2017年6月12日 星期一

全球飢餓對策聯盟

2017參與FHIF國際飢餓對策會員國年會

一、FHI的使命
Founded in 1971, FHI, is a Christian relief and development organization currently providing physical and spiritual assistance to a million people in more than twenty countries. FHI is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. It has support offices in many countries and works in synergistic partnership with thousands of prayer worriers, churches, and with dozens of government and private agencies. 

二、FIFH17屆年會剪影
甲、   會期: 2017/5/22 – 5/27 (實際上5/23-26 四天)
乙、   會場: 金邊市郊的旅館(DYVITH Hotel) 
丙、   主題: 尋根 remembering our roots / Dr. Ted Yamamori,曾任第二屆聯會主席,四堂分享綱要:
    繼往開來,勉勵我們採用【共生的事工模式 symbiotic ministry//
Food for the Hungry worldwide will have become a functionally integrated, operationally symbiotic, informationally impactful, response-ready relief and development agency of appropriated size dedicated to helping hungry and hurting people of the world.
1.              Life’s defining moments…introducing myself and how I got involved in FHI
2.              REMOVE NOT THE ANCIENT LANDMARK … remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set (Proverbs 22:28). The legacy of Larry Ward and Food for the Hungry.
3.              THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR THE FHI OPERATION… the symbiotic approach to relief and development
4.              BUSINESS AND HUNGER/POVERTY/ALLEVIATION … business as the only long-term solution to world hunger/poverty
最後提及流浪者的關懷事工 THE CHALLENGE OF DIAPORA MISSION … the coming trend
丁、   典範轉移Paradigm shift: 現任FHIF主席Dr. Randall Hoag 提出未來的雙翼願景:
                             i.                Kingdom of God Network­_ KGN… spiritual needs Biblical issue
                            ii.                Vision of Community VOC_physical needs Food issue

三、年會總結論:該參與食物生產FHIF該致力於糧食生產的大業(農耕)
諸多因素造成人類糧食安全問題。雖然包括聯合國在內的許多國際組織努力多年,試圖消弭極端貧窮與飢餓,效果不彰。追究原因,在於各團隊都沒有直接致力於糧食生產,只在做糧食分配。今後 FHIF要致力於推動青年從農的誘因,並且讓適用科技能有效導入農村。
四、台灣的機會與挑戰:  台灣成為FHIF的國家會員,順勢將台灣的農業科技與眾多的高教育人力,投入各地的農業扶貧工作。讓台灣青年的生命力能在國際舞台上展現。