Through our support of volunteer facilitators worldwide, GFSC helps communities build their capacity to work through their challenges and create sustainable solutions.

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Our Vision

To live in a world of resilient and collaborative communities.

GFSC is dedicated to helping people, communities, groups and institutions learn how to resolve their differences, care for themselves, solve problems and create sustainable solutions. We mentor, coach and share tools and techniques with volunteer facilitators in local communities, encouraging and supporting the use of local resources to meet local needs.

Our Mission

GFSC connects people across cultures and borders
to actively exchange ways of building resilient, self-reliant communities.

GFSC provides mentoring, materials, methods, resources, collaboration and exchange of ideas. We conduct workshops on Building Community Resiliance , Virtual Mentoring After Disaster and Effective Project Management, using culturally appropriate techniques. Upon request, we also address unique situations as needed. We publish a monthly e-newsletter, provide free materials in our online library and invite those in the GFSC Network to participate in continuous learning and sharing.

GFSC believes that people and communities are capable of self-determination and that facilitation is an effective catalyst to build, rebuild and sustain self-reliant communities. By sharing our knowledge, experience and caring, we enable communities, agencies and organizations to identify and achieve their goals.

Our Values

Trust

Honesty

Accountability

Documented results

Clear communications

Respect different perspectives

Proactive, broad-based participation

Taking care of each other and ourselves

Our Guiding Principles

We believe that people and communities
are capable of self-determination, and so
GFSC is committed to enhancing
local resources and skills.

Building Local Capacity
training and mentoring to enhance knowledge and competence in communities around the world


Participation
motivate each member of the group to contribute his/her unique perspective


Sustainability
share strategies and skills to meet future challenges


Serving Communities in Need
even if they lack sufficient financial resources


Altruism
encourage opportunities to improve the quality of community life.


Neutrality
maintain neutrality in all our work with no political or religious agenda

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GFSC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization.
Donations are tax deductible in the USA.

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