What is SAMVIM?

SAMVIM

Southern Africa Methodist Volunteers In Mission

Background

Southern African Methodist Volunteers in Mission was established to support the Methodist Church of Southern Africa through our Volunteers in Mission program. We identify projects and coordinate work teams from local and overseas destinations to help create a Christian difference in the communities in which we volunteer.

Director Richard Bosart established this organization in 1988. The management of SAMVIM have a long standing participation in the ministry, involving themselves in all aspects of the organziation's spectrum of activities.

The management of SAMVIM collectively possess over twenty years of operational and administrative skills and hands on experience in both local and international missions. Their success with various organizations within the Christian Community is due to their ability to manage with a hands-on approach.

Our Purpose

To share the love of Jesus Christ in ways that make a Christian difference.

Our Task

To share our abilities and provide needed skills in partnership with our team members and the communities and organizations who host our teams. We participate in accomplishing particular goals set by and in cooperation with our teams, local communities, church societies, and project management.

We strive to educate the local societies and communities in much needed skills to sustain further growth in the community long after a work team has departed. Our objective is to do the work with the local communities and not for them.

The organization provides significant opportunities to leverage the opportunities that exist by virtue of the strong links between parties both within South Africa, its neighboring countries and those overseas.

Our Values

To provide basic skills development along with a spiritual message encompassed in the ministry of an "each one teach one" philosophy, to share in the love of Jesus Christ, and to bring about awareness for the needs of lost souls.

To volunteer a share of our talents, lives and our time to build relationships that enhance those we’ve come to aid.

To ascertain and raise financial aid to operate this organization at its full potential.

We seek to glorify God in all that we do.

To be an extension ministry of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa responding to specific requests of Methodist related churches and agencies, both locally and around the world, and to partner with them in mission.

To equip our local leaders, team leaders and local projects managers for effective ministry and seek, through our tasks and the sharing of our own time, talents and lives, to build relationships that enhance ministry and fulfill our purpose