Tenegar is a model of community development project

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On Wednesday I went to the village of Tenegar, where Mercy Ships is rebuilding a health clinic. Fourteen years of war left many structures like this rural clinic in disrepair; only the walls were left of a building that prior to its destruction provided health care to the communities in the area. An adjacent building had to be leveled dawn, it was beyond repair, a new one will be built in it place. In my view Tenegar is a model of community development project. It is based on the partnership of three parties: The government, Mercy Ships, and the people of the community working together to address health needs of the people. The Liberian government, who asked Mercy ships to rebuild the clinic, will provide health care staff to run the clinic after it is finished; Mercy Ships is providing materials supplies, planning and management for the project, and the community provides the labor (the work is being done by the people of the community). A well will be dig to provide water for the clinic. Mercy Ship’s staff is helping to improve the existing community garden. They already grow rice, banana, cassava, and corn. The goal is to introduce new techniques to improve the harvest; slash and burn which depletes the soil of important nutrients is a common practice. Composting, double digging plots and other practices are being moduled. It is encouraging to see the dynamic at work here; the Africa Mercy crew is only a catalyst in the process of bringing God’s intentions for the lives of the people living in the communities around Tenegar. God desires that they have life in abundance: care for their health, clean water, food and to know Him the only true God and his son Jesus. Please, continue to pray for the Africa Mercy Project team leaders in the village of Tenegar, Charles Awagah with the construction project and Marcel Eveleens with the agriculture project.

I tried to give a helping hand to the village workers

The nursery

Composting

Vegetable beds

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