December 2015 Update Target 1: 300 Life Groups – SMASHED!!! Wow! We’ve just had feedback from our Impact Teams and the number of Life Groups now meeting across rural Zambia and Namibia is 314. That’s an estimated 6,280 people ...

A big cheer to our Welsh 3000s teams   On May 28th, 29th and 30th a team of 6 walkers completed the Welsh 3000s, 3 day challenge. On June 18th, another team of 5 walker took on the incredible 24 hour challenge. They all did it to raise funds ...

We love our annual Christmas Craft Market. It raises funds for our work and is also a well established and popular event in Didsbury, South Manchester. If you’re in the area this Saturday, why not pop along and find some beautiful and unique ...

We first met Josephine in July 2014 when she came to a training event with her friend Margaret. Josephine was shy and quiet, not pushing herself forward, often seeking to stay out of the limelight. Since then, Josephine has become more and more ...

We love it when you pray for us! We really value the prayer you give us. To help make praying for us as easy as possible, we regularly put together our Prayer Points. Here’s the latest ones… Thank you! (Click on the image to download or ...

Meet Cornelius and Festus This is Cornelius (left) and Festus (right), both quiet and unassuming men, both involved in something amazing! Festus lives in Mabonga. Last week we shared Augustine’s story of how difficult it was for he and ...

From the inception of Dignity we have been sure that we are called to work in rural communities. This means we and our team members can normally be found in the small villages, well off the beaten track, working with the people who live in these ...

Bernard, a member of the Central East Impact Team recently shared the story of Peter*. Peter has been integral in welcoming Dignity into his area. Bernard tells the story in his own words here: Last year Peter lost his wife and he was discouraged ...

We have been working with Clever for some time now. He has been learning conservation farming with us and teaching others in his community. He is also dedicated to sharing Jesus with people and was recently involved in organising a day of prayer. ...

Our teams in Zambia and Namibia really do travel far and wide to spread the good news of Jesus to their fellow country men and women. Here’s a few insights into what it means for them to do this. “We have just arrived at the hiking ...

On Friday 9th October Dignity celebrated it’s 8th birthday! 8 years ago, 5 friends joined together to act on a word they received from God. The word was Isaiah 61 v 3. Dignity as we know it was born. Today there are 23 Impact Team members ...

Following on from visits to Mpika and Muso Cornelius writes: “In Mpika, we had prayer time in the evening for 2 nights after our lessons. Our beloved friends visitors the Father God, the Holy Spit, and Jesus Christ came to minister in power. ...

There’s something funny with Cornelius’s email account. Every now and then a batch that he’s sent over a period of time all arrive in one go. This means that I was greeted the other morning by a whole heap of encouragements. We& ...

Sometimes it’s hard to get your head around quite what the work of Dignity looks like. We don’t build buildings or dig wells. We aren’t busy with “physical” projects so we understand it can be hard to picture what is ...

Are you a banana or a banyan tree? You may think that’s a strange question but it is a question we often use when we do any Dignity training. Perhaps you don’t know how either works. The banyan tree is actually a fig tree that takes root and ...

Earlier this year Bernard Witika and Jon Witt went to Kalomo to meet with some new contacts there. Recently, Bernard, Alan Scantlebury and Jo & Frank Kimball retuned to run an introductory course to Dignity in Kalomo, Southern Zambia. Jo: ...

Some thoughts on mission from Jon Paul Witt The mountains to the left of me stretch to the horizon, merging with the dry veld in front of me. The view is truly stunning. Leopards, various buck and baboons clamber over the rocks of the various kopje†...

Jo and Frank Kimball have been working with Dignity for 7 and 3 years respectively. This summer they are heading back out to Zambia to work alongside our Impact Teams. They will also be travelling to Tanzania. They would love you to pray for them ...

Cornelius has been out and about helping others start Life! Groups. After a few months focused on encouraging existing groups, he’s back in the rhythm of travelling to new areas. In June Cornelius and Pilius were in Shikamushile and in July ...

