JCAM 2023 26 Annual Review Words from some of the par琀椀cipants of the capacity-building training: Labourers in God’s Vineyard: A Shared Experience Rich in Knowledge for Effec琀椀ve Leadership Anastasia Makunu- Development Communications Officer, JCAM Father General Arturo Sosa, in his book Walking with Ignatius, responds to a question on a shared mission, saying that “Jesuits are partners on a mission that is not ours, but belongs to Christ”. So, when Father General speaks about “Jesuits being partners”, that extends beyond being “Jesuit”. It opens up to those who embody the values that guide the mission of the Society of Jesus - lay people as co-workers who are companions in the mission - those going further into the sharing of the apostolic work, its identity, sources of inspiration and all that a mission entails, while not ignoring those that simply want to render a professional service. AFRICAMA House has become home, even for short periods for lay people and Jesuits from various provinces, seeking to share knowledge and learn through building capacity in their various works and formation needs. The aim was to bolster hope and transform these functions through training, coaching and mentorship to benefit Jesuit works internally or externally. In turn, this provided an avenue to improve the ability of the team in the JCAM secretariat to meet their coordination objectives and goals for the mission, enhancing overall efficiency and effectiveness to better serve our beneficiaries in the six provinces and one region. During each training session, distinct capacity-building sessions were tailored around promoting access to the creation and exchange of information for open access to knowledge on information, communications infrastructure and technologies. The sessions explored how to develop a strategic plan, communications plan, and fundraising plan stemming from the Apostolic Plans of the provinces/region. These avenues for sharing knowledge are fundamental to the mission of the Society of Jesus because the Society has increasingly realised that it must strategically position itself in the digital era to better carry out its mission. For all those who have joined with us here in Africama these engagements have enhanced their capacity and capability to carry out specific tasks, achieve goals, solve problems, improve performance and effectiveness and explore technology that is driving the mega-trends in a world of unprecedented global digital transformation and to respond to the crises and challenges, opportunities and promises of these times with creativity, audacity and hope.
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