MOBILISING DURING COVID IS VIRTUAL SUCCESS

Daniel Salamu, director of SIM’s West Africa Missions Office, says: “It is amazing to know that during the pandemic, the West Africa Missions Office recorded an all-time high in the number of workers accepted to serve. I can confidently say that 98 per cent of the mobilisation was done virtually.”

Before COVID, candidates were interviewed in person by members of WAMO’s national committees. But during 2020, more than 20 candidates were interviewed via Zoom.

For the first time, the sending church of one candidate was invited to join the virtual interviews, giving them an opportunity to participate and know how to better support their candidate.

The WAMO staff members live in different countries – Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Liberia, USA, and Ghana – and meet once a year on average. Their ability to operate like that before COVID enabled them to adopt new strategies and technologies quickly during the pandemic.

Group orientation and training events also moved to Zoom in 2020. Daniel says: “The turn-up online was very encouraging; out of 30 appointees, an average of 28 participants attended the sessions for a period of two weeks, all thanks to the availability of technology.”

WAMO has 35 appointees and 31 active members. Daniel says: ‘We continue to solicit your prayers for travel restrictions to lift as workers prepare to go to their new communities.’

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