Vision & Values
About Us
Vision & Values
Novo’s vision is to bring new life to individuals, peace to families, and hope to communities gripped by addiction. How do we do that? By empowering God’s people in developing nations to create transformational communities that offer healing, wholeness, and hope.
Five core values shape everything we do: integrity, empowerment, respect, excellence, and community.
Our Approach
Established in 2015, Novō builds on the work of Yeldall Manor, a UK charity that has been providing residential addiction treatment for over 40 years, in ways that fit the cultural, economic, and social realities of the local context.
Our communities centre on Christ, focus on the whole person, express grace and truth, promote freedom and responsibility, and partner widely with local organizations.
We view addiction as a whole-person problem (bio-psycho-social-spiritual) requiring a whole-person solution. We believe that long-term recovery is achievable, whatever a person’s story or circumstance, and that the best foundation for true freedom from addiction is a living relationship with God through Jesus Christ. However, we will never impose our viewpoint upon anyone, recognizing freedom of choice in faith, as in other areas. We welcome and value applications from men from all walks of life, background, ethnicity, culture, and faith.
Five core values shape everything we do: integrity, empowerment, respect, excellence, and community.
Novō Communities
Is Novō needed?
Addiction is a global epidemic. The need for residential communities where healing and restoration can take place is increasing year by year. The developing world is experiencing rapid social change (population growth, urbanization, migration, family breakdown) and, with it, a growth in social problems such as sexual abuse, prostitution, and child neglect. These problems leave individuals with huge deficits in terms of their sense of security, significance, and self-worth – issues to which the abuse of substances provides a temporary but ultimately enslaving solution.