www.jesuits.africa JCAM 2022 Annual Review 33 Nobert Tembo Development Officer, Zambia-Malawi Country Office, Southern Africa Province (SAP) The sharing brought to me a sense of comfort and relief in that I had always imagined that maybe our office in SAP was one of those offices still struggling especially with the issues of funding the operations of the Development Office and promotion of local fundraising. However nearly all the provinces that attended the meeting shared their own struggles with these same issues. Therefore, what needs to change in the provinces is the perception that the Development Office must only focus on raising funds for the province, but that the development office must be seen as a vehicle through which partnerships / collaboration with different stakeholders must be promoted and encouraged. The effective use of the Jesuit brand for marketing and friend raising must be at the center of promoting different Jesuit works and promotion of fundraising as a ministry (spirituality of fundraising) among the lay collaborators/partners. The sustainability of the development work in the provinces must therefore be anchored in telling our stories of the impact of our projects to those we serve especially the major Superiors, directors of works, Jesuits in formation and those charged with communication to help interface our works with potential donors especially the local donors. Grégoire Baisle Development Director, Rwanda Burundi Region (RWB) What a formative experience! As a development officer, I often wonder if my approach is the most effective. How do other provinces do? What are the expectations of our various interlocutors? During JEDOAM meeting at Africama House, we trained, reflected, and shared and broadened our views, becoming aware that development is not only about raising funds abroad, but there is a vast array of possibilities to improve ourselves locally. I am grateful to the people I met and both the formal and informal conversations we had. The meeting gave a new impetus to our office, and I am sure that we are only beginning to see the fruit of it. Finally, we also realized that all the provinces do not develop at the same pace. If this difference in the development stage seems to be, at first, an obstacle in the sense that we do not have the same issues, it actually happens to be a strength, because provinces become inspiring to each other, and learn from each other through new perspectives. What an enriching experience!