Mission, Vision & Values
Mission: Empowering the local Church to serve the most vulnerable
Vision: In community with the local Church, World Relief envisions the most vulnerable people transformed economically, socially, and spiritually.
Values: The Example of Jesus as we serve those who are suffering from poverty and injustice, regardless of color, belief, or gender, as part of God’s plan to redeem, reconcile, and restore the world. We seek to follow Jesus by living holy, humble, and honest lives individually and corporately.
The Local Church as a primary agent of bringing peace, justice, and love to a broken world. The integrated “word” and “deed” dimensions of God’s mandate, as evidenced through the church’s integral, or transformational, mission are necessary to bringing reconciliation and restoration to God, others, and the environment.
People whether staff, volunteers, clients, beneficiaries, donors, and partners, as important actors in bringing peace, love, and justice. We recognize and affirm World Relief as a multicultural organization and seek to understand and respect the multiplicity of cultures among us. As we seek change in the world, we recognize that we, too, are changed, by those we serve.
Excellence/Continuous Improvement in all our program initiatives and support services, following best practices and standards in a manner that is sustainable to the community from a spiritual, social, and economic perspective. We also seek to apply our human and financial resources in such ways that maximize impact and sustain benefits to the greatest number of people.
Empowerment by prioritizing the leadership and participation of those we serve, whether people, churches, or local institutions, as critical to creating and sustaining change. We seek to catalyze a movement of worldwide volunteers to multiply impact, and we value capacity-building as a means towards that end.
Partnership by seeking, facilitating, and promoting collaboration among all stakeholders, including local governments, the worldwide church, mission agencies, other NGO’s, and the business community, recognizing partnership as essential to serving the most vulnerable. We believe each expression of the worldwide Church has a unique and interdependent role in bringing peace and justice to the world.
Prayer is the priority and foundation to accomplishing our mission.
I hereby acknowledge that I have read and understand the Mission, Vision and Values of World Relief and will respect them in the manner in which I serve.General Health Precautions
World Relief Sacramento strongly encourages the use of general health precautions in all offices, off-site programs, home-based and transportation services, and volunteer training material. These general precautions include everyday steps to protect your health and the health of those around you, such as:
Cover your nose and mouth with your elbow or a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it.
Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners are also effective.
Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
If you must touch or assist someone who is sick or injured, use new medical gloves, especially if you may come in contact with bodily fluids. This is for the protection of both you and the injured person. Follow proper incident reporting procedures.
Make First Aid Kits available for staff and volunteers at any official World Relief office or program site.
If you are sick with influenza or another communicable disease, the CDC (Center for Disease Control) recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them. Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.
World Relief staff members do not have the authority to determine who may have been exposed to a communicable disease or what kind of testing or treatment to recommend. If you think that you may have been exposed to a communicable disease or have any other related questions, please contact your local health department.
If any World Relief staff or volunteers have been exposed to a communicable disease, this will be evaluated by the health department and they will follow-up with each person (or manager) directly.
