Institute for the Living Learning Communities of Africa
Helping indigenous African women thrive by supporting and promoting the Living Learning Communities model.
What is the Institute?
Purpose, Vision, Mission of the ILLCA
Purpose
Helping indigenous African women thrive by supporting and promoting the Living Learning Communities model.
Vision
A future where Christian mission will be freed from the influences of colonialism and founded on humility, mutuality, and co-creation.
Mission
Mobilizing the power of strong partnerships, strategic funding, and prayer support for the decolonization of Christian mission using education, research, and practice, specifically to promote the Living Learning Communities Model.
Education
Partnering with communities to rethink Christian mission in Africa through grassroots leadership development, forums & symposiums, and opportunities to engage in conversations that matter.
Research
Partnering with African and Western researchers to explore and understand contextual factors that contribute to capacity development and human flourishing for African women in diverse contexts.
Promoting, supporting, and strengthening existing and new Living Learning Communities throughout Sub-Saharan Africa.
Practice
Living Learning Communities
Living Learning Communities are women’s empowerment groups that focus on holistic development—emotional healing, cognitive development, spiritual growth, entrepreneural skills, and grassroots leadership skills-- through mutuality, open dialogue, and positive regard.
Living Learning Communities Across Africa
Focus on asset-based community development, which transform individuals and communities by empowering them to utilize their God-given gifts, assets, and potential for growth.
Purpose
Co-create and sustain a network of African women’s empowerment groups throughout Sub-Saharanb Africa. “African women helping African women”
Vision
A future where every woman in Sub-Saharan Africa has the resources and freedom to lead a life of dignity, spiritual wholeness, emotional health, agency, and community leadership.
Mission
African women co-construct Living Learning Communities with locally-rooted practices that cultivate holistic growth, entrepreneurial capacity, and community flourishing.
PiIlars of the Living Learning Community Model
Get Involved with the Institute
Explore the ways that you can promote and support the work of the ILLCA.
Get in Touch
Questions or reflections? Reach out to join the conversation about living learning communities.
info@illc-africa.org