Thank you for joining us this year in accelerating Social Innovators across East Africa! Here is a small glimpse of what your investment has accomplished this year: Social Innovators ran 45 Celebrating Children Seminars for over 2,100 participants, impacting a total of 10,750+ lives. We gathered with over 30 Social Innovators from 7 nations during…
What caught my attention is that there is no one who can love my children except me and this is the will of God.” – Pastor and participant in a CCS Seminar “As a community leader working with more than 500 children and having a school of 250 children…I have to play my role for…
“People are hungry for this teaching.” Penninah shared these words with us while a Loom team visited Uganda last week. While there, we gathered with some Celebrating Children Seminar Facilitators to hear how it is going, and what we can learn from as we prepare for a training in Uganda next Spring. Penninah, Jane Brenda,…
Recently we received a report from Jacinta, who was part of a Celebrating Children Seminar in the region of Pokot, Kenya. She writes: “The government leaders were shocked when they visited the village. “You brought life to these villages,” [they said.] Those who attended past seminars reported that much has changed for them since the…
By Janessa Colburn Joe Munisi is a local pastor in Tanzania, and a dedicated facilitator of the Celebrate Children Seminars (CCSs). He and his wife Carol have recently been leading seminars about once a month for men in the local church. Their seminars often last about two days, beginning with sessions on trauma and how…
May God bless you with discontent with easy answers, half-truths, superficial relationships, so that you will live from deep within your heart. May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression, abuse, and exploitation of people, so that you will work for justice, equality, and peace. May God bless you with tears to shed for…
Over the past ten years, the CCW Dolls have traveled to Bangladesh, Romania, Mexico, South Africa, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, and several locations here in Oregon. They have been beloved by all and remained a memorable part of the teaching. When we decided to equip CCW Multipliers with their own toolkit in March of…
This summer we welcome a new intern to the team, Janessa Colburn. Janessa is attending Cedarville University in Ohio and joins Loom as a Communications Intern. Get to know Janessa’s story and her passion for supporting local innovators! Loom: Tell us about yourself and the journey that led you here. What passions and experiences…
Kenya has only an estimated 7.4% forest cover, well under the minimum 10% suggested by the United Nations. Kuvuna, which means “harvest” in Swahili, is a germinating for-profit organization with the goal of changing that statistic. “Our mission is to empower coastal farmers along the African coastlines,” said Social Innovator Jonathan Kisamwa. With the goal…
Several weeks ago, we received a message from Sypora, Loom’s Early Childhood Education Service Coordinator. She had traveled to Pokot, Kenya to teach a Celebrating Children Seminar with Jordan, another Social Innovator. “Pokot is dry, dusty, remote, [and] hot but God’s people live here,” Sypora wrote. “I had a ministry with girls on Tuesday and…
