Place: Richmond, TX
Trade: Woodshop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. This community is in an impoverished part of North Richmond in Houston, TX and they work to strengthen under-resourced communities. We installed a wood shop to help provide jobs and create income for this community.
Partners: Attack Poverty (www.attackpoverty.org)
Completed: February 2017
Rushere, Uganda in Africa | Woodshop Project
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
Louisville, Kentucky | Woodshop Project
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Place: Louisville, Kentucky
Trade: Woodshop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. In a lower-income part of Portland in downtown Louisville, KY there is a group of people committed to develop and empower people by teaching trades, giving dignity, and helping fight against a poverty mentality. We installed a woodshop that is now thriving to help provide work and teach people their giftedness.
Partners: Love City (www.lovecityinc.org) and Southeast Christian Church (southeastchristian.org)
Completed: May 2016
Santiago, Dominican Republic | Carpentry Shop Project
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Place: Santiago, Dominican Republic
Trade: Carpentry Shop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. This community helps restore peoples self worth by helping them see their value and gifts come to life. They have a holistic approach to helping develop and empower people to grow thriving businesses to serve the mission across the island and help both Dominicans and Haitians.
Partners: Go Ministries (gomin.org)
Completed: March 2016
Jaco, Costa Rica | Woodshop Project
Place: Jaco, Costa Rica
Trade: Woodshop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. This community is in an impoverished part of North Richmond in Houston, TX and they work to strengthen under-resourced communities. We installed a wood shop to help provide jobs and create income for this community.
Partners: Horizon Church (horizonjaco.org) and Legacy Building (legacybuilding.com)
Completed: May 2015
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
Nashville, TN | Woodshop Project
Place: Nashville, TN
Trade: Woodshop Project
Why: Empowering gifts, teaching skills and providing tools to use business as mission. There was a need to repurpose people from their battle against addiction and homelessness, so we installed a woodshop to help teach trades, empower people to use their gifts and restore people’s identity. This woodshop is an incredible group of people who exist to leave a lasting legacy in everything they do.
Partners: Legacy Building (www.legacybuilding.com)
Completed: April 2011
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