Welcome to eNCDine!

National NCD Partners from 30 countries came together in Pretoria, South Africa, from October 21-23 for the First NCD World Summit. An amazing event! Not only did it become very clear that there is a huge NCD movement worldwide with about 35,000 churches working with NCD, but the summit also created a network, or better, a "family" of key NCD people. It seems to be very natural that NCD is not a top-down approach, as everyone is learning from everyone else. NCD International initiated the movement, but our team probably learned the most from the delegates. Just one example: With the help of some African partners and experts like linguists and missionaries, we discovered the first steps towards designing a new NCD "survey" (actually not just a questionnaire but a group approach) that will fit the African culture, yet still meet scientific criteria.

I'm writing this to encourage you to give us feedback (not only on eNCDine, but on everything that is related to NCD), and share your experiences and stories with us: office@ncdnet.org

Every blessing for your ministry,

Christoph Schalk
NCD International

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