YWAM School of Sustainable Development

Do you have a passion for sustainable living and want to make a difference in this 🌍?

Water-Food-Shelter-Technology-Sanitation-Health Care and Jesus….THE things we all depend upon!

Join Us in Malawi 🇲🇼 as we host the School of Sustainable Development in partnership with YWAM Ntcheu.

Spots are going fast 🔥 so don’t miss this opportunity to gain hands-on experience and be equipped to make a difference in Hearts & Communities.

Apply Now @ https://www.ywamhomestead.com/ssd

🌾 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 🇲🇼

In the photo you’ll see different items with prices on them. 𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ one represents food or basic needs that will help 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 & 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝟓-𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢.

You can help by 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫, such as rice, beans, cooking oil, goat and pig for meat, or even part of the house rent.

Just 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫, and that amount will go directly toward providing food and support for the students during the school.

Every item sponsored helps make this school possible. Thank you for being part of our team! 🌱

💸 𝐖𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩:
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🗣️ Announcement:
Our SSD leadership team has made the decision to postpone our Italy SSD planned for this month to a later date TBD, BUT are excited to officially announce that we are moving forward with plans to host another SSD in Malawi! 🇲🇼

If you are interested in more info, you can find out more at https://ywamhomestead.com/ssd

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Location: Agabu, Ntcheu, Malawi
Dates:
Lectures: May 17-August 7
Outreach: August 8-October

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It's time! Are you passionate about 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀, 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? This school is for you!
Join us: 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 - 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘆 🇮🇹
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𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 to our staff Phineas Pitroipa and Rachel Kinda on their wedding today! 🎉💍💒🎊🥳

We wish you all the best and many blessings for a lifetime together serving the Lord!

𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 #𝟑 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #𝟒

The wonderful outreach team continued supporting the communities at YWAM Ntaja. Week 3 and 4 were filled with diverse ministry activities such as continuing composting workshops of formerly built ones to teach maintaining them for the result of high quality compost. These workshops have a double impact on the community since chemical fertilizer has become too expensive, producing compost is now not only important for farmers’ own fields but selling it is also a big business opportunity.

We further taught principles of 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗼𝗱'𝘀 𝗪𝗮𝘆 that help grow bigger yields through 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.
In these two weeks not only did we get to teach at a 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 but also 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 of
cleaning, maintenance, …

We feel very thankful and excited about the growing impact God through sustainable development in the community and are happy to partner with YWAM Nataja in this!

Would you consider to pray with us for the coming weeks where we will head to our next destination? Please pray for continued health for the team, open doors and hearts of the people and joy and hope that surpasses all understanding that we can carry to the people of Malawi!

𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 #𝟏 𝐚𝐧𝐝 #𝟐

For the first few weeks of outreach we are excited to serve alongside 𝗬𝗪𝗔𝗠 𝗡𝘁𝗮𝗷𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘄𝗶. As part of our ministry here we went to the field nearby where we got to train YWAM staff and community members how to build compost piles in order to bring back nutrients into the soil. Together with the community members we built a compost so that they would have the practical knowledge. It was a big challenge to fetch water for the compost pile as the closest borehole was 15 mins away.
We were excited to have the villagers be very interested asking many questions. We learned that many people are unable to afford chemical fertilizer and therefore have bad harvests, but even when using chemical fertilizer people receive only small harvests. After being taught how to build a compost out of dry material like cornstalks, manure and green “alive” material like leaves one villager said “𝙄 𝙙𝙞𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙖𝙫𝙖𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙢𝙮 𝙚𝙮𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙯𝙚.”
The students work well together, with joy and high standard which are both values of the SSD.
We returned the next day to show the community members how to turn and maintain the compost. Furthermore we served the base by digging holes for a place where trash can be gathered and burned. We also spend a rest day doing laundry and enjoying time together. Sunday we visited a church where we shared about sustainable development. The church members were very inspired.
The following days were spent maintaining the compost alongside of the community members again and reading the book “Against all Hope: Hope for Africa” by Darrow Miller. We had the opportunity to meet many community leaders – called chiefs – and were invited to host more trainings in the community. We also got to take part in Bible Studies and -as an important part of community development built good relationships with the chiefs and community members.

🙏🏾Would you pray for many more open doors and hearts to receive training and the love of God? Please also pray for our health and for the Lord to use us in his will! We are thankful to be able to serve him here in Ntaja! 🇲🇼

𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 - 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 #𝟒 ✅

This past week the students learned about 𝗔𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝘂𝘀𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝘆. Animals play an important role not only in our day-to-day life but also in sustainable cycles of farming. The students learned about feeding, breeding and how to make money with domestic animals. We also talked about the health, common diseases and vaccines for our animals. Outside of the classroom were workshops about how to make 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 and fun community times with 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 and 𝗙𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱!

𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 - 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 #𝟑 👍🏼

Week 3 was full of learning about how God created 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 and the earth to naturally sustain itself and how we as mankind are to steward creation through 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲. A variety of methods were shared, including using compost & manure for 𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗳𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿𝘀 and alternative techniques, such as 𝗭𝗮𝗶 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮, 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 and 𝗠𝘂𝗹𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.
The Bible is full of wisdom on farming practices and principles to follow!

𝐒𝐒𝐃 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐰𝐢 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒 - 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤 #𝟐 ✔️

During this week the students learned about the 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 and 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. On a practical note they learned how to build a thermal compost using locally available materials and how to prepare their land for planting using farming God's way technics.