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Faith Based Organizations Faith Based Organizations and and
The Government:The Government:
The Canadian Experience
OutlineOutline
IntroductionIntroduction Past ExperiencePast Experience TrendsTrends What’s our Value Added?What’s our Value Added? ActionAction DiscussionDiscussion
IntroductionIntroduction
FBOs refer to all groups established and motivated by their faith commitment
This includes, Christian, Muslim, Hindu etc.
Includes organizations whose primary purpose is development, relief, advocacy
James Wolfensohn: World BankJames Wolfensohn: World Bank
‘where faith and development institutions have combined their efforts and work to common ends, remarkable results have been achieved’.
Katherine Marshall: Katherine Marshall: World BankWorld Bank
‘Poverty is an issue as old as human thought, and it has often arisen first or primarily in the framework of religions and religious debate’.
Christian NGOs and CIDA 1995Christian NGOs and CIDA 1995
CIDA recognizes that FBOs are integral and legitimate part of a healthy and resilient civil society and have an important role to play in the development process
Both agree that there is considerable overlap in mission and goals which provides a solid platform on which to build an effective partnership
CIDA recognizes that there is a spiritual dimension to the development process
Great stuff, but….Great stuff, but….
How many people are aware of this agreement?
To what degree is it being implemented?
What recourse do we have if it is not followed?
Is it up-to-date?
Evaluation QuoteEvaluation Quote
“… is unequivocal in their mission and vision as a Christian faith based organization. As a cautionary note, ‘they’ may wish to review and assess the way and the extent to which the spiritual dimension is integrated into their development programming”.
What’s Your Experience?What’s Your Experience?
TrendsTrends
NGOs have become marginalized
CCIC predicts that Partnership Branch disbursements will move from a high of $320mil in 1991 to $197mil in 2010
As a percentage of the total ODA to NGOs this has moved from 28% in 2000 to 18% in 2005
Total assistance to NGOs in 2004 was $236mil
Of the 2004 total, only 13% went to FBOs
TrendsTrends 3-4% of charitable giving in Canada goes to
international assistance
CCIC Data for 2004:
• Total individual cash gifts $454.3mil
• Gifts by individual CDNs has risen by 52% over the last 10 yrs
• Child focussed agencies collect 55% of total cash
Estimate that 70% of charitable giving goes to FBOs
Religious identity - CanadaReligious identity - Canada
Catholic 12,936,905
Protestant 8,654,850
Christian Orthodox 479,620
Christian not included elsewhere
780,450
Muslim 579,640
Jewish 329,995
Buddhist 300,345
Hindu 297,200
Sikh 278,410
No religious affiliation 4,900,090
Source: Statistics Canada, 2001 Census Question: What is this person's religion? (Indicate a specific denomination or religion, even if this person is not currently a practicing member of that group)
Total Population: 29,639,035
Catholic43%
Protestant29%
No religion16%
Canada has a unique religious Canada has a unique religious history and trajectoryhistory and trajectory
Questions: Do you believe in the existence of God or a universal spirit? Did you happen to attend church or synagogue in the past 7 days/religious service at a place of worship? Source: Gallup/Ipsos-Reid
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
1935 1945 1955 1965 1975 1985 1995 2005
Belief - Canada Attend past 7 days - Canada
Belief - UK Attend past 7 days - UK
Belief--US Attend past 7 days--US
Religion is seen as a force for Religion is seen as a force for good by a majority of Canadiansgood by a majority of Canadians
% Agree
62%
59%
0% 20% 40% 60% 80%
Religiouscommunities are aforce for good in
society
Religious leaders area force for good in
society
% trust a lot/some
96%
93%
80%
68%
67%
66%
63%
59%
51%
33%
30%
Nurses
Medical doctors
Leaders of charities
Business leaders
Religious leaders
Government employees
Journalists and reporters
Lawyers
Union leaders
Provincial polititicans
Federal politicians
Base: all respondents (n=3863)Q. How much trust do you have in people in the following professions?
Types of Professions Trusted: Types of Professions Trusted: Charities engender Charities engender more trust than politicians and the governmentmore trust than politicians and the government
Learnings from TrendsLearnings from Trends
Canadians are more supportive of NGOs than CIDA is
CIDA needs NGOs to accomplish its public engagement strategy
Canada is a nation of ‘believers’ but not ‘belongers’
Canadian’s organization of choice are FBOs
FBOs are a primary vehicle through which CIDA can engage the public
Question: Question:
If CIDA wants to If CIDA wants to engage the public, why engage the public, why
aren’t they tracking aren’t they tracking where the public wants where the public wants
to engage?to engage?
What’s our Value Added?What’s our Value Added?
Holistic view of Holistic view of
development…..development…..
Traditional Worldview in a CommunityTraditional Worldview in a Community
Maruti
(rain god)
Temple
SUPERNATURAL
UNSEEN
UNCERTAIN
Children’s Health
NATURAL
SEEN
EMPIRICAL
Shrine
Boundaries of the community’s survival strategy
Health HutWater Pump
Water Supply
A Relational View of PovertyA Relational View of Poverty
SelfOthers Community
Super Natural
Environment
= Broken Relationships
A Holistic Approach to PovertyA Holistic Approach to Poverty
MaterialPoverty
PhysicalWeakness
Isolation
Vulnerability
Powerlessness
SpiritualPoverty
Broken relationshipswith neighbor and their god
Lack of assets
Lack of strengthToo many dependents
Lack of assetsLack of educationExcluded from system
Lack of reservesLack of choicesEasy to coerce
Lack of influenceLack of social powerExploited by powers
What’s our Value Added? What’s our Value Added? (cont’d)(cont’d)
Largest constituencyLargest constituency
Mobilize match funding Mobilize match funding for CIDAfor CIDA
Strong partnership Strong partnership relationships on the relationships on the groundground
Address CIDA’s principle Address CIDA’s principle driver for compassiondriver for compassion
So What should we do?So What should we do?
Don’t apologize – it’s our strength!Don’t apologize – it’s our strength!
Leverage our size/constituencyLeverage our size/constituency
Faith based, not just Christian basedFaith based, not just Christian based
Engage CIDA in dialogueEngage CIDA in dialogue
Ensure compliance on agreements with Ensure compliance on agreements with CIDACIDA
More….More….
Collaborate on projectsCollaborate on projects
Promote our value added – holistic developmentPromote our value added – holistic development
Educate our constituency – push for changeEducate our constituency – push for change
Campaigns: MICAH challengeCampaigns: MICAH challenge
Target the ‘believers’ – we already have the Target the ‘believers’ – we already have the ‘belongers’‘belongers’
Enough from me…Enough from me…Let’s discussLet’s discuss