World Student Christian Federation

Ecumenical Assistance Programme (EAP)

This page gives an outline of the World Student Christian Federation's Ecumenical Assistance Programme.

Ecumenical Assistance Programme (EAP) Background
The WSCF Inter-Regional Office administers project grants to national Student Christian Movements through its Ecumenical Assistance Programme (EAP).

Originally set up after the Second World War, the Ecumenical Assistance Programme (EAP) was designed to give concrete and practical support to Student Christian Movements as they built up their local and national work. The EAP is an instrument through which partner groups, churches and agencies can contribute to the movement building and activities of Student Christian Movements around the world.
The scope and focus of the programme is directed by the EAP Commission, a group made up of WSCF Executive Committee members and staff.
Currently the principal funders of EAP are the German Churches' Global development agency EED and the WSCF Centennial Fund. Any individual or organisation committed to supporting the work of WSCF and Student Christian Movements around the globe is encouraged to contribute to this programme.

Objectives of the Ecumenical Assistance Programme

	To support projects aimed at movement building and development in areas of: empowerment of peoples, skills development, education and information exchange.
	To encourage projects promoting gender justice and partnership between women and men.
	To nurture movements discovering and exploring ways to alleviate poverty within different contexts and regions.
	To demonstrate the Christian faith in activities which engage people of marginalised groups in dialogue (such as minority religious or ethnic groups), looking for ways to communicate differences and similarities.
	To assist projects promoting ecumenical sharing of resources and solidarity among WSCF member movements - through the exchange of experiences, personnel or though inter/intra regional encounters.

The Ecumenical Assistance Programme supports projects on a two-year funding and reporting cycle. Some recently completed projects are listed below. To view the most recent EAP project summaries on these and other projects, please go to EAP Project Summaries

Recent projects supported by EAP
The following list highlights some of the variety and scope in recent Student Christian Movement projects supported by the Ecumenical Assistance Fund.

Africa:
::	Income Generating Project Departement de la Jeunesse - Eglise Episcopale du Burundi
::	Project Bike (Income generation project) Mouvement des Etudiants Protestant du Cameroun (MEPC) Cameroon
::	Gender and the Leadership of Young Women Project Association des Jeunes et des Etudiants Chretiens Democratic Republic of Congo
::	Multimedia Equipment Project Association Chrétienne des Elèves et Etudiants Protestants de Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast
::	Human Rights and Gender Workshops Haimanote Abew Ethiopian Students Association Ethiopia
::	Women's Training project Student Christian Movement of Ghana Ghana
::	Education Campaign against HIV/AIDS Student Christian Movement of Nigeria Nigeria
::	Training of Young Women Trainers for Fighting HIV/AIDS Project Rassemblement de la Jeunesse Estudiantine Protestante a l'Action - RAJEPRA Rwanda
::	Training of Trainers in Peace Education Association Chretienne des Eleves et Etudiants du Togo -ACEET Togo
::	Providing Psychological Support and Effecting Behavioural Change among Youth Student Christian Movement of Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Asia-Pacific:
::	Strengthening and expansion of Ecumenical youth and Students movement Student Christian Movement of Bangladesh Bangladesh
::	Human Rights and Social/ Cultural & Interfaith dialogues Cambodia Student Christian Mission Cambodia
::	"Timothy of 21st Century: Searching for New Generation of ecumenical movement in Hong Kong (Three-year-project - Phase II) Student Christian Movement of Hong Kong Hong Kong
::	Young Women's Resource Centre Project Student Christian Movement of India India
::	1.Conflict resolution training for peace building project 2. Civil society empowerment training project 3. Analysis Group on Media from Gender Perspective project Indonesian Student Christian Movement (GMKI) Indonesia
::	Student Service Corps for Social Peace (SSCSP) Project Korean Student Christian Federation Korea
::	Frontier Mission Recruitment Course (Internship Programme) University Christian Work (Myanmar SCM) Myanmar
::	Human Rights Campaign Centre Student Christian Movement of the Philippines Philippines
::	Movement Building Peace and Reconciliation Project Student Christian Movement of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
::	Visioning New Life Among students and youth project - rebuilding SCM on a firm ground Student Christian Movement of Thailand Thailand

Europe:
::	Organisational and structural development of STEP toward a self-sustaining movement Studentski Evandeoski Pokret (STEP) Croatia
::	Ecumenical Sharing of Resources Conference Series Project Kereszteny Ökumenikus Diakegyesület (KOD) Hungary

Latin America and Caribbean:
::	Christian Students & Indigenous people: Dialogue on social questions of ethics Movimiento Estudiantil Cristiano de Chile Chile
::	Distance Learning School in the Service of Peace for Youth and Students (Second cycle) Pastoral de Jovenes y Estudiantes de Colombia Colombia
::	Inclusive Company Project: Help for girls, children and young people without subsidiary protection Movimiento Estudiantil Cristiano de Cuba Cuba
::	Strengthening of the Young People's Centre for Communication and Empowerment Coordinadora Ecuatoriana Para el Accionar Juvenil Ecuador
::	Globalisation and Alternative Commerce Project Movimiento de Estudiantes Cristianos por la Equidad Mexico
::	Formation and Consolidation of Action Project working with at risk youth Grupo Ecumenico Estudiantil Uruguay

Middle East:
::	Muslim-Christian dialogue on education, media and youth, women, development and poverty eradication Orthodox Youth Fellowship Jordan
::	Youth Participation in Society towards Peace and Justice Orthodox Youth Movement Lebanon
::	Youth Computer Centre Project Orthodox Youth Movement in Syria Syria

For more detail on these projects please go to EAP Project Summaries
For details on the criteria, application procedures and general guidelines for EAP projects please go to EAP Application Guidelines

For any other EAP information please contact:
WSCF Inter-Regional Office
Ecumenical Centre
5 route des Morillons
P.O. Box 2100, CH 1211
Geneva 2
Switzerland
Tel: + 41 22 791 6358
Fax: + 41 22 791 6152
Email: wscf@wscf.ch