Discussions - oscaractive2024-03-29T01:30:35Zhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/feed/allValue, Waste and Financial Losses in Missionhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/value-waste-and-financial-losses-in-mission2022-01-18T19:11:54.000Z2022-01-18T19:11:54.000ZShepherd Group (www.shepherdgroup.biz)https://oscaractive.ning.com/members/ShepherdGroup<div><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}10024412665,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img class="align-full" src="{{#staticFileLink}}10024412665,RESIZE_710x{{/staticFileLink}}" alt="10024412665?profile=RESIZE_710x" width="710" /></a></span></p>
<p><strong>Value...</strong></p>
<p><strong>A word which some mistakenly replace with expressions of cheap, cost or price. </strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">Stakeholders and charitable donors expect charities to be transparent and efficient with resources. Waste takes from the mission and reduces the effectiveness of the organization. It also undermines confidence. There are 2 ends of the financial equation where the most common and disastrous mistakes are made in charity and missionary work. We have to admit that sometimes those who are involved in charity do not always possess the skills required to efficiently run a business or an efficient operation - and with technology and methodology changing continually, we can't always expect everyone to keep abreast of all possible value outcomes.</span></p>
<p><strong>Example 1 - The Hidden Costs.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">'John' was a missionary involved in scripture translation work. As part of that process, regular travel to a remote area was required by land, boat and aircraft. All 3 routes were regularly serviced by individuals and another charity which had it's own additional commitments. After initial contact and the project starting the route was travelled on a regular basis. Costs were not discussed but at some point the other individuals and charities needed additional space on the boat and aircraft for other reasons. At this point we see a transportation block as 'John' couldn't always find the spare seat for the journey and translation work slowed dramatically. The charity that 'John' was working for were offered a satellite phone for $900 and running costs of $1.30 per minute for calls and $0.30 per text with email data costs comparable to text. After several days, the administration at the charity had a discussion and they decided that the satellite phone was not 'cheap enough' and decided against the purchase. The charity continued on the same inefficient path and it took years to complete only 1/66th of the project they intended to complete. Some of you will identify the meaning of only 1/66th with clarity. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">So now lets look at value in the above scenario. The fuel required for this journey from the Land and Boat journeys totalled 10 US Gallons divided by 4 (the share of fuel v seat available - or 1/4 of the cost). So 2.5 US Gallons of fuel - $7.50. The same 1 out of 4 seats was required for the aircraft and costs here were estimated at the time were $480, again divided by 4 for his share (1 seat), meaning an estimated $120 for the air part of the journey. Without any costing of maintenance or depreciation the fuel costs alone were $127.50 which ideally needed to be completed every week. In a year the fuel costs alone were $6,630. Once initial contact was established for this project the same results for Bible translation could have been achieved by a weekly email from the satellite phone (or smartphone via satellite hotspot) for somewhere between $0.30 and $1. At the worst it would cost $100 per year for email voice clips for remote translations. You will have noticed that I have not included Purchase Price, Maintenance or Depreciation in the above scenario. Which only highlights even more, the point made. The single book of the Bible that has now been translated in the above scenario has cost $33,150 in transport costs (not including printing) instead of $500 in technology running costs.</span></p>
<p><strong>Example 2 - Administration Waste.</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">'Sue' was an administrative officer at a charity and part of her job was to conduct audits of inventory and stock, also checking on the safety and whereabouts of the team. The time spent on these weekly tasks mentioned was around 6 hours as she couldn't always get hold of team members due to poor mobile phone / cellphone signal in the country. She also used a tick list to mark inventory and discrepancies. There were always several discrepancies noticed weekly due to probable theft of assets from local people who were 'helping out'. The charity allocated $20 per hour for 'Sue' due to her high skill set and multitasking ability. So in total the charity spent $120 a week on audit and welfare checks with a further $30 a week being lost through theft. $150 a week total. A high security steel shutter to the office and high quality padlock totalled $380. The use of a welfare and emergency communication app with geo mapping for the team cost $20 per week. 'Sue' then had the ability to check the status of the team from a glance at her computer screen and the thefts stopped. The charity of course was then saving $130 a week in long term running costs having paid for the initial expenditure in just 2.5 weeks. The charity originally was spending $150 to save $30 and welfare checks and achieving nothing for their effort and expenditure.</span></p>
