The Summit on Transformational Development will bring together NGO leaders, field practitioners, and development researchers to discuss best practices in Transformational Development. The goals of this summit will be to develop a set of principles of practice for NGOs and Churches desiring to engage with communities in transformational development.
The goals of this summit will be to develop a set of principles of practice for NGOs and Churches desiring to engage with communities in transformational development.The Transformational Development Summit will be comprised of a series of presentations by NGO leaders, both in the US and from the field, on their experiences in transformational development. Some of those will include mobilizing local advocacy campaigns, partnering with the local and US church for TD, engaging the broader community of partners in transformational development efforts, measuring program outcomes, and defining and achieving sustainability. Following each presentation will be “table talk” time for participants to engage in extensive discussion on their own experiences and derive the principles of excellence we want to carry forward from the Summit.
Eastern University is the lead agency for this Summit. For more information, contact Beth Birmingham at Eastern University here.
Bryant Myers, Fuller Seminary/World Vision International (Via Pre-Recorded Video)
“History of Transformational Development”
Bryant Myers joined the faculty of Fuller as professor of transformational development in 2006. A lifelong activist dedicated to Christian relief and development work around the world, Myers brings over 30 years’ experience with World Vision International to the Fuller community. He served primarily in senior management roles for WVI, most recently as vice president for development and food resources.
A published author on poverty and transformational development, humanitarian aid, and world mission, Myers’ most recent works include Exploring World Mission: Context and Challenges, Walking with the Poor: Principles and Practice of Transformational Development, and Working with the Poor: Insights and Learnings from Development Practitioners. He has also published numerous articles, and held speaking engagements in multiple locations around the world.
Myers has served in various leadership roles within the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization, and currently serves on several boards: Evangelicals for Social Action, the International Fellowship of Evangelical Mission Theologians (INFEMIT), the International Advisory Council of the Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia, and the International Council of the Viva Network. The courses he teaches at Fuller include Transformational Development, Humanitarian Response, Globalization and the Poor, Relief and Refugees, Development Tools and Practice, and Managing Agencies for Development.
Luz Stella DeAngulo, MAP International
“Sustainable Development Requires Self-agencied Human Transformation”
Along with her husband, Dr. José Miguel De Angulo, Luz Stella helped established MAP International’s Bolivian Holistic Community Health and Development programs from a human rights perspective and child focused. This includes the health Promoter Training that has graduated more than 1,000 men and women from impoverished urban and rural areas. Nearly two decades of community development experience has served as consultant to PVOs, NGOs, and universities around the world on the topics of health education, holistic development, management, human rights and sexual violence issues. With her husband, she has co-authored over two dozen books on these subjects.
Luz Stella, Colombian born, graduated from the Colegio Mayor de Cultura in Popayan, Colombia in 1976. While her husband pursued a Master of Public Health degree in the United States in the 1980s she pursued health promoter training at the San Luke Health Center in Baltimore, MD. In 1997 she received a Masters Degree in Health Professions Education (MHPE) from Limburg University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
She and her husband co-founded The School for Life in Chilimarca, Bolivia, a pre-school and early education school patterned on Montessori education principles. In 2004 she co-founded The Centro Una Brisa de Esperanza in Cochabamba, Bolivia for child victims of sexual abuse and platform for advocacy and public policies changes in the country of Bolivia. Luz Stella presently divides her time between her work with MAP in the Washington-Baltimore area and Bolivia. She also consults regularly on MAP programs throughout Central and South America.
Stella DeAngulo of MAP International addresses the ACCORD Summit in Baltimore. Nov. 16, 2011. The full title is “Sustainable Development Requires Self-Agencied Human Transformation.”
Stephan Bauman, World Relief
“Just Change: The Church as Indispensable to Transformation”
Stephan Bauman is the President and CEO of World Relief, an international relief and development organization founded in 1944, where he oversees approximately 2,500 staff in 20 nations. Previously, Stephan served as the Senior Vice President of Programs where he led programs in the health, economic, agriculture, and refugee resettlement sectors. Stephan joined World Relief in 2005 as the Country Director in Rwanda.
Prior to joining World Relief Rwanda, Stephan served as Director of International Programs for World Hope International, where he oversaw relief and development programs in 25 countries worldwide in the agriculture, education, economic development, anti-trafficking, and health sectors. From 1994 to 2001, Stephan worked for Mercy Ships International as Director of Programs and Training, where he directed medical, water and sanitation, community health, and capacity building programs for over 300 staff on the Anastasis, a hospital ship based in West Africa. Prior to joining Mercy Ships, Stephan worked in the private sector for Anderson & Co where he consulted on mergers and acquisitions, legal matters, treaties, and tax issues for Fortune 500 companies.
Stephan is a Certified Public Accountant (since 1990), an ordained minister, and holds a Masters in International Public Policy (Johns Hopkins University), a Masters in Intercultural Studies (Wheaton College Graduate School), as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Business (University of Wisconsin).
In this Nov. 16, 2011 speech, Stephan Bauman, President and CEO of World Relief, addresses the topic of the church and transformational development. His audience is the ACCORD Summit and the full title is “Just Change: The Church as Indispensable to Transformation.”
