Over the 29 years that we have been working with communities in the majority (developing) world, we have seen many changes and new trends. Financial aid is no longer the default response; many agencies talk more about empowering people, helping communities help themselves and self sustainability. Recently we have been looking at how business and job creation can be a part of transformation in many parts of the world. Urbanisation and growing economies are also pushing us to adapt our approach to poverty. In response to all this there is a growing initiative called Business as Mission http://businessasmission.com
YWAM is part of this movement and in February we attended the annual summit in Thailand. It was amazing to hear stories of how business is being used to gain access to closed countries, creating jobs, impacting societies and bringing the gospel to the workplace. Our main interest is to see how we can encourage our teams on the field to embrace the changes and equip them to see small businesses and additional jobs created in their communities towards the end goal of transformation. We are learning as we go and are excited to see how this will bring new opportunities on the field.
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