Fida works in seven African countries. We improve educational opportunities for children and young people and help communities cope with the impacts of climate change. We support partner churches in their children’s and youth ministries, as well as Bible training.
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Fida has been active in Ethiopia for decades. Finnish missionary work has played a significant role in the growth of Pentecostal churches in the country. Today, partner churches working with Fida have over 10 million members.
Large church movements also have a major impact on the country’s development. Fida works in Ethiopia on development cooperation, focusing on vocational training and employment for young people and women. Peacebuilding efforts are also underway in conflict areas.
Development work in Ethiopia
Fida’s partner in Burundi is the local Pentecostal church, CEPBU. Work is carried out in the provinces of Bubanza, Cibitoke, and Ngozi, with a focus on advancing education for children and young people.
A key focus in Burundi is working with the Batwa, an indigenous minority group. Fida and CEBPU also promote early childhood education and preschool initiatives.
Development work in Burundi
Fida works in Malawi, equipping local churches for youth ministry. Football clubs and training sessions reach young people in Malawi and neighbouring Mozambique.
Fida has been active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for decades, focusing on supporting refugees and communities affected by conflict.
We also engage in long-term work to prevent violence against women and children.
Humanitarian work in the DRC
Development work in the DRC
Tanzania is Fida’s largest development programme country. We work to improve education for children and young people, enhance livelihood opportunities for women, and support the schooling of children and young people with disabilities.
In Tanzania, we are also involved in impactful mission work, focusing on developing the children’s and youth ministries of the Free Pentecostal Church of Tanzania, as well as Bible and missions training.
Development work in Tanzania
Fida has been active in Uganda since 1987. Cooperation with the partner church, Pentecostal Churches of Uganda (PCU) focuses on development cooperation in the Yumbe, Karamoja, and Masindi districts. In ministry, Fida supports PCU in leadership, missions and youth ministry.
Over the decades, Fida has supported the training of church workers and the development of Bible teaching.
Development work in Uganda
Fida has been active in Kenya for decades, in partnership with the Full Gospel Churches of Kenya, which was founded in 1949 with the involvement of Finnish missionaries. Over the years, Fida and Finnish Pentecostal churches have sent over 170 workers to Kenya. The collaboration continues through development cooperation, diaconal work, mission efforts, and child sponsorship programmes.
In Kenya, development cooperation supports children’s education, youth employment, and family livelihoods.
Fida’s mission in Kenya aims to strengthen the Full Gospel Church, enabling it to plant new churches in unreached areas and expand its growing children’s and youth ministries.
Development work in Kenya
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