Our engagement to inner health!
In many Asian developing and emerging countries, there is a great need in the field of trauma counseling, as there are few high-quality counseling and pastoral care services available for people, especially in poor circumstances.
Together with the non-profit organization Living Wholeness, we are involved in training lay counselors, chaplains and professionals. Through this, we aim to relieve the pain of the severe shortage of trauma counseling and accompaniment for people with limited financial resources. In doing so, we are already working in eight Asian countries and have developed and implemented an accredited university course in conjunction with the Brisbane School of Theology.
The heart of this work is to bring hope and human closeness to those in trauma situations. We give counselors a better understanding of how to deal with those affected.
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In the short term, aid can help. In the long term, it is important to change the situation on the ground.
As Western nations, we have often been donors in development aid. Unfortunately, this has not led to sustainable change, but has largely only created dependencies.
>Through our involvement in structurally weak regions, we want to set an example. Real change comes from a sustainable perspective of self-sufficiency. To this end, we want to encourage local people to become active in the market themselves through our economic activities.
This excerpt of factors guides us in deciding which initiatives to tackle.