“I realized that I had a scarcity mindset that had trapped me. My ‘giving syndrome’ prevented me from seeing that the people I work with actually have solutions. … Adopting an abundant mindset changed my life completely. It removed the burden I had to solve every problem I saw. Now, I empower the people I work with to realize their own solutions.”

“Many people I know don’t have hope - to go to school, to get a job, to be someone in life,” says Andrew. “I realized that my story can be another person’s solution, and God needs to use it to benefit others.”

“I grew up in a grass-thatched house in a remote village without running water or electricity. No matter how glittering Europe is, it doesn’t please me because I don’t see my contribution in it. I am going back to South Sudan to make my contribution to a better future for my children and the great-grandchildren of my country.”

Dr. Barbara Ofwono was seven-years-old when a grenade was thrown into her family’s home. It was 1979, and war was raging across Uganda...

Aimable Mugisha’s birth parents died before he turned three. Two years later, his adoptive parents were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Aimable was adopted for a second time, never learning if any members of his biological family survived the genocide...

“At ALI, I learned how to lead with humility and lead as a servant – like Jesus. I believe that a leader is there for change and to be used by God. What I’m working towards now is to develop other servant leaders. I believe that I won’t bring lasting change unless I grow other leaders.”

After walking for more than 400 miles through the jungle, battling starvation and harassment to escape her war-ravaged home, Nabintu Mujambere and her family escaped the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The pain of this unimaginable journey only strengthened Bintu’s conviction to return and serve her home community in Bukavu...

Hugues Hardy Ruremesha grew up a few blocks away from the largest garbage dump in Burundi. Street children gathered there daily, looking for something to eat. Hugues’ parents worked hard to give their children an education, but Hugues disregarded his parents’ sacrifices. He regularly drank and did drugs...

Growing up in Uganda, a country burdened by corruption, inequality, and poor leadership, Flavia felt a deep need for better leadership at every level in her country – especially in education...

In 2015, as violence swept through Burundi, Irving spent every Saturday broadcasting worship music at a radio station in Bujumbura. The station was located in one of the most dangerous areas of the city, but the personal risk was worth it for Irving. His heart was on fire to transform Burundi for Jesus...

"We are capable and can develop our communities with the little that we have. If everyone brings the little they have and comes together, it becomes something big. People used to ask for handouts, but now they have become sustainable. God has said this is the fruit of our hands, all of us together.”

Sam’s return to his home country was marked by a new understanding of the generation of young Rwandans who had been profoundly traumatized by the 1994 Genocide. Looking around him on that bus to Kigali in 2008, Sam saw a generation paralyzed by grief and unconvinced by hope for the future. He clearly recalls a vision he had of a heartbroken Jesus asking, “Whom shall I send?” And while it has rarely been an easy path, Sam continues to answer Jesus’ question the same way he did on that bus: “Yes, here I am Lord, send me.”

“If one-by-one, in different countries in Africa, in different communities where people are suffering, people would rise up and serve beyond themselves… I think we will see the Rwanda we dream of, the Africa we want, and the healed and transformed communities that we all pray for..."

Alain Munyaburanga’s parents fled Karongi, Rwanda in 1959. 35 years later, 97% of Karongi’s Tutsi population was murdered during the Genocide Against the Tutsi. The persecution that Alain’s parents fled followed them to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a child, Alain was ridiculed by his neighbours, classmates, and teachers because he was considered a Rwandan refugee. Oppression hardened Alain’s resolve while softening his heart for others...