<p><strong>Insert your own scenario...</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">As a company that specializes in communications, security and technology solutions we value business but we would rather impart knowledge to charities to improve their own running costs simply by applying financial common sense especially with regards waste and the hidden costs.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">If you have any questions you can email me on <a href="mailto:info@shepherdgroup.biz" target="_blank">info@shepherdgroup.biz</a> and I'll offer you free advice where needed. If you'd like to discuss the purchase of products or services to solve your problems and increase your efficiency then let me know. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight:400;">M Beck | CEO</span><br />
<a href="https://oscar.org.uk/services/shepherd-group" target="_blank">Shepherd Global Security & Communications Ltd</a></p></div>Post-Brexit Questions and Answershttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/post-brexit-questions-and-answers2021-07-15T15:29:54.000Z2021-07-15T15:29:54.000ZOSCARhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith<div><p>We are getting people asking us about the reality of the post-brexit situation for mission workers on the following topics:</p>
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<li>Visas</li>
<li>Support Raising for non-residents</li>
<li>Medical access</li>
<li>Education access</li>
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<p>If you have knowledge or experience of these areas and are willing to share it with others, please post it here and OSCAR will try to collate information for a possible future article.</p>
<p>Thanks in advance.</p></div>Caring for Parentshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/caring-for-parents2021-02-26T09:42:02.000Z2021-02-26T09:42:02.000ZOSCARhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith<div><p>We are looking to research what resources there are for cross-cultural workers coping with having sick or elderly parents back home. Anything that talks about the stresses, the difficult decisions and how to make them, the trying to give meaningful care from a distance. All with the aim of preparing Christian workers for this challenging season that many go through at some point.</p>
<p>Feel free to offer any advice or resources here in this discussion or by email to info@oscar.org.uk</p></div>New Coronavirus Challenges in Missionhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/new-coronavirus-challenges-in-mission2020-03-18T14:23:21.000Z2020-03-18T14:23:21.000ZOSCARhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith<div><p>What new challenges are you facing in your mission involvement as a result of the coronavirus crisis? Let's hear them and support each other through this unusual season.</p></div>Furlough Needshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/furlough-needs2020-02-24T12:35:57.000Z2020-02-24T12:35:57.000ZJeanne Elder Smithhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/JeanneElderSmith<div><p>Hi Folks, I am planning my first time in the United States for the first time in 13 years. I will be in the U.S. from March 2nd to June 2nd. I will start out in Dallas. I still have a lot of lose ends. Most of all I need to find a car to use. If you have any suggestions, ideas or know of any agencies who can help me with this please email me on jesusgathering at hotmail.com or go to my blog at <a href="http://www.jesusgathering.wordpress.com">www.jesusgathering.wordpress.com</a></p></div>Personnel Database Advicehttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/personnel-database-advice2020-01-09T11:37:36.000Z2020-01-09T11:37:36.000ZAmy Birtwistlehttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/AmyBirtwistle<div><p>Hi everyone. I am looking for some advice from the community from the Christian & Missionary Alliance GB. We need to set up a Personnel Database of our member churches, Pastors and workers and I was wondering if anyone had any advice about secure, straightforward options. I am the adminstrator for the charity and I work from home so ideally it would need to be something accessible online but it must also meet GDPR requirements as we will need to store personal data on there. I would be very grateful for any advice or recommendations anyone has. Many thanks.