Location:

ALARM – Kenya. Head office in Nairobi, service Country wide

Mission:

ALARM exists to empower the African church to impact the African continent by developing and equipping leaders with skills and tools to nurture and deepen the Christian faith for the transformation and reconciliation of the African communities.

Who they serve:

Communities affected by war and conflict

Church and community leaders

What they do:

• Leadership; education, training and mentoring church and community leaders
• Wholistic Transformation; for leaders, women and youth
• Reconciliation Ministries; conflict prevention, management & resolution

Year founded:

1993, by Celestine Musekura

See a video about ALARM's history (video).

Website: www.alarm-inc.org

Needs:

• Office building
• Land for projects
• Transport van for training teams
• Training funds
• Office systems and set-up
• Organizing Training Institutes for pastoral training
• Organizing peace and mediation workshops
• Organizing youth empowerment programs
• Carrying out economic empowerment projects

Their Story:

The founder Celestine Musekura, a Rwandese was studying theology in Nairobi during the Rwandan genocide. In response to the conflict and noting how ill equipped the church was for the reconciliation role, he founded ALARM to equip the church and community leaders in this task. ALARM works in eight African countries in the Great Lakes Region and has a head office in Kenya.

In addition to the development of a strong African team of trainers, ALARM will continue to build and develop partnerships with qualified men and women from other parts of the world to be involved in training and equipping African leaders for the challenges of the new millennium.