It’s always good to stop and realise how many prayers have been answered. Since our last week of prayer in February, there’s been quite a few things happen. Lots of hard work has gone into each of these, but prayer has made them. ...

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 (NIV) A Week of Prayer In February this year we had our first week of prayer. We were so encouraged ...

  Farming the Land Picture yourself in a small village near Chipili in Northern Zambia, about as remote as you can get. Bad roads, poor communications and difficult circumstances mean hard lives are played out day to day against a background ...

We’re excited to announce that bookings are now open for our 9th Craft Market. The event will take place on November 21st 2015 in support of our work. As ever it will be held in the lovely Art Nouveau church space and hall at Ivy Manchester ...

A key building block of our work is that we encourage people from different churches to work together. For a number of reasons, this is not “the done thing” in most of the villages in which we work where many churches actually oppose ...

Chafwilai is on one of our trainee Impact Team members. He’s already got stuck into the role and tells this story of when he travelled to a village 70km away to help with a week of prayer. There was one lady who was very strong in the things of, ...

This month Jon and Jude Witt have returned to Zambia where they will now be living for the rest of the year. Jon hit the ground running with a trip straight down to Southern Zambia where we are pioneering our work. Bernard from the Central Impact ...

  Geoffrey decided to make a difference Geoffrey is the pastor of Chipata Family Church. We first met Geoffrey through a mutual friend and we’ve been getting to know him ever since. Chipata is the capital of the Eastern Province of ...

“To you, Dignity is like what?” This is the question we asked on Friday at our Celebration Evening. The answers were many and varied. Time and again, themes of connectivity, planting of seeds, working together and being part of a family ...

A massive thank you to everyone who came to our Celebration Evening on Friday 15th May. It was amazing to hear you all sharing how you understand Dignity. We were blown away as all the comments you were sharing wove together into one big picture, ...

In support of the work of Dignity, Manchester-based composer Robin Stevens (RNCM, Manchester University) introduces an engaging, audience-friendly programme of popular Classics and intriguing novelties, including: ELGAR: Chanson de Matin FAURÉ: ...

Every year we host a Celebration Evening. We celebrate what God has done in the last year and look forward to what is to come. In 2015 we were delighted that our friends at ICE Creates joined us to facilitate the evening. They drew upon the stories ...

We are busy getting on with our plans for 2015 already but let’s pause and take a moment to look back at 2014. 2014 was not without it’s challenges of course, but overall, it was a year of growth. We are hugely encouraged and spurred on ...

As we plant our work in more and more areas of rural Zambia and neighbouring countries, we find ourselves working amongst people who speak many different languages. In our recent planning and prayer meetings a strong theme has been emerging. We are ...

My mouth is filled with God’s praise. Let everything living bless him, bless his holy name from now to eternity! – Psalm 145 v 21 (The Message) – Just a normal Monday My day started pretty normally really. A typical Monday morning. I ...

Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5 v 16-18 (NIV) A Week of Prayer Our normal work takes a break at this time of year. It’s the rainy ...

Thank you Ivy Church A massive thank you to all at Ivy Church for making us welcome in their services this Sunday. It was great to reconnect with some of you and meet others for the first time. Thank you for the warm welcome! If you missed it, or ...

The story of our involvement with Siavonga in the Southern Province of Zambia is a little different to many of the areas we work in. We have been working with a small, faithful group of people there for over 2 years. It has proved hard for them to ...

For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in ...

As the year draws to a close, it’s natural to look back and see what has been achieved. We are so grateful to God for lots that has happened this year. Our prayer points this month are a mixture of things we are thankful for and things we are ...

Three times a year we run an EQUIP training session for all our Impact Team members. One is happening right now at Ndubaluba Outdoor Centre. But why are we doing it and what is an EQUIP training session? Why EQUIP? At the heart of our work are ...