For the last twenty-five years Fred Mawanda and his wife Pauline Tumugonze have been leading community development, self-sustenance initiatives and savings and credit start-ups. For the last twelve years they have been focused on evangelization of young people, especially from the universities, with a vision of empowering them to be an influential force of renewal in Church and society. This recent focus has included upfront evangelization outreaches, leadership development and socio-economic initiatives. The socio-economic initiatives include entrepreneurship training, savings programs, and direct credit for individuals and groups.
Through the years they have observed individual’s lives after encountering Christ being eroded by lack of resources, poor utilization of God given talent and inability to meet basic human needs. This lack of material resources especially start-up and growth capital reduces their ability to live the Gospel. It is the drive to address this injustice that forms Fred and Pauline’s purpose.
In 2017 Fred and Pauline formed Abraham, Isaac and Jacob’s Blessing (a Limited by Guarantee and a not-for-profit entity, hereafter referred to as AIJB) to formalize and expand their Christian outreach that has been such an integral part of their lives. The Vision and Mission of this entity are as follows:
Vision of AIJB – A world where the people of God contribute to the abundance and the common good through work, business and investment and share resources for the common good.
Mission of AIJB – Empowering and connecting the people of God to be an influential force for renewal of church and Society using their God given talents and available resources.