RUMBEK BASE AND S.C.D.C. REPORT
SCDC – Sudan Christian Discipleship Center
By John K. Gatende

10th June 2007

THE VISION
1. To see the base become self supportive.
2. To train and equip church leaders by upgrading the school to Diploma level.
3. Networking with other organizations, government and NGO’s. E.g. Palm Tree Hotel, Unicef, F.A.O., Catholic, Ministry of Information. etc.
4. To increase the schools to ten with F.A.O. by January 2008.
5. To have irrigation schemes with the already existing five schools.
6. Network with F.A.O. and C.E.A. for more project proposals.

GOALS TO HELP ACHIEVE THE VISION
• Have a posho mill by December 2007.
• The vegetable gardens have been extended 5 times so far.
• Supply the hotels and NGO’s with assorted vegetables and fruits.
• Two tower water tanks are in place to enhance irrigation.
• A portable water pump to fill the tanks from the bole-hole by October 2007.
• Have a groundnut shelling machine.
• Have a Lulu-oil processing machine.
• Six watering drums, farm tools, ox-ploughs are already in place.
• Enhance on effective training that brings results and impact by having a Vocational School (with Baptist Mission). Spiritual Formation and field evaluations after graduation.
• Cost sharing where the students will pay interview, registration, admission and graduation fees.
• English textbooks will be donated by Catholic Church (Comboni School).
• Reference books like commentaries, bible dictionaries, concordances, handbooks, maps, time-lines, research computers, budget for facilitators, bibles and course textbooks.
• Training in Radio & T.V. media skills with the Ministry of Information. New links need to be made and a project proposal to be written.
• A full webpage and aggressive advertising to facilitate well wishers support.
• Have more fruit (mango, pawpaw, passion, guava, lemon) and neem-tree seedlings, supply to other organizations in order to enhance agro-forestry and income generation.
• Build a guest house and small room apartments for hiring.
• Build a conference hall furnished with tables, chairs and cutlery for hiring.
• Have a photocopying machine for commercial purposes.
• Preaching through the radio on Sundays.
• Train Certificate and Diploma concurrently and if possible church planting at a fee. Training to begin in August 2007.

THANKSGIVING OR PRAISE ITEMS:
1. Thank God for the already graduated class and their success.
2. Thank God for the possibility to do missions near and far from the base.
3. Thank God for the repair of the car and now it’s functioning well.
4. Thank God for the purchase of the motor-cycle. This is saving on fuel and time to do errands and supervision in the schools.
5. Thank God for the continual protection against disease outbreaks and illnesses.

CHALLENGES AND PRAYER ITEMS:
1. The weather patterns have drastically changed causing delay in cultivation and uncertainty of yields.
2. There’s only one agricultural season and a long dry spell which makes it difficult to irrigate fruits and vegetables.
3. Intruders and hostile neighbor hood who graze their livestock on the farm crops. The fence is completely broken.
4. Insecurity and no evacuation strategy in cases of emergency. E.g. some money kept aside for emergency flights when lives are at risk.
5. Unpredictable government policies and no price controls which make budgets to fluctuate. E.g. legal tenders (Sudanese dinars & pounds) are changed every three months with different value system.
6. Being cut-off from the outside world through lack of phones and internet is very costly. This hinders sourcing of funds from other places.
7. Limited office supplies like cartridges, well functioning computer for easy communication and correspondence. E.g. the already existing one has crashed twice.

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