Bible Society of Namibia

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BIBLE HOUSE IN WINDHOEK

BIBLE ADVOCACY

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONSBible AdvocacyTo make the Word of God accessible to the people of Namibia…

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONSBible AdvocacyTo make the Word of God accessible to the people of Namibia, relevant to their local context…

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONSBible AdvocacyTo make the Word of God accessible to the people of Namibia, relevant to their local context, facilitating transformation.

WHERE IS THE GOOD SAMARITAN TODAY? (IN NAMIBIA)• Last 2 years – no funding• Running a scaled down project

since then• Maintain our presence in the

community • Try not to loose the momentum• Easier to revive, when funded• Used funds from local fundraising

LOCAL

FUNDRAISING

STRATEGIC DIRECTION Resource Mobilization: To become financially self-sustainable by 2014

STRATEGIC DIRECTION Resource Mobilization: To become financially self-sustainable by 2014 by substantially growing local income and decreasing dependency on foreign funding (excluding Bible Advocacy projects)

Walk for Bibles

Winter Cycle Classic

FUNDRAISING @ BSN

Coin Harvesting

Golf DayFUNDRAISING @ BSN

BIBLE A MONTH CLUB

KILI FOR BIBLES

KILI FOR BIBLES• Personal dream for more than 10

years• Decided to do it in 2009• Newspaper 28 February 2009• Board decision – some where

skeptical• Short time to organize

KILI FOR BIBLES• Very personal flavour• Write letters only to people we

know• Some personal meetings/sponsors• Radio stations pick it up• One act as ‘main media sponsor’ –

promoted it heavily

KILI FOR BIBLES• Daily e-mails and a photo from Kili• 2 live interviews with main radio

station• 1 live interview per day with

another radio station• E-mails to newspapers• Most successful single FR

campaign the in 13 years

KILI FOR BIBLES

KILI FOR BIBLES

Very emotional moment

THE CHALLENGE…• Why don’t we do the same for the

GSP?• What will/can happen, not only in

terms of Fundraising, when we take 10-20 PLWHA from different countries to the top of Kilimanjaro?

• What will happen if we pray from that mountain, asking God to bless the GSP in Africa?

I ALSO BELIEVE…• The Africa AIDS services/office

should be expanded with:•A communications officer (someone who can tell the ‘world’ how effective this project is);•A Africa GSP fundraiser, who can hook the big fishes!

ANY QUESTIONS?

Thank you!