Past DIAKAID Grants

DIAKAID Projects

2021-2022: Ten DIAKAID Grants!

Support for Girls at School in Nigeria 2020

It is very exciting that grants of 1,000 Euros will be given to ten projects from member associations. These meet the criteria for the Diakaid grants.

These projects are

  • Educational materials and uniforms for less privileged students: The Deaconess Order of the Methodist Church in Nigeria
  • Counselling for abused women, support for children, books: The Anglican Communion of South Africa Zwelonke SACC
  • School supplies and food for children and young people: Fiaraha Miaina Amim Bavaka Mamre FJKM (Faza), Madagascar
  • Empowering women to set up in business: Buffalo City women in Business (ACSA), South Africa
  • Vegetable gardens: Nonimba Non Profit Company (ACSA), South Africa
  • Trauma counselling: Fiji Methodist Deaconess Order
  • Supporting poor people who have Covid and are self isolating: Ikadiwa HKBP, Indonesia
  • Relief support for communities devastated by Southwest Monsoon and Typhoon Fabian: The United Methodist Church Commission on Deaconess Service, Philippines
  • Support program for families of illegally detained church workers: United Church of Christ in the Philippines Women’s Workers Fellowship
  • Development of mental health educational and training resources: Bethania Fellowship Home, India

The DIAKAID team received 22 applications in total but some of these came from groups who were not member associations. DIAKAID funds have been exhausted for 2021. We welcome contributions to build the fund for the next round of DIAKAID grants in 2022. We sincerely thank the individuals and member associations who have contributed to DIAKAID funding which enables financial support for projects by member associations. Please pray for these diaconal associations and the valuable work they are doing around the world.

Support for Children at School in Rwanda 2020

2016– Order of Deaconesses, Methodist Church Nigeria
Focus: Education in Nigeria with the aim of  providing a Management Course for Women in Leadership Training and in Gender and Development.

2008 – 2011 Malawi: support for small scale self help projects
Training of two deacons “by extention” in South Africa

2007 Egypt, Daughters of St. Mary – Montessori equipment for
the school for mentally and physically disabled

2005 Cameroon – Equipment for the Bakery
Establishing a bakery to support sisters/
Purchase of mixer, baking utensils, building of an extension

2005 – 2008 Tanzania – Namalira Motherhouse
Training for Deaconesses
Purpose: to empower deaconesses through education
Secondary school education for deaconesses who did not finish
their schooling, to enable them for professional training

2005-2008 South Africa Order of Deacons, Methodist Church (MCSA) :
Circuit Deacon Community Work
Purpose: Co- ordinate mission projects in a district of the MCSA Natal West,
Build bridges to link needs with recources

2003 – 2006 Rwanda – Agricultural project within orphanage
Purchase of grasland, building, purchase of cows, training orphans and community members

Egypt Sisters from the Coptic Order : Daughters of St. Mary – School
for disabled people – purchase teaching material

2001 – 2002 Malawi Dairy Project for orphans at Gowa Mission
Station – purchase of three cows

Swaziland: Training of Church workers short term workshops

Zambia: Poultry Project – building of chicken coup, purchase of 1 day old chickens, teaching orphans to take care of the chickens

2000 Madagascar Agricultural project, charcoal burner

Zambia Deaconess Training Workshop for empowerment

1999 Russia Diaconal Centre Gusev
Ghana Income generating project – Microbusiness

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