SIFAT's principles:
• God is the Creator of all things. All things are integrated: if a new technology is accepted into a village, it will change that village socially, physically, economically and spiritually. The Gospel of Jesus includes integrated development and affects the physical, spiritual, mental, social, economic, political and all other aspects of life.
• SIFAT works with all people, not just those who hold the same beliefs. This does not negate, but rather emphasizes, Christianity.
• SIFAT encourages long-term development, instead of short-term relief.
• SIFAT strives for every word and deed among the poor to build their self-esteem, to affirm their potential and to help them become more in themselves rather than just having more for the moment. Those things that create dependency are rejected in favor of those that develop self-sufficiency. A brother/sister relationship is cultivated, rather than a paternalistic/materialistic one. SIFAT does not do things for people, but with people.
• To receive help from SIFAT, overseas partners must develop a plan for their priority project that appears to be sustainable. They must identify their resources and communicate the resources they lack. Then SIFAT considers whether a partnership would be effective.
• Help is not doing for people what they can do for themselves, except occasionally lending a hand as a way of walking in someone's shoes and showing solidarity. Help is doing what they cannot do, after they have done or are planning to do all they can.
• SIFAT welcomes others to join with us in the exciting journey of allowing the Spirit of God to change people's vision and alleviating some of the alienation and lostness in our world today.
• SIFAT works with all people, not just those who hold the same beliefs. This does not negate, but rather emphasizes, Christianity.
• SIFAT encourages long-term development, instead of short-term relief.
• SIFAT strives for every word and deed among the poor to build their self-esteem, to affirm their potential and to help them become more in themselves rather than just having more for the moment. Those things that create dependency are rejected in favor of those that develop self-sufficiency. A brother/sister relationship is cultivated, rather than a paternalistic/materialistic one. SIFAT does not do things for people, but with people.
• To receive help from SIFAT, overseas partners must develop a plan for their priority project that appears to be sustainable. They must identify their resources and communicate the resources they lack. Then SIFAT considers whether a partnership would be effective.
• Help is not doing for people what they can do for themselves, except occasionally lending a hand as a way of walking in someone's shoes and showing solidarity. Help is doing what they cannot do, after they have done or are planning to do all they can.
• SIFAT welcomes others to join with us in the exciting journey of allowing the Spirit of God to change people's vision and alleviating some of the alienation and lostness in our world today.
Faith
Faith and technology are merged for the purpose of enabling the poor to develop holistically in Jesus Christ.
Since its founding in 1979, SIFAT has trained community leaders from 79 countries around the globe in practical skills to meet basic human needs.
Acknowledging Christ's concern for the spiritual as well as the physical aspects of His children, SIFAT responds to the Great Commission by sharing God's love in practical ways.
Since its founding in 1979, SIFAT has trained community leaders from 79 countries around the globe in practical skills to meet basic human needs.
Acknowledging Christ's concern for the spiritual as well as the physical aspects of His children, SIFAT responds to the Great Commission by sharing God's love in practical ways.
Technology
In our training and work overseas, we introduce technologies that better the quality of life for the poor. These appropriate technologies are simple designs that work off alternative power sources (ex. animals, wind, water, manual-power, solar-power) and basic principles (ex. gravity, levers, pressure).
Servants in Faith and Technology is a Christian nonprofit organization that provides training in self-help programs for a needy world.
