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  • Home Visits

    Home Visits

    In Tanzania just recently, it has been the school holidays nationwide for children and this time of year can be a time of fun and games for many children, but it can also be a time of loneliness for children with broken families. That’s why at the “Centre of Hope” (COH) we make a very special effort to shower love on the children we are caring for. For the children where it is possible, they have the chance to go home for a couple of nights with a gift that consists of a food assistance pack for the household. For the children who are unable to spend the night at home due to varying risks, they visit home for a day bearing gifts and have the opportunity to spend some hours at home.

    At the COH we care for children who have gone to the street for multiple reasons, ranging from poverty, abuse and neglect, for the children who do not have parents anymore and are orphans this can be a particularly upsetting time and for this reason we arrange visits to extended family members, or older brothers and sisters. This is all made possible due to our partners. Follow Collective Calling for ways you can partner with us and help more street find a way back home.

  • Inspiring Futures

    Inspiring Futures

    We are excited to be starting our “Inspiring Futures” program very soon, which aims to Inspire, Equip and Transform the lives of those participating in the program. The program is a 9 week course which helps with self-confidence, identification of skills and gifts, IT skills, CV writing and communication skills. At the end of the program, through partnerships with local businesses, a work experience placement is offered. The course shall host 60 participants throughout the year, who have been identified through an interview process with individuals who have been a beneficiary of the Collective Calling food assistance program. Our mission through the “Inspiring Futures” program is to help people back into a place of self-sustainability. See below for more details on this program:
    Overview
    In the second quarter of 2020, Spain’s unemployment rate rose to 15.33%. Due to COVID-19, many people in Spain lost their jobs and food insecurity has been a direct result of the rise in unemployment levels. In 2018, The National Institute of Statistics of Spain reported that 26.1% of people were at risk of social exclusion and 5.4% experienced severe material deprivation. In that same year, 55.2% of people had severe difficulty and were at extreme risk of going without basic human needs. These figures only represent the adult population, and children are not excluded from the reach of poverty. Spain continue to have the highest rate of unemployment throughout the whole of Europe and this is the leading cause of the overwhelming poverty levels that the country is facing.

    Covid-19 has effected every human being on the globe in some capacity and families who were already experiencing levels of poverty before the pandemic, are now faced with serious challenges of poverty survival.

    Collective Calling’s approach to economic empowerment helps to inspire, equip and transform those who have been identified to be within the “red zone” of critical challenges surrounding poverty.

    Why It Matters
    With the social welfare system overwhelmed, and other charities such as The Red Cross and Caritas stretched to capacity, thousands upon thousands of families still go without the basic support they need. All of this leads to the continued cycle of generational poverty, as parents are unable to improve their situation, the horrendous cycle of poverty is pushed into the lives of their children.

    Our Partnership with you gives Collective Calling the privilege of supporting hardworking families and showing them God loves them.  For families who have endured desperate situations, collectively, we can help them move from poverty to prosperity.

    Our Approach

    Unfortunately many people have developed a view of themselves that are rooted in feelings of being powerless, hopeless and having a lack of self-worth. We use a tested and proven methodology that helps people to recognise their potential and to be all that God created them to be. Parents that we have identified to be living within a situation of poverty are enrolled into our empowerment program that is not only designed to help prepare people to re-enter, or enter the workplace for the first time, but also gives people the tools to cope emotionally in times of stress, instills confidence and self-worth, and sets personal and financial goals for a future that God intended us all to have.

    On completion of the course, each person will be given a Certificate and personal reference from Collective Calling for future employers. Further vocational skills are then offered such as language courses and apprenticeships in certain job sectors.  Although not guaranteed, the aim of the course is to get everyone employed.

    The course itself is designed to recognise individual gifts and talents, and when the course is finished, Collective Calling are also there to develop these gifts, whether that be in creative arts and design, entrepreneurship, hospitality, marketing, all to name but a few, the help doesn’t stop when the course does.

  • Family Reunification

    Family Reunification

    3 years ago, God directed us to some very precious souls in Tanzania and gave us a vision of creating a safe space that would help heal the wounds of a traumatic childhood.
    Today, the “Centre of Hope” exists to help rescue, rehabilitate and reintegrate street children back into family. 18 children currently reside at the centre and we need people to stand with us and help get more children off of the street and back into family where they belong.
    We need partners to help:
    1. Construct safe, adequate family shelters for children to return back home to.
    2. Provide more skilled social workers to help with the reunification process.
    3. Pray for our mission in Tanzania
    If you have a calling to help support Street children and help get them back home into a family environment where they were created to thrive in, then we would love to hear from you.
    You can reach out to us here: info@collectivecalling.org
    Collectively, we are making a difference
  • Equipping Local Families

    Equipping Local Families

    Pictured here is a father of 3, a family that we have been helping with food assistance for several months. During an interview with his wife for our “Inspiring Futures” Programme, we discovered the root cause of the family having no income was due to the fact that the father did not have the money to take a health & safety course, that was required by law, in order to continue with his construction work.
    Understanding the root cause of poverty is key to finding long term solutions, and creating lasting change. Collective Calling have provided the money for the course, and he is now currently enrolled, with a job in construction waiting for him when he has completed the course. His wife is also looking forward to enrolling in our Inspiring Futures program so she can also improve her chances of employment.
    Inspire, Equip & Transform!