Empowering Lives International

Every mom and dad should have the opportunity to provide for their family. Strategic trainings empower people with the ideas, tools, and skills to implement a whole new life . . . and change their world. We are Igniting World Changers. We long to see communities as a whole transform one family at a time.

We are equipping people with life skills to generate a dignified income, the ability to deepen their relationships with Christ, and the communications tools to pass on their knowledge and capabilities to others.

Whether this is through our Children’s Homes which serve more than 300 orphans in Kenya, our school in Bukavu, DR Congo for 650 K-12 students, or our community programs throughout East Africa we are Igniting World Changers. Through a decentralized approach, we have a collection of staff, teams, and field representatives strategically placed in key communities. They are building relationships at four different levels: awareness, training, coaching, and finally mentoring.

Awareness: Giving people new eyes to see their circumstances, surroundings, and situations. Inspiring them with new ideas and innovative concepts. Breaking apart and dispelling the lies that people have been telling themselves.
Training: Equipping people to implement dynamic and practical tools. Instilling disciplines for success. Asking questions instead of giving answers to stimulate critical thinking.
Coaching: Journeying with people as they begin to experience success and encouraging them in their struggles as they grow and learn. Fostering a culture of continuous and lifelong learning. Incorporating accountability for the disciplines learned from training. Asking more questions, giving fewer answers.
Mentoring: Committing to walk alongside someone for a long period of time to champion their success. Relating at deep levels across all spans of life.


A multitude can become aware. A group can be trained. A small selection can be coached. The few with greatest potential can be mentored.

The only way to launch and sustain exponential impact is through intentional leadership development. Strong, good, and healthy leaders are essential because they bear and cast vision, but that's not all: they also "walk the walk" so others can follow. People will only emulate things that are proven to work. When capable implementers begin to teach, people listen because it's been proven with their lives.
We keep a keen eye on the lookout to identify and ‘hone in’ on leadership potential. The more time, effort, and energy are spent pouring into leaders instead of followers, the sooner that a tipping point is reached.

You can only mentor someone who has been coached. You can only coach someone who has been trained. You can only train someone who is aware.

Finally, those who are mentored can then begin the entire process again within their own spheres of influence to widen the reach, spread the impact, and multiply the results. As they do, more and more people begin this multiplication journey. People are excited to dive deeper, and the movement has taken on a life of its own.

Through our trained staff with experience in community development, leadership development, agriculture, business, entrepreneurship, addiction counseling, and more we meet people where they are and at times bring them to our facilities for concentrated training and empowerment. Additionally, our Children’s Homes in Kenya serve as home for more than 300 orphans (120+ of whom are now in college/university).

We use databases, mapping, baseline surveys, and more to identify needs and opportunities as well as track progress over the strategic implementation of our programs.

We are in the first year of a five year strategic plan that will see World Changers being ignited. As we continue to execute our plans and pursue God’s wisdom we believe that many lives will be impacted and empowered across East Africa. Through partnerships with churches, businesses, groups, and individuals we are able to target communities that are ready, eager, and excited to experience transformation. We believe that over the coming years we will be able to walk alongside 50-75 communities across 10 African nations. This could result in tens of thousands of moms, dads, and children becoming World Changers.