We have held courses on how to use the Stories for Life material in Lokichoggio, Kenya and in Kapoeta, South Sudan. Over 60 people have completed the training and are now holding courses themselves in different villages.
Stories for Life is designed specifically for the Nyangatom (South Sudan and Ethiopia), Toposa (South Sudan) and Turkana (Kenya) communities. They are all largely very vulnerable pastoralists, herders, who are closely related to each other in terms of culture, customs, living conditions and language. Large areas where they live almost everything we take for granted is lacking: schools, healthcare, roads, clean water, electricity and shops.
The courses are based on the book Stories for Life, which deals with challenges people face: children dying at an early age, malnutrition, disease caused by unclean water, drugs and alcohol, the tradition that school is not important, least of all for girls, the situation of the disabled and much more. The Stories for Life material can be seen as a tool for churcehs to reach out to the people around them. The gospel is also about caring about people's challenges in life. The work also has an indirect peace-building dimension since representatives from several conflict-ridden ethnic groups have participated together.
The workshop aims to train appropriate key personnel on how to use the material effectively. The training in Kenya has been carried out together with the pastor couple Michael and Sarah Edapal. During the course, many of the stories are recorded in the languages that the course participants represent so that they can then use the recordings when conducting their gatherings among the people in the kraals.
The SFL work also includes the distribution of mosquito nets to protect against the malaria mosquito. Many nets have been distributed specifically to mothers with young children.
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