Zoe Empowers Ministry - Rwanda
The Zoe Empowers model is distinctive and effective because of its focus on self-sufficiency to serve children to have stronger families. The goal is to not do anything for program participants that they could otherwise do for themselves. Our approach has proven that orphans have the necessary gifts and abilities to overcome extreme poverty; they lack only opportunity and support. Once on the path toward self-sufficiency, every child becomes increasingly independent, quickly moving beyond the need for charity, both in the present and future.
Through a global network of local organizations, Zoe Empowers provides a scalable and sustainable framework in which vulnerable youth-led families are equipped to become safe and healthy, skilled for long-term success, and supported within their community to overcome the orphan crisis.
When Zoe first enters a community to help children, we begin by engaging the local leaders. Staff members explain how Zoe is an empowerment program, enabling children to move from crippling poverty and dependency to economic and social self-sufficiency. Although different from the usual relief approach, it resonates with
leaders who want to see sustainable change in their village.