Strengthening Families is a program that began in the secular space and found its way into the Christian space. Now, Operation Foundation is working to implement a contextualised version in Fiji.

Bethany Carlsson, while serving with SIL Vanuatu, began taking existing Strengthening Families material and rewriting it with Christian content and values. The material is now used around the world and we started a conversation with Bethany several months ago.

We have begun to pilot the material in the Nanuku Community and are in planning to pilot different parts of the material with inmates before taking it out to inmate families.

Lisa Lovodua, our Community Development Team leader, has been working with a small team to contextualise and adapt the material. In a recent team meeting Lisa provided this update on the pilot in Nanuku, ‘The feedback has been very positive, and the parents are looking forward to starting family time with their children from next week.’

‘Strengthening Families’ is eighteen sessions and is designed to be run in small groups. We are excited at how this new focus will impact the families of the communities we serve.

Operation Foundation is committed to working holistically to see restored lives and communities. Thank you for supporting our opportunity to have impact!