</p></div>Overseas staff member seeking to renew child's passport from overseas - documentation issuehttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/overseas-staff-member-seeking-to-renew-child-s-passport-from2019-08-05T17:12:13.000Z2019-08-05T17:12:13.000ZRachel Phippshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/RachelPhipps<div><p>A member of our staff in Uganda is seeking to renew their child's passport and the supporting documentation required is causing some difficulty. The current passport will help provide photo ID but the list of other documentation needs to show address and is not likely to all be very relevant for a child; </p><p>• Non-British uncancelled passport<br />• National identity card or equivalent (or colour photocopy)<br />• Visa or residence permit (or colour photocopy)<br />• Tax record eg a letter from a tax authority<br />• Educational record eg school report<br />• Employment record eg official letter from your employer<br />• Letter sent to you from a central, regional or local government department<br />• Medical/health card<br />• Voter’s card<br />• Immigration documents</p><p>Not all of these documents would show an address anyway but even if they did a child is not likely to have many of them at all, in this instance they won't have any.</p><p>Has anyone experienced or knowledge of this problem and what would you advise if so?</p><p>Thank you very much!</p><p></p><p></p></div>Sending funds overseashttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/sending-funds-overseas2019-07-10T17:37:30.000Z2019-07-10T17:37:30.000ZAndrew Rainehttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/AndrewRaine<div><p>I am a trustee of a UK registered Christian charity, Mercy Mission Welfare Society. Our activities are based in India where we run schools and orphanages. We regularly send funds using our UK high street bank account. The funds are transferred to a charity which is registered in India. </p><p>We are looking for a more cost effective method of sending money to India as we do find our bank to be expensive, and unreliable.</p><p>There are several organisations who claim to send money abroad cheaply and effectively. I was wondering if anyone has used any of them or has any experience of sending funds abroad.</p><p>I am grateful for any advice</p><p></p><p>Many thanks</p><p></p><p>Andrew</p></div>Visa for Short Term Team Leaders for Kenyahttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/visa-for-short-term-team-leaders-for-kenya2019-04-30T12:32:31.000Z2019-04-30T12:32:31.000ZOSCARhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith<div><div><div><div>A message from an OSCAR user:</div>
<br /><div>I am a volunteer team leader for a mission organisation. I am leading three teams of volunteers in Kenya this year. I am told by a returning volunteer that I may need a work permit. Our mission have not had to do this before. </div>
<div>I have spent many, many frustrating hours trying to find out if this is essential. Phones don't answer, web pages won't load, web pages take me back to where I started. The problem is that there is no immigration category which applies to me. i.e. an unpaid, unskilled UK volunteer in Kenya for less that 90 days who arranges accommodation, transport and liaises with Kenya project partners.</div>
<br /><div>If you know of a volunteer like me who has done this please let me know how he/she did it.</div>
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</div></div>Anyone interested in a property for sale?https://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/anyone-interested-in-a-property-for-sale2019-03-05T20:51:51.000Z2019-03-05T20:51:51.000ZJemima Armstronghttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/JemimaArmstrong<div>Hello,We are currently relocating our organisation office from North Wales to North Yorkshire.We are sadly leaving behind a beautiful building that was used with the vision of giving weary ministers and missionaries etc some R&R from the craziness of life in ministry.The building consists of 4 separate living spaces (one annex, one cottage, the main building and 3 caravans). 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Thanks.</span></p></div>Music programme for Church children's groupshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/music-programme-for-church-children-s-groups2018-08-20T15:40:40.000Z2018-08-20T15:40:40.000ZRuth Travershttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/RuthTravers<div><p>Stave House offers a lovely kindergarten church programme called 'growing in the garden'.It looks at each fruit of the spirit through the characteristics of the cartoon note characters who live in Stave House .It is a year long programme that includes art and creativity with music,songs games and movement and will teach your children to actually read an play music as they go along . 