Acts Ministry

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM INCLUDES LUNCH MEAL, CLOTHING, MEDICAL ATTENTION AND PROVIDED PRIMARY THROUGH SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION AT THE ACTS CENTER FOR 800 CHILDREN LIVING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE CENTER. ACTS ALSO PROVIDES VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR 100 VILLAGERS WHO WERE NEVER ABLE TO ATTEND OR DO NOT DESIRE FORMAL EDUCATION. DURING TIMES OF FOOD SHORTAGES, SOME FOOD IS ALSO GIVEN TO PRISONS, WIDOWS AND STUDENTS IN OTHER DISTRICTS. A LIBRARY, A COMPUTER LAB AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES IMPROVE STUDENTS' EDUCATION.ELLEL MEDICAL CENTER PROVIDES MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS, LABORATORY TESTING, ULTRA-SOUND TESTING, OPERATING ROOM, IN- AND OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT AT AN AFFORDABLE COST FOR VILLAGERS. ELLEL IS THE ONLY MEDICAL FACILITY FOR THE DISTRICT OF KOMSILGA WITH A POPULATION OF 48,000+. FOR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS WHO ARE APPROVED, MEDICAL ATTENTION IS FREE. PRE- AND POST-NATAL AND MATERNITY CARE IS GIVEN TO WOMEN AND CHILDREN. A SURGERY FACILITY WAS ADDED TO THE ELLEL MEDICAL CENTER IN 2018. TWO CHURCHES - TEMPLE EVANGELIQUE EL ROI (SAONRE) AND LIVING WATERS (RURAL KOMSILGA) - SERVE THE COMMUNITY IN SPIRITUAL TRAINING AND WORSHIP. EVANGELISM PROJECTS REACH OUT TO THE NON-CHURCHED. CHURCH PROVIDES SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE FOR STUDENTS IN ACTS' SCHOOLS. ANNUAL SPORTS EVANGELISM PROJECT REACHES THOUSANDS OF STUDENTS IN THE DISTRICT WHO ATTEND A DOZEN OR MORE SCHOOLS IN OTHER VILLAGES. EVANGELISM AND LEADERSHIP TRAINING COURSES ARE HELD FOR PASTORS, LEADERS AND STUDENTS. DURING TIMES OF COUNTRY-WIDE DIFFICULTIES, TEMPLE EVANGELIQUE EL ROI INITIATES PRAYER MEETINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.WRITING AND PUBLISHING IS ENCOURAGED THROUGH WRITER TRAINING, CHRISTIAN LITERATURE AND CREATIVE ARTS EXHIBIT IN THE CAPITAL CITY WHICH WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, PRINTING OF WRITING PROJECTS IN FRENCH, ENGLISH AND LOCAL LANGUAGES BY LOCAL WRITERS, PRINTING SERVICES OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. BOOKS PUBLISHED ARE ALSO USED BY ACTS LITERACY AND OTHER PROJECTS. PUBLISHED MATERIAL IS GIVEN TO PRISONS AND SCHOOLS AND SOLD IN LOCAL BOOKSTORES.COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT ACTS PROJECT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT ACCORDING TO THE GERME METHODOLOGY IS A PROJECT TO ENCOURAGE ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT IS A PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY ACTS FOR BURKINA FASO BY OUR OWN TRAINED STAFF. ALONG WITH THE CURRICULUM, VISITING BUSINESSMEN FROM BURKINA FASO, AFRICA, EUROPE AND THE USA TELL OF THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND GIVE ADVICE TO STUDENTS. STUDENTS DEVELOP THEIR BUSINESS PLAN AND LAUNCH THEIR BUSINESS AS PART OF THE COURSEWORK.LITERACY PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL OR DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL. THIS