Forward Edge International

We accomplish our mission by partnering with visionary Christ followers in various locations to conduct child-focused community development and phase II disaster response projects, and by mobilizing volunteers to support these projects, internationally and in the U.S.

We have decades of experience. Forward Edge was founded in 1983.<br/>We establish and nurture long-term ministry partnerships—deep relationships built on trust with key ministries in the locations we serve.<br/>We offer customized trips that match the gifting and calling of teams from around the country.<br/>We provide training and administrative support through proven training materials and complete logistical coordination before and throughout the trips.<br/>We provide on-site, knowledgeable Field Staff—dedicated servants who support our group leader(s), ensuring all our team's needs are met while on-site.<br/>We offer worldwide service opportunities as we have relationships throughout the world and can help people answer God's call on their lives and experience the adventure of service.<br/>Our short-term teams partner with our national partners and field staff to ensure that long-term, child-focused community development projects and initiatives are sustained and completed.<br/>We faithfully pursue the leading of the Holy Spirit, and rely on Him for the vision, wisdom and energy to carry out the work He sets before us.

Our programs for vulnerable children are long-term and very relational, which allows us to closely measure their physical health, their academic and economic growth, and their spiritual maturity. In our disaster recovery program, the more people we can help get back into their homes, schools or places of worship, the bigger difference we are making. Finally, year after year, we see volunteers return to serve on mission teams with us again, or we see them get more engaged serving their local community. Through their experience with Forward Edge, we see people inspired to live in the good works God created them to do (Ephesians 2:10).

Over the years, FEI volunteers have been used in the U.S. and around the world in many remarkable ways. Here are some examples.<br/>In the 1980s, constructed orphanages in Guatemala and Nicaragua, which today are home to hundreds of children<br/>In the 1990s, constructed youth centers on the Crow (Montana) and White Mountain Apache (Arizona) reservations<br/>Since the 1980s, provided health care to thousands in Latin America and Africa<br/>In 1992, distributed emergency aid to victims of Hurricane Andrew in Florida<br/>In 1999, rebuilt a village in Nicaragua after Hurricane Mitch<br/>In 2000, repaired the homes of widows and orphans in Kosovo following Balkan war<br/>In 2001, built homes for earthquake victims in El Salvador<br/>Following the 9/11 attacks, fed and prayed with rescue workers at Ground Zero in New York City<br/>In 2005, built permanent homes for tsunami survivors in Sri Lanka<br/>2005 to 2013: repaired homes and church buildings in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama following Hurricane Katrina<br/>2013 to present: repaired homes and church buildings in Missouri, Oklahoma, New York, Colorado, Philippines, Mexico and Nepal following floods, tornadoes, earthquakes, typhoons, andhurricanes<br/><br/><br/>In 2008, Villa Esperanza, "Hope Village" was created. This is a place where young girls have found refuge who once lived in the Managua dump called La Chureca or other dangerous environments. Here at the Villa they are given their first individual bed with clean sheets, and clothes and food. School suddenly becomes an option and with it hope for a better future. In short, they are given a new life!<br/>Villa Esperanza goes further, by offering life-skills and social skills training, psychological evaluation and counseling, and medical care. Here the children receive personal care in a family environment. And they are taught about a loving Savior and are encouraged to love others as He would. The children of Villa Esperanza are given the tools they need to reach their full, God-given potential.<br/><br/>Since then, we have created holisitic child sponsorship programs for vulnerable children in Haiti, Mexico and Kenya, which provide things such as nourishing food, education support, healthcare, clean water, and emotional and spiritual care.