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A great resource. <a href="http://www.restoredandrenewedministry.com/">http://www.restoredandrenewedministry.com/</a></div>Free or low cost legal advice/ Solicitorhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/free-or-low-cost-legal-advice-solicitor2018-02-05T22:15:46.000Z2018-02-05T22:15:46.000ZDoris Malachihttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/DorisMalachi<div><p>hello, the organisation I work with is I need urgent need of legal advice or a solicitor to tackle an illegal possession of their building. Can anyone help or direct us to someone who can help.</p><p>We are a Christian voluntary organisation, helping Woman to come out of politics verity and the cycles of domestic violence. We are very short of funds and cannot afford the cost of a solicitor. Is there anyone who can help us please. This need is urgent.</p></div>storagehttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/storage2018-01-26T16:10:46.000Z2018-01-26T16:10:46.000Zandrew mayeshttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/andrewmayes<div><p>Hi</p><p>I was wondering if anyone could recommend storage facilities for those working aboard on missions etc.</p><p>I am based nr Brighton. Looking for 3 years storage of entire house. Any advice welcomed, thanks!</p><p>andrew.mayes@gmail.com</p></div>Home Assignment accommodation in Londonhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/home-assignment-accommodation-in-london2017-11-22T13:41:37.000Z2017-11-22T13:41:37.000ZAllen O'Loughlinhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/AllenOLoughlin<div><p>Hi, my wife and I are missionaries in Pakistan sent out from New Zealand. We are coming to the end of a 3 year term and are much in need of a holiday. In fact, our mission (Interserve) has insisted on us taking 1 month holiday before we return on our home assignment. Our daughter is currently working in central London. So we are thinking of visiting her in April 2018 and seeing London at the same time (we've never been to UK or Europe before).</p><p>Does anyone know of any free or inexpensive self-contained accommodation, or any house-sit available in London at that time? We really need to be alone and have space to breathe, so would prefer not to share a house with others.</p><p>Thanks in advance for your help.</p><p>Allen & Liz O'Loughlin</p></div>Retirees on Missionhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/retirees-on-mission2017-10-19T11:35:39.000Z2017-10-19T11:35:39.000ZOSCARhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/MikeFrith<div><p>Have you or do you know anyone who has taken up a short, medium or long term mission opportunity after retirement? We're looking for some personal stories about those who have retired (maybe early) and gone into mission of some sort. Please respond here or email info@oscar.org.uk with your details.</p></div>Short term accomodation needed in Rotterdam areahttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/short-term-accomodation-needed-in-rotterdam-area2017-09-14T23:25:42.000Z2017-09-14T23:25:42.000Zlynne yeomanhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/lynneyeoman<div><p>Hi My husband & I are missionaries to Poland but will be working in the Rotterdam area for a few weeks the end of November and again from end of January. We will be teaching in a local church and School of Ministry.</p><p>We are looking for affordable accommodation either in Rotterdam or Nieuwerkerk a/d/ Ijjsel. If anyone knows of anything we would be pleased to hear from you.</p></div>Accommodation in Paris for Missionary Team :Dhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/forum/topics/accommodation-in-paris-for-missionary-team-d2017-09-04T16:41:31.000Z2017-09-04T16:41:31.000ZLeah Thompsonhttps://oscaractive.ning.com/members/LeahThompson<div><p>Hello! </p><p></p><p>My name is Leah Thompson and m<span>y husband and I and 10 others are moving to Paris this October and are looking for affordable accommodation. We are all missionaries and feel called to start a christian missions community in Paris and use it as a platform to reach Paris, Europe and many other nations. </span><br /> <br /> <span>We work with Youth With A Mission and desire to plant a new missional work in Paris. We need immediate accommodation for us 12 and then we hope to get a bigger property / place once we get to the city - but we are praying and trusting God for some open doors. </span><br /> <br /> <span>Do you know of people in Paris or any contacts that are in Paris that we can get a hold of to find an open door for accommodation or a more permanent place? </span></p><p></p><p><span>Thanks!! :D </span></p><p></p><p><span>Leah Thompson</span></p></div>