IS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR WOMEN AS BURKINA FASO'S LITERACY RATE IS THE LOWEST IN THE WORLD (15.7% OF WOMEN CAN READ AND WRITE). UPON COMPLETION OF THE COURSE AND SUCCESSFULLY PASSING A GOVERNMENT EXAM, STUDENTS RECEIVE A GOVERNMENT CERTIFICATE WHICH ALLOWS THEM TO VOTE, OWN LAND OR LAUNCH A BUSINESS, CLASSES CAN BE TAKEN IN MOORE (LOCAL LANGUAGE) AND FRENCH (THE NATIONAL LANGUAGE).MICRO-ENTERPRISE IMPACTS WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN, THE PROJECT PROVIDES CLASSES AND LOANS TO START SMALL ENTERPRISES SUCH AS GROWING VEGETABLES FOR MARKET, RAISING RABBITS FOR FOOD, WEAVING CLOTH AND SEWING CLOTHES FOR SALE. PROFITS ARE DIVIDED AMONG PARTICIPANTS AND A PORTION REPAID TOWARDS THE PROJECT EXPENSES TO ALLOW OTHER WOMEN TO BEGIN THEIR OWN PROJECT. MOST WOMEN USE THEIR PROFIT TO SEND THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL. PEACE AND RECONCILIATION SEMINARS, PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING, FORUMS TO ADDRESS CULTURAL AND CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S RIGHTS, COOPERATION AMONG VILLAGERS TO FACE COMMON ISSUES AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH IN BOTH RURAL AND URBAN SETTINGS. WITH TERRORIST ACTIVITY A POSSIBILITY, THIS PROGRAM FORMS A FOUNDATION FOR PEACE. GOSPEL THROUGH STORYTELLING EMPOWERS VILLAGERS TO BECOME EVANGELISTS IN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES. THE CULTURE OF BURKINA FASO IS AN ORAL SOCIETY AND THIS PROJECT FOCUSES ON THOSE WHO CANNOT READ. THE PROJECT USES PICTURES, SONG AND DRAMA. IT ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO CANNOT READ TO BECOME TEACHERS AND ENCOURAGES THOSE WHO LISTEN AND WATCH TO LEARN. BIRTH AND MARRIAGE CERTIFICATES ARE OBTAINED WITH THE COOPERATING EFFORTS OF ACTS'S STAFF AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. WITHOUT THESE DOCUMENTS, WIDOWS AND ORPHANS CANNOT ATTEND HIGHER LEVELS OF SCHOOL, TRAVEL OR OWN PROPERTY IF THE MALE HEAD OF THE HOUSE DIES. HUMAN RIGHTS PROMOTION IS BUILT INTO THE ACTS PROGRAM SO THAT THE ORPHANS AND VILLAGE MEN AND WOMEN WILL COME TO UNDERSTAND MERCY AND JUSTICE. ACTS MEETS WITH VILLAGE LEADERS TO DISCUSS ISSUES RELEVANT TO THE COMMUNITY. ISSUES SUCH AS FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION, CHILD BRIDES, DEALING WITH TERRORISM IN THE AFTERMATH AND THE STIGMA OF AIDS. ACTS AIM IS TO SUPPORT AND EQUIP VILLAGERS TO BECOME AGENTS OF TRANSFORMATION AND POSITIVE CHANGE.GRAIN AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION IS GRANTED (WHEN ACTS HAS ENOUGH FOOD AND GRAIN IN STORAGE) TO PRE-QUALIFIED FAMILIES/WIDOWS/SCHOOLS/PRISONS DURING FAMINE AND THE ANNUAL "LEAN TIMES" OF THE YEAR. IN BURKINA FASO, 90% OF THE POPULATION ARE SUBSISTENCE FARMERS AND BARELY SURVIVE FROM YEAR TO YEAR. THE CLIMATE OF BURKINA FASO IS PRONE TO NATURAL DISASTERS THAT AFFECT FOOD PRODUCTION.THERE ARE 60 MEMBERS IN THE ACTS STAFF IN BURKINA FASO. ACTS MINISTRY IN THE USA AND ACTS MINISTRY IN BURKINA FASO ARE SEPARATE LEGAL ENTITIES WORKING TOGETHER TO BRING HOPE AND EQUIP FOR LIFE THE POOR OF BURKINA FASO.