Agents of Change launched in Honiara - SI

The Anglican Alliance biggest capacity building programme, Agents of Change was launched in Honiara on the 11th July 2013. The ACOMBM Mission Secretary, Fr George Elo launched the study programme and will be facilitated by the Anglican Alliance Pacific Facilitator, Tagolyn Kabekabe.

A total of 11 participants are undertaking the program which will run for six months. The participants are drawn from all walks of life and are all very enthusiastic about their participation.
The Honiara participants have two mentors, Robert Price and Kayleigh Pickard who are based in London. The mentors are the first point of contact for the participants in providing feedback on modules as well as guiding them in working toward their chosen project. Mentors who normally come from outside the country of the participants they are mentoring, are people with higher education qualifications, many of them development professionals or academics, who commit to providing feedback to participants at five key points of their studies.

According to Mrs. Kabekabe, the programme is given such a name as it is the expectation of the Anglican Alliance, through the Anglican Communion that the participants upon completion of their study will work with their communities as Agents of Change and live out the 5 Marks of Mission that is; to proclaim the Good News of the Kingdom, to teach, baptise and nurture new believers, to respond to human need by loving service, to seek to transform unjust structures of society, to challenge violence of every kind and to pursue peace and reconciliation, to strive to safeguard the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of the earth.

This is part of the first round of launches that is currently happening in the four main regions of the Anglican Communion namely Africa, Pacific Asia, Pacific and South America & Caribbean. It is hoped that there will be a second round next year 2014.