Areas of Focus
While there are many worthy approaches to development and many
organizations that contribute to poverty reduction in various ways, GCDE
has a core focus on business training and sustainable agriculture
programming as a means toward poverty reduction. GCDE’s secondary
development programming areas are community health and
environmental conservation. In all our development initiatives we take a
holistic approach realizing that all people are multifaceted beings with
physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
Business Development & Mentoring: Many people
are involved in small business either formally or casually. Successful ongoing
business operations have the potential to reduce poverty bringing value and
sustainability to business owners and employees and strengthening the
church and community. Target clientele for business programming include
existing business people and youth and adults who have an interest in starting and
running their own business with an emphasis in the areas of denser
population such as small towns and larger villages.
Sustainable Agriculture: Sustainable agriculture adopts productive,
competitive and efficient practices, while protecting an improving the
farming environment, the ecosystem as well as the socio-economic
conditions of local communities. The majority of people in Tanzania are
directly involved in agriculture, growing basic crops to feed their families
and attempting to sell the excess to provide for medical, educational and
other family needs. Increasing crop yields by applying new and more
productive methodologies has the potential to reduce poverty by bringing a
greater income stream to this large segment of the population. Growth in
small holder agriculture outputs goes hand in hand with a reduction in
poverty as subsistence farmers are transformed into entrepreneurs and
become owners and operators of small commercially viable farm
enterprises. Target clientele for agricultural programming are small holder
farmers in rural areas.
Community Health: Community health training in rural and urban settings
leads to a reduction in life threatening diseases and chronic health issues
resulting in reduced poverty through a healthier work force. Community
health in its wider meaning intersects with people’s lives on physical,
emotional, social and spiritual levels. From literacy training to sanitation
issues, from orphan at risk child care, from civic education to HIV/AIDS prevention, from social development to spiritual growth, community health programs enrich
people’s lives while reducing poverty. Target clientele for community health
programming are children, youth and adults throughout the western highlands area with an emphasis on those living in the more rural areas.
Environmental Conservation: Sustainable long-term reduction of
poverty involves generations to come and must therefore include an effort
toward environmental conservation. Utilization of resources to meet the
demands of the current generation while preserving the potential and
opportunity for future generations is a reasonable direction toward poverty
reduction. Target clientele for environmental conservation programming are
children, young people and adults who are engaged in farming activities and may be currently participating in deforestation activities through their farming
practices.
While there are many worthy approaches to development and many
organizations that contribute to poverty reduction in various ways, GCDE
has a core focus on business training and sustainable agriculture
programming as a means toward poverty reduction. GCDE’s secondary
development programming areas are community health and
environmental conservation. In all our development initiatives we take a
holistic approach realizing that all people are multifaceted beings with
physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs.
Business Development & Mentoring: Many people
are involved in small business either formally or casually. Successful ongoing
business operations have the potential to reduce poverty bringing value and
sustainability to business owners and employees and strengthening the
church and community. Target clientele for business programming include
existing business people and youth and adults who have an interest in starting and
running their own business with an emphasis in the areas of denser
population such as small towns and larger villages.
Sustainable Agriculture: Sustainable agriculture adopts productive,
competitive and efficient practices, while protecting an improving the
farming environment, the ecosystem as well as the socio-economic
conditions of local communities. The majority of people in Tanzania are
directly involved in agriculture, growing basic crops to feed their families
and attempting to sell the excess to provide for medical, educational and
other family needs. Increasing crop yields by applying new and more
productive methodologies has the potential to reduce poverty by bringing a
greater income stream to this large segment of the population. Growth in
small holder agriculture outputs goes hand in hand with a reduction in
poverty as subsistence farmers are transformed into entrepreneurs and
become owners and operators of small commercially viable farm
enterprises. Target clientele for agricultural programming are small holder
farmers in rural areas.
Community Health: Community health training in rural and urban settings
leads to a reduction in life threatening diseases and chronic health issues
resulting in reduced poverty through a healthier work force. Community
health in its wider meaning intersects with people’s lives on physical,
emotional, social and spiritual levels. From literacy training to sanitation
issues, from orphan at risk child care, from civic education to HIV/AIDS prevention, from social development to spiritual growth, community health programs enrich
people’s lives while reducing poverty. Target clientele for community health
programming are children, youth and adults throughout the western highlands area with an emphasis on those living in the more rural areas.
Environmental Conservation: Sustainable long-term reduction of
poverty involves generations to come and must therefore include an effort
toward environmental conservation. Utilization of resources to meet the
demands of the current generation while preserving the potential and
opportunity for future generations is a reasonable direction toward poverty
reduction. Target clientele for environmental conservation programming are
children, young people and adults who are engaged in farming activities and may be currently participating in deforestation activities through their farming
practices.
