Briefing on the White House Summit on Malaria
December 12, 2006, White House
11:10 A.M. EST
“Faith-based partnerships, for many villagers you’ve seen it firsthand. For those of you who have visited, the church is the only formal institution in many of these communities. In Rwanda, 90 percent of people live in rural areas. And so the church has to play a profound role. They have universal distribution into countries, the ability to mobilize volunteers, local credibility, and finally, they’re great record keepers — actually help us monitor and evaluate the child mortality rates, because churches have historically kept good records about life and death.
“And so we will be announcing a test case to mobilize faith-based leaders in one country throughout Africa. And Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church, through his extraordinary peace plan, it not only reaches into this one country, he’s got a network that works in 163 countries worldwide. And when you’re on the ground, meeting with these peace plan volunteers who are being led by the church
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