Moses Dombo, Development Consultant
“How to make Transformational Development Count”
Moses holds an MBA in NGO Leadership from Eastern University, Pennsylvania USA, an MSc in Social and Economic Studies with focus on Social Development Planning and Management from the University Of Wales: United Kingdom and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture from Makerere University Kampala. He also holds a Certificate in Public Policy Analysis and advocacy from the International Advocacy Institute and School for International Living; Vermont USA and is a Certified teacher for long distance education programs of the School of Leadership and Development at Eastern University.
He has worked for various organizations including World Vision International, where he served as Senior Director of Operations for East Africa, Chief of Party on different projects funded by the US government and in other strategic roles in Communications, Advocacy, Program management, community mobilization, HIV/AIDS programming and child development. He also worked for Plan International as Executive Director of Hope for African Child Initiative (HACI), a consortium of seven NGOs including CARE, PLAN, SAVE and World Conference on Religions for Peace. Before joining Plan, Moses worked for Family Health International as Senior Technical Advisor on Orphans and Vulnerable Children programming.
Moses has worked as a consultant for various organizations including UNICEF, the World Bank, DFID and Stromme Foundation among others. He is Adjunct Faculty for Advocacy and Human Rights Studies at Eastern University and is currently Executive Director of MOJES Consult and Enterprises, which seeks to enhance technical abilities of communities to undertake Transformational development.
Moses Dombo addresses the ACCORD Summit in Baltimore – November 16, 2011. The complete title of his speech is: “How to Make Transformational Development Count: Grassroots Advocacy and Transformational Development”
Matthew Frost, Tearfund
“Transformational Development demands that the role of INGOs be transformed”
Matthew Frost has been Chief Executive of Tearfund since October 2005. Previously he worked for DFES and McKinsey, where he specialized in strategy and organizational leadership. He has served overseas with Medair in a leadership capacity and set up their aid programme in Afghanistan. Matthew is married to Katharine, has four young children and is a member of Holy Trinity Church in Claygate, Surrey.
Matthew Frost is the CEO of Tearfund in the UK. The complete title of this speech is “Transformational Development Demands that the Role of the NGOs be Transformed.” The speech was delivered at the 2011 ACCORD Summit in Baltimore, USA.
Tom and Dee Yaccino, Red Del Camino
“Transformational Development through Kingdom Connections”
Tom and Dee Yaccino have partnered in transformational cross-cultural ministry since the late eighties. Tom earned degrees in Cultural Geography and Spanish from Augustana College, and Dee earned a degree in Anthropology from Wheaton College. Both Tom and Dee have concentrations in Latin American Studies. After receiving Masters Degrees in Intercultural Studies with their emphasis on Community Development and Adult Non-formal education from Wheaton Graduate School, they took their first overseas assignment with the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Rural Bolivia.
From 1990 to 1995 Tom and Dee pioneered an integrated community-based development initiative through MCC that resulted in the creation of a grass-roots organization of popular educators (called C.E.P.Y.) that facilitated numerous sustainable initiatives in health, water, agriculture and education in rural communities of Yapacani, Santa Cruz Department.
In 1995 they were hired by Willow Creek Community Church to lead the development of Willow’s international ministries focused on partnerships, starting in the Dominican Republic and extending throughout Latin America. Tom and Dee served Willow Creek in the DR until 2007, shaping Willow Creek’s Global Connections Latin American strategy and raising their four children: Aisha (17), Alina (15), Alize (11), and Aaron (4).
It was from this movement that in 2007, Del Camino Connection (DCC):www.delcaminoconnection.org was born to serve and support the Red del Camino network movement by facilitating Kingdom connections among holistically minded churches outside of Latin America and churches in the RdC. DCC connects, coaches and consults with churches that believe deeply in the local church’s role and responsibility in God’s plan for the restoration of all things.
On Nov. 17, 2011, Tom and Dee Yaccino addressed the ACCORD Summit meeting in Baltimore, USA. Their complete title is “Just Relationships: Transformational Development through Kingdom Connections.” The Yaccinos participate in Red del Camino, a network for holistic ministry in Latin America.
Jaisankar Sarma, World Vision International
Jaisankar Sarma currently serves as Global Director for Field Operations with World Vision International, an international Christian relief and development organization operating in over 100 countries. In his current role, he is responsible for providing support to the Regional offices providing oversight to the country offices serving children and communities. Before taking on this role, he was the Vice President for Transformational Development with World Vision International, focusing on sustainable development of local communities, impact measurement, program evaluation and promoting knowledge management in non-profit, humanitarian organizations. At World Vision International, he promotes accountability for program performance, ongoing learning and continuous improvement of program performance to contribute to the well-being of children in different contexts, using approaches that are community empowering and solidly rooted in Biblical principles. He has provided Biblical training to many young people and teaches them the practices of Christian involvement with the poor, in the context of globalizing secularity and religious plurality. He has served in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and India. Mr. Sarma has a post-graduate degree in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology from the Tamil Nadu University of Agriculture in India. Mr. Sarma is a member of the First Alliance Church in Silver Spring, Maryland.
In this video, Jaisankar Sarma of World Vision International, addresses the participants of the ACCORD Summit in Baltimore, USA. The complete title for this Nov. 17, 2011 presentation is “Opportunities and Challenges in Impact Measurement and Reporting in large NGOs.”