Life Resource Center

A life resource center is central to the work in each community. Communities for Life designed plans and a concept video and funded part of the construction costs for the Life Resource Center. However, due to title difficulties, an agreement was made where Communities for Life decided not to take ownership of the facility. Alternatively, an arrangement was made with locals to be self-sustainable and to have dual use of the facility, making it the home base for Communities for Life until a second center could be built at another location.

Once the building became functional, Communities for Life encouraged the local team to start a school for children. The school is now well established in this facility and is self-sustainable. Communities for Life facilitated the use of donated Jesus Film equipment and partnered with a local team from the church to reach out to various parts of Manchay. The efforts planted at least one small church and started a soccer program.

At its onset, Communities for Life sponsored a partnership with a ministry from South Carolina and funded a one-year Leadership Program for local pastors in the Life Center. The program became self-sustainable and continued with about 12 pastors. We work with multiple organizations to expand the reach and impact of both youth and church planting.

Over the past several years, we have equipped and resourced a sustainable community to equip locals to become successful and independent. In 2022, we added a third floor to the Life Resource Center to offer additional classrooms for middle school students. We use the third-floor classrooms for evening courses offering basic trades training. We are currently working on the fourth floor for extra classrooms.