1. WORKSHOP ON THE ROLE OF CHURCHES IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE
ANGLICAN CHURCH OF RWANDA
DIOCESES OF BUTARE , CYANGUGU, KIGEME AND SHYOGWE(EAR- BCKS)
NYAMATA, 16/03/ 2016

2. Church Perspective Speaking –word of God reference Bible
Action-Demonstrating the Gospel spoken
Advocacy- Seek, fundraising
Influencing Policies-Government
As creation unfolded under God's loving hand, God saw all that He had made and found it "very good" (Genesis 1: 31). God created the human person in His "divine image" placing the human creature at the summit of the created order. "Being in the image of God, the human individual possesses the dignity of a person who is not just something but someone.

3. Sacred Scripture calls believers to care for God's creation and all of God's children. God also blesses the other creatures who share the earth and makes clear the connection that exists between all living things (Genesis 1:27-31). God calls us as His stewards to care for the garden He created. The natural world serves as a source of inspiration for our faith and our love for the Creator. Through Biblical stories, psalms and parables, and the beauty of the natural world, we can come to know God more fully.

4. Three themes from Anglican Social Teaching that apply in a particular way to the Church's concern for the environment.
Concern for the environment calls us to respect human life and dignity.
As the world becomes increasingly interdependent, we have a call to promote the common good and the virtue of solidarity.
In caring for the environment, we have a special responsibility to the poor and vulnerable, who are most affected and least heard.

5. Approach Church and Community Centered
Involvement of All possible relevant stakeholders
Community empowerment – Holistic.
Targets: - Church members
- Community members
- Government Institutions e.g schools
- Church Institutions

6. Implemented activities
Community mobilization on environmental conservation - done through community facilitators
Training volunteers as community environment animators and environment conservation promoters
Disaster Management Plans Training.
Training and sensitization on energy saving stoves.

7. Activities cont’…. Agro-forestry and household woodlot trainings
Training on soil management and erosion prevention
Distribution of seedlings(36,489 Seedlings from 9 tree nurseries in 3 years ago)
Distributed more than 8100 ICS
Follow up, supervision and monitoring

8. Impact Reached over 7000 HHs 6 Schools
Directly 3 Cells and 2 Sectors planted trees (Administrative)
12 Churches planted trees
Staff Gained skills and Knowledge (PADR & DRR)
35 kms of Radical Terraces & Trenches

9. Challenges
Inadequate human resource- workers within tree nurseries and volunteers
Differences in community commitments
Weather changes
Inadequate funds

10. Future plans
Encouraging the parishes and local churches to plant trees
Supporting tree-planting efforts in the communities.
Keep on maintaining the existing tree nursery beds
Encourage rural communities to switch from Traditional cooking stoves/ 3- stone stoves to improved cook stoves
Promote better ways of water purification methods that don’t need boiling that requires much fuel but rather adopt for water filtration by using purification pots made from clay locally,
Continued trainings on agro forestry, soil management and erosion prevention

11. PHOTOS: STOVE MAKING COOPERATIVE

12. TREE NURSERY

13. SEEDLING DISTRIBUTION

14. TREE PLANTING

15. SOIL MGT & EROSION PREVENTION

16. ENERGY SAVING STOVES

17. WASH TRAINING IN THE COMMUNITY

18. DISTRIBUTION OF CWF

19. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS THANK YOU !!