In Tumaini, Kenya, a Visible Fund investment in a maize harvest became start-up capital for Threads of Hope. Now local women sew school uniforms, earn steady income and train others.

In Calacalí, Ecuador, a small church, a retreat center, and a neighborhood have spent fourteen years living alongside one another. This year that shared life started turning into shared work - prayer walks, a youth group, a Bible study, and a church learning to go out to its neighbors.

A handful of men in Chibolya, Zambia started meeting on Thursdays to study Scripture. Two years later they own a shoe cooperative, run a village bank, and are going home to their families. The story of how it happened.

Margie had six weeks to buy the building her community needed. The Visible Fund closed the gap, she repaid it in full, and The Gathering Place in Tulovo, Bulgaria is now a home for the whole town.

Five years after a single Visible Fund investment, a youth-run recycling business in East London, South Africa is still creating jobs, partners, and now new business owners. Scott Worley, our Catalyst there, tells the story.

Phil and Debbie Douce spent more than 40 years with vulnerable kids, from foster care in Missouri to street boys and trafficked girls in Quito, Ecuador. Why depth of relationship matters more than scale.

Gabriel Munanjala grew up in Chibolya, Zambia, and trained as a medic with help from One Collective. He explains what that support restored in him, and why poverty is about more than money.

Rachel and Alonso Silva have spent eight years in Santiago, Chile, building trusted friendships with youth in state group homes. Now the government has written their program into its care plans.

Paul and Elizabeth Musser spent four decades with One Collective, from planting churches in France to caring for workers across Europe and the Middle East. Four lessons on who God is, learned slowly.

In Tulovo, Bulgaria, a teenager asked Sam Jung to teach him piano chords. Not long after, 11 musicians from German, Bulgarian, Roma and Persian backgrounds had recorded an album together.

Isaiah said yes before God told him where he was going. If you are waiting for a personal summons before you serve, this look at Isaiah 6 asks whether availability comes before assignment.

Family, health, strategy, where the need is greatest: many factors shape a decision to serve overseas, but one question should come first. Will this opportunity help you draw near to God?

Lauren Ebert said yes to a trip to Masatepe, Nicaragua, at the last minute, knowing no one on the team. She expected roofing projects and found people whose faith reshaped how she gives and lives.

Mark Erkenswick, partner-in-charge of audit at KPMG and chair of One Collective’s finance committee, on the three signs a nonprofit handles money well, and why reports alone are not enough.

Papagayo Farm in Los Rios, Nicaragua grows dragon fruit, hosts retreats and employs local farmers. With its leader of five years heading home, the farm is looking for the person to lead what comes next.

Emily, a physical therapist, moved her family to Kenya and helped local leaders name five areas their community wanted to change. Why a maize farm and a sewing ministry now start with discipleship.

After a decade in Masatepe, Nicaragua, much of the work is now locally led. That foundation is opening a new chapter in neighboring Ticuantepe, with Papagayo farm as the base and a Catalyst needed to lead it.

A One Collective couple has spent 14 years in Vietnam, where their son’s Down syndrome showed them how few paths exist for neurodivergent people. How a job program and a coffee shop are changing that.

Rev. Dr. Alexia Salvatierra has helped churches move from compassion to action for nearly 50 years. Her story challenges us to ask: what if justice isn’t just a cause, but a calling for the whole church?