Greetings from the Community Development Centre in the Hashemite
Kingdom of Jordan!!
We are exited to announce the coming FCD (Foundations in Community Development)
school in 2008, Jordan .
When?
The lecture phase of the school will be from the 1st of June – 21st
of August 2008, with a following 12 weeks for Field Assignment or 1 year internship
phase.
The field assignment phase will be from the 24th of Aug till
the 13th of Nov 2008.
The field assignment will be in a number of nations throughout the region.
Following the field assignment , there will be opportunities to join long
term teams.
What’s the purpose of the school?
The aim is to equip students following Christ Jesus as their example and leader
1) To facilitate holistic growth towards God's intentions in targeted communities
resulting in a fuller expression of the kingdom of God.
2) To be effective multipliers of community development from a biblical perspective
and to establish long term CD teams and partnerships in Middle East.
The course maintains a holistic perspective and a focus on
the Kingdom of God which, as a result, contributes to the goals and objectives
of YWAM
Who should attend?
People with a long term calling to bless communities in or around Jordan,
who want to be involved in displaying God's love through biblical community
development. We recommend spouses to attend the school as well because community
ministry involves the whole family so it is very important that both husband
and wife understand the principles of biblical community development.
Requirement: DTS, CDTS or UDTS
What is the content?
Biblical World-Veiw and Community Development. - the core teaching of the
school.
Biblical Identity and Team dynamics
Cross-cultual communication and critical thinking
Community Health/Development Education
Economics and Micro Enterprise
Community Development Dynamics (Community Approach, Assessment, Proposal writing,
etc)
Global issues and development , Global Organization(UN, NGO etc), Crisis Management
etc
**The lecture phase will be run in English, Arabic and Korean.
How will you live?
All students will not live together in the one place. There will be an apartment
for single ladies and another for single men. And we will do our best to provide
families with suitable accommodation.
People that wish to take care of their own accommodation, are free to come before the school starts, and look for their own housing. This may take some time, so we advise about 6 weeks for this. If you are interested, please email us for info about setting up a house.
How much are the school fees?
For Lecture phase only including U of N credit registration fee:
Category A (North America, Europe, South Korea, Japan etc)
$1700
Category B (South America, Malaysia, South Africa etc) $1200
Category C (East, West Africa, Asia, Arab-Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Palestine,
Yemen, etc) $700
This fee does not include the following things, which will
be the students’ responsibility to pay themselves:
(Figures are approximate)
1) Visa costs- usually $ 42 US for 6 months (You can buy a visa at the airport,
it costs $15 US)
2) Extra food, toiletries and pocket money
3) Breakfast will be arranged according to each house responsible.
4) Parents are responsible for lunch pack for children attending school.
What about kids?
We will help you to get the facilities for child care - but we need to know
before the school starts. Please email us if you want to come with your children.
Fees for children (food & housing only)
Under 2 years: free 2 - 6 years: $300 7 – 11years: $420 above 12 years:
$600
** you may need extra cost for the child care or school.
How to contact us
We have application forms available now. Please email us if you want to apply.
For further info contact the Community Development Centre, Jordan
Email : cdcme2020@gmail.com