The Genesis of EFICOR and a Brief History

EFICOR – Began as a Unit of the EFI (India's national fellowship of evangelicals) in 1967. 

There was a drought in the state of Bihar that year followed by severe famine. The members of the EFI responded to the need by raising money through an appeal in their official magazine. 

In 1971, India was flooded with refugees from neighbouring East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) The international community wanted a local agency through which they could act; EFICOR was requested to be the channel and a full fledged unit – EFI's Committee on Refugees – was established. 

The next major involvement was another disaster situation – the Andhra Pradesh cyclone in 1977. 

The creation of the training Unit in 1979 was a major step towards developing an identity for EFICOR. In 1980, eventually, EFICOR, became independent of EFI having a legal identity of its own as a separately registered Society.

Through the years thereafter EFICOR has moved from relief to development, from resourcing to capacity building and from motivating evangelicals to networking with them.