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COUNTRY ASSESMENT PROCESS
CHANGE
Information bring about change, first in ourselves and then leads on in action to bring change in others
Nehemiah 1:4
“4 And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven,”
VISION “Therefore, go and
make disciples of all Nations”
INFORMATIO
N strategic research
Harvest fieldHarvest Force
Commitment to unity/Partnership…
Information and national initiatives
PROCESS
Effect of information on countries
Countries mobilised from information provided to them:
Gabon Nigeria Kenya Ethiopia Ghana Zimbabwe
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
Story behind every piece of information
Very often we do not see or understand the real picture
Sometimes we need explanation
BACKGROUND AND HISTORY
An African database
An African database
EIS
ETHNE INFORMATION
SYSTEM
An African database
God’s story in the World
Joshua Project
Wycliffe
World Christian Encyclopaedia
Operation World
US Centre for World Mission
Ethnologue
GMI
IMB
Others?
“… “… and behold, a great multitude, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count, from which no one could count, from every Nation and all Tribes and every Nation and all Tribes and Peoples and Tongues, standing Peoples and Tongues, standing before the throne and before the before the throne and before the Lamb” Lamb” Rev 7:9Rev 7:9
Goal for these databases
Development of EIS and CAP
World tells Africa about our story
Africa needs to tell our own story with our own facts
CAP Objective To develop a credible mobilization tool for the
countries least-reached peoples by:
Eliminating inaccuracies from the Joshua Peoples list, through the update of spreadsheets provided by MANI. Information received will be entered into the MANI database: EIS (Ethne Information System).
Establishing follow-up lists of issues or items for research or discussion.
Updating African data which will be presented at the MANI 2011 Continental Consultation
Focus Phase I: the assessment
of people groups in a given country People Group Name Cluster Language
Focus Phase II: to complete
demographic data for the people groups Population % Christian Adherents % Evangelical
EIS Database Developed over 5 years
It is functional, relates closely with Joshua Project database
Data sharing from Country to Regional to Continental level
Using the same codes and ID’s as the Global Databases to enhance partnering and sharing
Trace source and edits in data
Data base connects people with work they are doing (Who is doing what where)
Security is of high importance and value
CAP Process Regional Co-ordinators
Country and Regional Teams
Spreadsheets/Edits
Evaluation of edits
Team: Anthropologist, Linguists (Ethnolgue), Joshua Project staff, In country teams.
Entering into EIS Database
Report back
Expected results of the Country Assessment:
A credible country list which a country can own and use to mobilize mission and church groups for reaching the least-reached
List of topics/needs, for further consideration of country-level research activities
Possible post-assessment follow up projects for gathering the further information e.g.:
Additional research needs for people group or other data in country
Collection of contacts and ministry activity among least-reached people group
Responsibilities of DATA Team Data Advisory Team for Africa
Ethnologue, Anthropologist, representative from regions, Advisors
Plan and Developed the process Trained, Helped and advice regions in
process Evaluated the Data Entered data into Database as well as
developed the EIS
Spreadsheet
The CAP in the context of the Horn, specifically Ethiopia
-Background in research in the medical field
-Mission work and church planting among the UPG, the Borana of Southern
Ethiopia
-Encounter with “forgotten” people groups
-Burden to mobilize churches to involve to reach the least reached people groups
-Starting point : the Joshua Project People Group List on Ethiopia
-Research Outcome: Profile of Ethiopian UPGs
-Introduction to the DATA team and the CAP
Personal Testimony
ParticipationThose who have participated in the editing process wereDenomination leaders, Outreach leaders of churches, Church planters, Linguists, Expatriate missionariesDemographers
Phase I
People group name, People cluster and People primary language.
.
The CAP in Ethiopia
Phase I
Type of Editing Added people groups
Merged people groups
Corrected names of people group
Deleted people groups
Cluster name change
New Cluster name introduced
Primary language edited
Edited 1
1
8
7
1
1
1
Population number of the people group,
The percentage of Christian adherents
The Percentage of Evangelical adherents.
Phase IIA
Phase IIB
Primary religion,
On site church planting activity,
Church of 100
Evangelistic resources.
Completed in 1 year
Manpower of 30 volunteers
Budget of close to 300 USD
Time of Completion, Manpower and Budget
TABLE QUESTION
Do you think it is possible that every country in the Continent can accomplish and do what was done in Ethiopia?
Sub Sahara CAP statisticsSUB Sahara COUNTRIES,
49 (50)
RESPONSES
34 Countries
69%
Total people Groups on Continent
3768
Data entered, 27 Countries
55%
Total people Groups Least
reached
996 (26.4%)
TOTAL EDITS DONEPeople in Country
edits
660People groups deleted
67People groups added
13
Religions in Country edited
565
Religions in country added
68
Religions deleted
1
CAP EDITS BY REGIONHORN,
Edits 221, Added 2,
Deletes 26
INDIAN ISLANDS, Edits 30, Added 1,
Deleted 7
FRANCO PHONE
CENTRAL, Edits 26, Added 0, Deleted 1
ANGLOPHONE WEST, Edits
113, Added 0, Deletes 3
MANI EDITS BY REGIONEast Africa Edits 95, Added 0, Deletes 8
Southern Africa, Edits 81, Added 12, Deleted 21
Portuguese, Edits 0,
Added 0, Deleted 0
Franco Phone West, Edits 2,
Added 0, Deletes 0
Why data not entered?
Outstanding questions on data received from Countries
Problems getting spreadsheets send to the DATA team and DATA team not able to access edited data.
Spreadsheets changed and data could not be verified
Portuguese countries, 2 Countries were evaluated but there was no edits to be done.
Number of Un-reached People Groups
Un-reached for each Christian
% Population Least Reached and groups
COMPARISON
Summary of editsTYPE Edits Added Deleted Total
Language alternate Names 1 18 0 19
Language resources 0 17 0 17
Alternate Names Across Countries 1 138 4 143
People Across countries 24 10 2 36
Religions in Country 565 68 1 634
Other Population Sources 0 173 5 178
People in Country edits 660 13 67 740
Language in Country 7 7 73 87
Totals 1258 444 152 1854
Challenges The hurdles of war, famine, poor communications, expensive and
difficult travel, illness, Culture etc all have created hindrances.
We did not manage, nor did we expect to update all the data for every people group in Sub-Saharan Africa. (There are at least 35-40 different possible data fields for every people group. We only focused on 6)
Nobody has ever tried to do this kind of evaluation in such a large region. There is no example to follow and we are learning by making mistakes.
Underestimate the implications of the work to be done and the challenges in the Area
The way forward Continue CAP data review, so as to accurately identify all Least-Reached People
Groups of Africa. An emphasis is needed on the demographic data collection.
Some data needs further validation or clarification before edits are accepted.
Enhance and develop research and mapping teams in the regions and countries.
Continue developing the DATA (Database Advisory Team for Africa), whose role it is to review information, manage CAP, and other research processes.
Prioritize Francophone West and Central Africa for CAP processes.
Train representatives in the regions and in countries in the use of the EIS database for data management on a country level.
Strengthen existing, and develop new Regional, Continental and Global relationships and partnerships to enhance the gathering and management of data for the Continent.
TABLE QUESTION
What is your personal response to the information you received today?
COUNTRY QUESTIONS1. How do you feel about the quality of data for your country?
2. How can this information help you with better church planting strategies?
3. Is there a need for the church in your country to proceed with the CAP process?
4. What is the next 3 steps you plan to take to accomplish a better set of data?