Place: Rushere, Uganda in Africa
Trade: Woodshop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. Several menin the community of Rushere wanted to use their gifts and talents to create tables, chairs, and desks for the local school so we installed a state of the art woodshop in downtown Rushere.
Partners: River Pointe Church (www.riverpointe.org) and Attack Poverty (attackpoverty.org)
Completed: July 2016
Nakuru, Kenya in Africa | Carpentry Shop Project
Place: Nakuru, Kenya in Africa
Trade: Carpentry Shop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. This is a community of over 220 orphans who are being loved, educated, and taught hands on skills to be able to use their unique gifts to serve the world. We provided an amazing state of the art carpentry shop where the children are learning and creating amazing pieces of furniture and selling them in the marketplace. They are also providing all the beds, tables, desks, etc.. for the orphanage.
Partners: Legacy Building (legacybuilding.com)
Completed: July 2014
Nairobi, Kenya in Africa | Woodshop Project
Place: Nairobi, Kenya in Africa
Trade: Woodshop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. Several men shared a need to help teach trades to the community. They needed tools to begin making much needed desks and tables for several schools. This community works hard to help empower people by creating microenterprise projects in Nairobi and they work extensively with the Masaai Tribe.
Partners: Jacaranda Community (jacarandacommunity.com)
Completed: July 2009