Overview

Introduction

Christian Bible Church (CBC) is an internet-based church founded by Niall Walshe in November 2007 that already has over 1,500 members in 115 countries around the world. Through CBC many needs have come to light across across the developing world, but CBC does not have the financial resources to meet those needs.

This came to a head in Uganda in August 2008 when a mission team from CBC was confronted with a group of widows and orphans, and felt utterly powerless to meet their needs. Yet this group represented such a tiny fraction of the overall needs of widows, orphans, the elderly, the sick, the unemployed and the destitute across the developing world.

From this sense of frustration, in the face of overwhelming need, Operation Fullness of Life (OpFOL) was conceived, and has now become the practical outreach arm of CBC.

The goal of Operation Fullness of Life
The goal of Operation Fullness of Life is to create a transferable model of support that will meet as many as possible of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDG) through sustainable community regeneration.

United Nations Millennium Development Goals
At the turn of the millennium the United Nations determined eight Development Goals. These eight Millennium Development Goals break down into 21 quantifiable Targets that are measured by 60 Indicators. The United Nations has decreed that these Goals should all be met by 2015. The eight Goals are:

Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
Goal 4: Reduce child mortality
Goal 5: Improve maternal health
Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
Goal 8: Develop a Global Partnership for Development

Aim of the work
The aim of Operation Fullness of Life is to provide a range of ideas, support, supervision and motivation to every sector of rural life to create a sustainable, self-supporting lifestyle that is compatible with national standards and aspirations.

Purpose of the Operation
The purpose is:

To create a transferable model of support that will meet the UNMDG and that can be established in any rural community, in any country in the developing world.

To improve the quality of life enjoyed by each inhabitant within each supported area, by combating poverty and the causes of the poverty.

To create a degree of self-sufficiency that will enable each community to care for the vulnerable members of that community, including the widows, orphans and the sick.

To reduce the dependence of the developing world on western aid, and on national Governments who may not be able to provide adequately for their own poor, and to restore dignity and independence to the lives of the rural poor in developing countries.

To monitor the effects of lifestyle changes upon those who have been diagnosed with HIV/AIDS and assess the programme in terms of its contribution to the AIDS problem in sub-Saharan Africa.

To subsequently develop an urban equivalent of the rural programme.

Method
Operation Fullness of Life will locate a school, or similar community hub, and target for support that hub and the rural area within which its users live. An important aspect of the programme is that Operation Fullness of Life will ascertain from the area being targeted the residents own perceptions of needs that have to be addressed. Although there may need to be compromise on both sides, it is not the intention of Operation Fullness of Life to dictate what must be done within each community.

The way in which Operation Fullness of Life will achieve its goal is by offering support in every area of need within the community’s life. This will include:

Agriculture – Food production, animal husbandry, food acquisition

Diet - – Ensuring that food production and consumption is based upon nutritional requirements, rather than simply traditional foods,
Education – Facilitating access to free education for all
Green technology – Introducing renewable energy concepts, and wind-up technology
Health – Developing a lifestyle that has at its core the wellbeing of the body’s immune system, Creating a healthy diet,
Providing regular access to clean water,
Providing healthy sanitation,
Strengthening emotional health,
Developing spiritual health,
Income Generation – Sourcing micro-finance for income generating projects, then facilitating and overseeing those projects,
Water – making maximum use of rainfall and purification processes

Monitoring the programme
In keeping with the achieving of United Nations Millennium Development Goals, the monitoring of the progress and achievements of Operation Fullness of Life will be against the targets and indicators of the United Nations associated with those Goals.