Training For Change: 25 Years of Training Department, EFICOR, India
April 30 was a big day for EFICOR, India, as they celebrated 25 years of serving mankind and helping develop and mobilize the social community.
Evangelical Fellowship of India Commission on Relief (EFICOR), now a full-fledged national-level relief and development agency, began in 1967 as a relief unit of Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI), a national alliance of churches, church based institutions and individuals and in 1980 it was registered as an independent society.
Since its genesis, EFICOR has been providing relief to people affected by disasters and rehabilitating them. Recently it has initiated mitigation activities to reduce the impact of disasters. From the year 1976, EFICOR started community development programs, assisting churches, mission agencies and grass root development agencies in building sustainable communities. A need was perceived to train grass root development workers, and in the year 1979, EFICOR started training programs equipping people to work with the poor.
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Indeed, EFICOR has come a long way since its inception and its development initiatives have been shaped over the years through reflection on its field experience and in response to unfolding development needs. And as they celebrated the Silver Anniversary in YMCA, New Delhi with hundreds of well-wishers, friends, patrons and fellow-workers, one cannot help but stop to ponder the struggles overcome and successes achieved by this society over the years and cheer them as they stand proudly this day testifying how they have served the disadvantaged children of the Lord and how they will continue to do so.
The Silver Jubilee Anniversary that took place in YMCA Heinz Auditorium, New Delhi, saw many gather and cheer EFICOR on it
