Chester Sam­bra­no

Min­is­ter of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices Don­na Cox is en­cour­ag­ing non-gov­ern­men­tal or­gan­i­sa­tions to con­tin­ue car­ing for the vul­ner­a­ble.

Min­is­ter Cox joined Apos­tle Dr. Christo­pher Dou­glas and his wife Pas­tor An­na Maria Dou­glas to cut the rib­bon of­fi­cial­ly open­ing their brand new build­ing, the Lib­er­ty Apos­tolic Min­istries Net­work yes­ter­day.

The event took place at #1 Toumain Dri­ve, Ed­in­burgh 500, Ch­agua­nas.

Speak­ing at the build­ing’s ded­i­ca­tion, Min­is­ter Cox en­cour­aged non-prof­it or­gan­i­sa­tions to con­tin­ue part­ner­ing with the gov­ern­ment to as­sist the vul­ner­a­ble stat­ing that their role in help­ing, em­pow­er­ing and trans­form­ing the lives of in­di­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties can­not be over­stat­ed.

“With­in re­cent times, the Min­istry of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices has been more in­ten­tion­al about es­tab­lish­ing part­ner­ships with Faith-based Or­gan­i­sa­tions, Non-Gov­ern­men­tal Or­gan­i­sa­tions, and Com­mu­ni­ty-based Or­gan­i­sa­tions, which are ded­i­cat­ed to en­sur­ing that our vul­ner­a­ble pop­u­la­tions are treat­ed with the re­spect and dig­ni­ty they de­serve. As a re­sult, we wel­come the Church to form clos­er re­la­tion­ships with us, so we can col­lab­o­rate to pro­vide sup­port to fam­i­lies in their most crit­i­cal times of need," the Min­is­ter said.