Sit back, relax and take this brief journey with me as I describe the 410 Bridge model, what makes it different from other missions’ models I have seen at work, what I like about the model, some of the hardships presented by The 410 Bridge model and a way I have seen the model work through my job at The 410 Bridge
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We define development as “what people do for themselves.” In our work in poor communities, we do not do for people. We do with people. Community members lead we follow. They actively participate in their development. They must start with what they have, take ownership of the problems and the solutions in their community if they ever want to indigenously sustain their future development.
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Kiu, Kenya is one of the first communities The 410 Bridge began working in. “Kiu” means “thirsty” in Swahili, and the area is semiarid. When we first began working in Kiu, sustainable clean water was a top priority. The community of Kiu now has access to clean water, allowing the Leadership Council to look at other ways to empower the poor within the community.
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Within the past two weeks, I’ve had a couple of interactions surrounding the turmoil in Haiti that are noteworthy. If somehow you haven’t heard, or maybe it just doesn’t come across your news feed, the latest in a seemingly endless series of crises in Haiti was the assassination of their president. A State of Siege was declared by the government, and once again, the situation in Haiti plunges further into uncertainty.
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Throughout the pandemic, we brainstormed numerous ways we could keep our communities abroad and churches here in the U.S, connected. With the help of our staff in each of our countries, we came up with ideas that they thought would not only be beneficial to the people
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Back in 2019, our team set out on a trip to meet a young girl named Allison. Allison and her family live in Rancho Viejo, one of the communities in the Western Highlands region of Guatemala that we partner with. After a tragic accident that left Allison
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