Dear All,

You are warmly invited to the “Six Days Launching Package” of the Pan African Christian Women Alliance Europe (PACWA EUROPE) which shall take place in Amsterdam Netherlands from the 23-28 of August 2006

Launching Theme: Deborah Arise (Judges 4: 4-6)

Aims and Objectives of Conference
We Christian African women based in Africa, in the Diaspora and our friends have decided that the time has come for us to take the words of Jesus found in Luke 23: 28 which states that: “Daughters of Jerusalem weep not for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children” seriously. We have decided that the time has come for us as true Deborahs to arise as Deborah arose in Israel to guide our continent and people out of darkness, poverty and hopelessness. We believe that our God and people need us at this time to offer our services to our great continent so as to guide it into its God ordained destiny. We have decided that we can no longer stand by and watch our continent continue to deteriorate without participating actively in reshaping and building strong structures that shall ultimately lead to a new Africa which takes into account the Spiritual, Moral and Economical Empowerment of its people.

In the light of this, we Christian African Women have decided to begin in Europe the very effective ministry of the Pan African Christian Women Alliance (PACWA) a branch of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA) which began in Kenya in 1989 with the laudable objectives to effect the Spiritual, Social and Economic empowerment of women through developments of community projects with special focus on HIV/AIDS, capacity building in civic, legal, health, socio-economic and leadership matters. As can be seen in the wonderful achievements of PACWA all over Africa so far, we believe that the discipline and determination of the PACWA Continental movement under the leadership of Rev Judy Mbugua will afford us the opportunity as Christian Women to continue to model our lives in line with the Bible and also embark like Deborah in ascertaining that our continent is transformed. Thus, we have put together a six day launching package to enable us communicate our vision and mission to the international community in order to attract all those with a passion to assist in the transformation of the African continent through this movement to Amsterdam in August 2006.

LAUNCHING PLANS
A six day launching package has been put together to enable us deliberate effectively on the take off of the activities of PACWA EUROPE in August 2006. During this period we shall invite Key speakers to train, empower and equip us with the necessary skills and tools needed to embark on this life changing vision and mission. Some of these speakers shall be Spiritual Leaders, Political Leaders, Policy Makers and Academicians. Some of those to be invited are:

PROGRAMME
Wednesday August the 23rd
  • 6- 9pm Welcoming Reception and Dinner

Thursday August the 24th to Saturday August 26th

  • 10. 00 am to 6.00 pm -Three day Activity packed Conference

Sunday August the 27th

  • 1-4pm - PACWA Continental Meeting
  • 5-7pm -Inter-denominational Thanksgiving Service
  • 7- 9pm - Fellowship Meal and official closure of programme

Monday August the 28th

  • 10. 00 am to 1.00pm General Council’s Meeting – (to be attended only by those invited to participate in setting the yearly policies)

COST OF CONFERENCE

Registration Package, 10 main meals, snacks and drinks without accommodation cost 200 euros per participant

Accommodation:

  • 7 nights in Hostels will cost around 100 euros
  • 7 nights in shared Bed and Breakfast cost 200 euros
  • 7 nights in a shared three star hotel cost 300 euros

Package deals:

  • Registration and 7 nights in Hostel and Transport cost 300 euros
  • Registration and 7 nights in shared bed and breakfast cost 400 euros
  • Registration and 7 nights in a three star hotel cost 500 euros

All other forms of accommodation shall be arranged directly by the participants
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

The maximum number of participants to be registered shall be a total of one thousand. Registration shall commence on the 1st of May 2006 and end as soon as target numbers are registered. Please be ready to register as soon as the registration commences so as to ensure participation in this unique event.

REGISTRATION METHOD

Registration shall commence online at www.pacwaeurope.org on the 1st of May 2006. Please register online as soon as possible to ensure participation as spaces are limited.

CONFERENCE HOSTS:

Rev Judy MbuguaPACWA CONTINENTAL Coordinator

Ambassador Mary LarNigerian Ambassador to the Netherlands and President of PACWA EUROPE

Ambassador Kalimi MworiaKenya Ambassador to the Netherlands and Vice President of PACWA EUROPE

Rev Dr Rosemary GrahamCoordinator of PACWA EUROPE

Conference Venue:

Haggai Activity
Centre Hettenheuvelweg 18
1101 BN Amsterdam

Contact: launching@pacwaeurope.org