MERATH joins the Integral Alliance

The Integral Alliance is a global network of 21 Christian relief and development agencies working in over 70 countries through 470 local partners.

The Alliance members come together to respond in times of disaster. By strategically combining their programming, financial, and communications resources, the members ensure a rapid and high-quality response while extending their reach and deepening their impact, which ultimately serves people better.

MERATH had already been working with many Integral Members for more than ten years and was recently welcomed as a new member after a thorough audition and review process. Lucas Shindeldecker, the director of MERATH, says:

“We have had the opportunity to work with Integral and its members and are excited to join as a member ourselves! Our common commitments to serving with quality through partnership and localisation are directly aligned and we look forward to learning and collaborating with organisations with broad and diverse experience.”

Carol Bremer-Bennett, Executive Director of World Renew and Chair of the Integral Board, says:

“We are delighted to welcome MERATH to the Integral family. They bring to us a new headquarter country and sectoral expertise in disaster response, education, child protection and livelihoods. I am particularly impressed with their commitment to supporting local organizations and Churches in times of crises in a holistic way. For over ten years MERATH has been a trusted Partner to many of our Members in our joint responses in the Middle East, and we look forward to benefiting from the skills, perspective and experience that they will bring as we work together to see God’s kingdom demonstrated through the unity of our Members.”