Community Builders Benevolence  Group
                             a group of emergent social networks

Our Mission

We exist to create self-organizing social networks that foster personal wellness in marginalized neighborhoods.

Our Vision

We have a desire to expand our existing social networks in North America and sub-Saharan Africa "organically," without creating a centralized bureaucracy.

Our Values

• Power of small
• Bottom-up development of social networks
• Validation of all persons, especially the most vulnerable
• Decentralized program management
• Self-sufficiency
• Financial independence through the creation of enterprising non profit ventures
• Program sustainability with the support of lean business management
• Self-management of community-based programs

• Love as an Active Ingredient
• Redemptive responses to persons trapped in poverty cycles
• Non judgmental interactions with persons holding contrary ideologies
• Restorative justice for victims and perpetrators of wrong-doing

Our Methods

• We develop sustainable community partnerships through:
  • strategic investments from social entrepreneurs
  • empowerment of persons indigenous to marginalized neighborhoods
  • ground level services from intentional (non indigenous) staff and volunteers who support the efforts of indigenous persons
  • innovations by social service providers who develop creative ways for marginalized persons to access health, legal and financial supports
• We maintain healthy social networks that emerge through:
  • facilitation of random interactions that occur naturally in safe and support environments where persons are allowed freedom of movement and expression
  • recognition of patterns of wellness that result from multiple random interactions with the parameters of defined social networks
  • reinforcement of feedback loops that circulate information on wellness patterns throughout the social network
  • consolidation of lever points that tip social trends in the direction of wellness priorities
• We expand our emergent neighborhoods through:
  • Organic growth which recognizes community uniqueness
  • Natural development that waits for mature growth opportunities
  • Acceptance of both growth and decline in community development

Spiritual Equity

Community Builders is fueled by the spiritual equity of its participants. The Society recognizes the intrinsic spiritual worth of all persons and has no religious, political or ideological bias.

Community Builders Programs and Locations

Community Builders Best Practice Housing - Vancouver   

• Building management services provided for 175 low income persons in three single room occupancy facilities in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
• Dodson Rooms on Hastings
• Jubilee Rooms on Main (North and South)
• Powell Rooms on Powell 
• Tenant support services provided annually for 300 persons at risk to homelessness
• Tenant liaison services (connection to community support services)
• Room cleaning for persons with health needs
• Addiction and mental health supports
• Job training for persons with disabilities and barriers to employment
• Advanced pest control for at risk tenants
• Breakfast and community kitchen programs
• Coordination of volunteer cleaning and maintenance services 

Community Builders Compassionate Adoption - Vancouver and Hope, BC

• Compassionate adoption for at-risk infants
• Pre-birth support for women with at risk pregnancies
• Private adoption of children that are scheduled for apprehension
• Collaboration with governmental child welfare agencies
• Support for parents of apprehended children
• Pre and post birth liaison services with governmental child welfare agencies
• Short and long term housing supports
• Support with untreated addiction and mental illness issues
• Volunteer coordination services
• Volunteer opportunities for persons wanting to support at risk children and parents
• Coordination of donations to assist with legal and child raising costs for at risk children   

Community Builders Micro Enterprise - Eastern and Southern Africa

• Relationally-based Micro Enterprise modeled in:
• Kenya
• Tanzania
• Democratic Republic of Congo
• Unique methods applied  to Micro Enterprise
• Pay-it-forward small business loans that are recycled organically within sub-Saharan neighborhoods
• Pay-it-back small business loans that can be enhanced through African based matching funds
• Successful endeavors include:
• small pig and dairy farms
• small-farm fertilizer programs (one – two acres)
• small pharmacies, kiosks and internet cafes
• home-based tailoring initiatives
• diesel-powered village grinding mills

 Community Builders Staff, Volunteers and Directors

• 30 Full and Part Time Employees
• Program Coordinators
• Administration Staff
• Tenant Support Staff
• Rooming House Front Desk Staff
• Cleaning and Maintenance Staff
• Renovation and Pest Control Staff
• Nannies
• Micro Enterprise Coordinators
• 100s of Volunteers (weekly, monthly, quarterly or annul participation)
• Administration Assistance
• IT Support
• Tenant Support Assistance
• Maintenance and Renovation Services
• Micro Enterprise Assistance
• Five Directors (also serving as serving as consultant)
• responsible financial management
• human resource development
• crisis intervention consultation
• chronic illness management
• self organizing system development

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