Together for Women and Children @ risk

IM Consultation Durban

Where is Connect Network now …

98 Member organisations, together serving more than 80 000 women and children at risk in the Greater

Cape Town area.

Forming Partnerships for Integral Development

Essential ingredients

Know who we areCollaborate for a collective voice

learn the language Multipronged

integrated plan

1.Know who we are

Not on big hearts alone

2.Collaborate for collective voice

Eg Together the church in Cape town we address

the issue of....

3.learn the language

1.Learn the culture and speak the language of

government and business

3.Socio / Politico / Econo

2. contextualise the working environment of the church

within South Africa

3. Developmental/ Relief Approaches

Understand and agree collaborative models for first

world/ third world partnerships

4.Multi pronged

Define societal issues the church is addressing together

5. Integrate

Imagine how an integration could look

Get planning

(Proverbs 16:3 and 21:5)

The way ahead …

Key points

Know who we areCollaborate for a collective voice

learn the language Multipronged

integrate

plan

Looking ahead - (Katherine Marshall)

1. Need to build bridges where Developmental Institutions are open to partnerships.

2. Dialogue between development and FBO’s needs to address issues that divide them, i.e. working groups to define issues, explore differences, build common ground.

3. Need for FBO’s to become full partners to eliminate corruption, a corrosive phenomenon and… for obstacle to development, through better governance.

4. Involvement of women and young people in setting agendas for meetings,……, work progresses, decision processes.

5. Implement joint action on:

Pressing for every girl to attend school, to stay there, help them to succeed, oppose marriage of young children, speak with outrage against violence in home and institutions.

Principles for partnerships

• Work purposefully to set goals and priorities (shared vision)

• Focus on genuine consensus on both objectives and actions

• Be realistic

• Work purposefully to make sure that language is well understood by all (FBO to”impact laguage”)

• Gauge each partner’s capacity with discernment and humility

• Weigh different strengths and balance of power thoughtfully

• Place mentoring and capacity building with creativity, care and humility

• Plan carefully for navigating bumps in road, making changes and evaluating results

• Look objectively to future – longterm financial support, sustainability