We’re committed to this village and community, and to commit to this community, we need to help it grow. If we stick with this commitment for the next two years, the farm will be self-sustaining.
And what do we mean by self-sustaining?
Together, we will have created an entity where the people of the Chisunka Chiefdom can work with purpose, feed themselves and their families, and have a sense of empowered worth. Sustainable means maintainable by the Zambian people themselves. Sustainability means engaging, equipping, and empowering people to fulfill the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations.
Right now, farming for the future looks like raising funds for two things –
A truck for farm transport and a structure on the farmland to house the farm manager, hold the Compass 360 office, process the maize, store the maize after processing, and set up a small-scale carpentry shop to build desks and tables for the local school.
If all you can donate is the funds for a single brick, it will still help to build this community. Thank you for your continued support.
Full, partial, or monthly sponsorships are welcome. If we exceed our goal, surplus funds will go to additional Compass 360 Missions projects.
Compass 360 Missions is a Christian Ministry that focuses on engaging, equipping, and empowering local Zambian Communities, with the intention of breaking the generational cycle of poverty.
Our Vision
A Zambia free of generational poverty.
Romans 8:28
Our Mission
Transformation of Zambian communities through partnerships and collaborative projects that preserve and enrich the local culture.
Ecclesiastes 4: 9-12
Equip: “Doing Missions, the ‘ACTS’ Way”
Equipping is essentially about discipleship (Ephesians’ 4: ref) Our short and long term missionaries (Equipping Teams) will only compose of grounded, bible believing men and women who will transfer bible knowledge, best practice and practical applications into solid strategic plans for churches, villages and Chiefdoms. Equipping teams will evangelize and plant churches, share tools and models for biblical leadership in an atmosphere of trust, creativity, accountability, and innovation.
Empower : Tents (Education, Skills and trades) for the next generation”
The questions we will always ask is will the work that we will do in any community contribute to the free flow of the gospel, to its clear understanding and acceptance, or will it not? The only person who can changes people’s hearts and minds is Christ. The Tent building teams will be composed of peoples of all skillsets, careers, trades and gifts that will work with the local missionaries to train and implement all kinds of projects either individually or in teams.
Here’s an example of how this will happen:
The first Chiefdom (‘Chisunka)’) that Compass 360 Missions will work with has an estimated population of about 20,000 people spread over 10 villages. When we first met the chief, he shared a strategic plan in which they had identified secondary (middle/high school) education and trades/skills training as high priority. Almost 70% of the people are illiterate and 65% have not attended and/or completed high school. 60% percent of the children are able to attend 10 poorly resources government primary (elementary) schools. Some girls and boys that had attempted to go to secondary schools further away had done so at a cost: living in unsafe housing, engaging in child labor or being victims of child trafficking. Most girls have ended up in child marriage. The HIV epidemic that had ravaged the country in the 90s had not spared Chisunka; the HIV prevalence rate is a little over 13%. These challenged are not unique is not unique to this area, as most rural areas in Zambia are in very similar situation – if not worse. However, Chief Chisunka has a heart for his people. He knows that his people need an attitude change, in addition to education, trades and skills training and he wants them to be part of the process.. He contributed 250 hectares of land which had an existing but dilapilated building water and electricity. He also says the best way for his people to raise funds to contribute to the project was through farming, their main sources of livelihood and economy; neighboring Congo as their biggest market.
And the partnership was born . We know that the people of Chisunka and many other Chiefdoms like it need Jesus; through partnership fueled by the gospel the people of the trajectory of their lives will change and give the next generation of leader and give a hope and ad future to the next generation.
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Together we make all the difference