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 LIA
OVERVIEW
Life in Abundance International is a Christian
non-profit organization that seeks to spread the Gospel
of Jesus Christ through empowering churches to reach out
to their community. LIA exists to make Christ known
among the nations and ascribes fully to the guiding
contents of the Lausanne Covenant for World
Evangelization.
LIA’s mission is “to declare God’s glory among the
nations and His marvelous deeds among all peoples
(Psalms 96:3), that they may have life in abundance
(John 10:10).”
Life in Abundance was started by Dr. Florence Muindi (a
Kenyan doctor) in Ethiopia in 2000. In the 7 years that
Life in Abundance has existed, it has impacted 65
communities. Over 3,000 individuals have been trained as
community resource persons, 600 families have benefited
from income generating activities, and nearly 900
persons have benefited from skills development programs,
while more than 600,000 have received health education
and clinical care. In 2002 an international financial
office was set up in the United States and was
incorporated as a 501 (c) 3. LIA has offices in Addis
Ababa, Ethiopia, Nairobi, Kenya, and Pasadena, CA, USA.
They have a presence in 7 African nations – Ethiopia,
Kenya, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, Eritrea and Djibouti.
 LIA
Core Values
● Great commission and commandment implementation
● Use of churches as suitable community based agencies
for community organizing in relief and development
● Holistic approach to programs and interventions
● Ensuring program sustainability
● Meeting relevant and felt needs and, where
appropriate, follow any relief interventions with
community owned development initiatives
● Community transformation as in indicator of program
effectiveness
● Intensive training for all program actors using adult
education methodologies
● Implementing home and people-centered development
To learn more about LIA, please visit
www.liaint.org.
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Email:
adam@matharechildren.com
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