Help One Now

Help One Now empowers local leaders through friendship and partnership. We work with leaders who are already working effectively in their respective communities. These leaders are friends and partners in the fight against extreme poverty. They are our greatest resource, and without them, sustainable change is impossible.

Empowering Families: We serve in some of the poorest communities in the world, where people live on less than $2 US per day. In these communities, empowering families through education and entrepreneurship has proven to be the most effective course for long term change, creating a hand up to build a better future for themselves.

Help One Now joins alongside leaders in their communities to learn about what they believe to be their most difficult and pressing issues are and how they believe they can be fixed. We help to empower and resource leaders to be able to deal with these problems.

Help One Now believes in honoring human dignity by empowering families through entrepreneurship opportunities and training, restorative care, community development and education, healthcare, and spiritual development.

Our Family Business h Program shifts the narrative; it helps keep struggling families together.
To date, we have enrolled over 1,000 families in our Family Business Program in Ethiopia, Haiti, Uganda, and Dominican Republic with an average increased income of approximately 642% — and many of these families now have 2-3 years of self-sufficiency under their belt! Not only does the program help families to thrive, but it ripples outward into the community as families grow their businesses, create even more jobs, and pour into the local economy.

As education transforms communities and breaks the cycle of extreme poverty, opportunity & hope flourish in entire regions. A high-quality education makes a world of difference.
We are currently supporting 183 teachers around the world by providing fair wages, training, & classroom supplies, as well as nutritious hot meals for students. And through that support, the futures of nearly 4,000 students each school year are directly affected!

Restorative care plays a key role in community transformation over time. Through the meeting of basic needs and the provision of holistic care, human dignity is restored, laying a foundation that empowers future families to thrive.
In communities where extreme poverty exists, under-resourced systems often fall short in caring for the most vulnerable. Children without adequate parental care experience neglect, trauma and exploitation while a lack of community resources leads to the basic needs of many going unmet. Around the world, Help One Now provides 24/7 holistic care to children rescued from or vulnerable to trafficking and provides resources that meet the basic needs of individuals living in extreme poverty.

Our greatest asset is our indigenous leaders. We partner with some of the most passionate, dedicated and brilliant men and women in the developing world. They understand the challenges their countries and communities are facing better than an outsider ever could. They also understand the assets that their people have to meet those challenges. They have a clear vision for transforming communities and ending extreme poverty, but they don't have the resources or support to accomplish that vision. We come alongside these incredible leaders and empower them to accomplish their vision. Our capabilities lie, as they should, in the strength of our local leaders.

We'd like to introduce you to 2 of our 12 leaders:

Aschalew Abebe is our Director of Family Empowerment. With a Master's degree in community development and a PhD in Project Management, Aschalew's thoughtful and holistic approach to ending the orphan crisis in Ethiopia is as inspiring as he is. He and his team are committed to going upstream to address the root of the orphan crisis - poverty. Aschalew and his team are working hard to empower families and prevent poverty orphans. Their local team have facilitated more domestic adoptions in Ethiopia than any other group, and they have won multiple awards from the Ethiopian government for their work in the community. They have empowered hundreds of families and enhanced the education of thousands of students. Aschalew's holistic approach to community development will yield incredible transformation in the years to come. Community awareness and education—family empowerment—domestic adoption—reunification—and long term group homes for children who have no other option. Aschalew believes that every child deserves a family, and that we WILL see the end of the orphan crisis!

Jean Alix Paul is one of our local leaders in Port au Prince, Haiti. He is a talented businessman and a dedicated pastor who has mastered the art of raising up leaders. Over the past 25 years, he has planted 10 churches, started 5 schools and founded 3 children's homes. He is also helping us fight trafficking and slavery by working with us to build and oversee a trafficking prevention refuge in northeast Haiti. He believes (as do all of our leaders) that there are two things that are most needed to break the cycle of extreme poverty in Haiti: 1) people must know Jesus; and 2) children – and adults – must have a good, solid education. Among other things, there are currently over 1,000 children receiving a good education because of this incredible leader. And we have seen over 60 children rescued from trafficking in the past few years as we have walked alongside Jean Alix. He is ready to shift his focus from aid to development, and he has a plan to see Haiti transformed from the inside out by way of agriculture, business and education.

Since the start of the Family Empowerment Business Launch program, over 1,000 families have been empowered to start and sustain their own businesses.

In 2020 alone:
210 children benefited from 24/7 holistic restorative care
Over 1.2 million meals were served free of cost to families, students, and staff
378 families launched businesses through the Family Business Program
6,500+ students were enrolled in school
183 teachers were employed full-time
4,908 individuals received spiritual mentorship
and over 11,000 families were directly impacted on a daily basis through our education, business, and care initiatives