoma County, the Interchristian Fellowships’ Evangelical Mission (IcFEM) aims to achieve sustainable community development through training and enabling people to change their lives. IcFEM is grateful to Fly540 for its help in providing access to the community it serves in western Kenya.
IcFEM LOCAL UNITS Recently, the Village Discipleship programme graduated over 600 people. The ‘Sponsor a Village’ scheme brings direct outside funding to individual villages, providing the training to address local needs in areas such as agriculture, clean water and sanitation. The ‘Sponsor a Village’ scheme connects supporters with the work of IcFEM. For a monthly donation of £18.50 / €23 / $30 / KES 2200 the mission assigns one of the villages to a supporter. Sponsors receive emails every two weeks with an illustrated update. Sponsors are welcome to visit IcFEM’s head office in Kimilili and spend time in ‘their’ village. Villagers are trained to give an authentic account of how communities are being transformed by IcFEM’s work. Partnerships with outside agencies such as ROPE, the Harambee Foundation, Tearfund, and The Water Project have brought school buildings, quality education, better polytechnics, water boreholes, relief and welfare and medical services to many. The mission also runs a nursery and a primary school, with opportunities for orphans, as well as a secondary education sponsorship scheme. A medical care centre near Kaptola provides special services like oxygen and nebuliser therapy, sponsored cataract eye surgery, X-ray, ultrasound, dentistry and orthopaedic workshop. It also runs medical outreach clinics in rural areas.
Club foot cure Free Ponseti plastering treatment for children under two years old
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