God at Work

One of the many reasons why the United States of America is exceptional, is the limitless opportunity it affords to its citizen.  In many countries, your future is solely determined by the family that you're born into.  Generational poverty is an ongoing cycle that can only be broken through intervention.  The Barnabas Group ("TBG") is passionate about breaking the chains of poverty, and has come alongside Extreme Response International ("ERI") to do just that!
   
ERI exists to change the lives of people living in extreme situations.  ERI's programs and projects focus on education reinforcement, life skills, livelihood training, and leadership development.   
 
We had a chance to connect with TBG Partner and Co-Founder/Chief Strategy Officer of ERI, Russ Cline.  He shared with us about how TBG Partners, Alan Weisenberger, Mark Goeser, and Jim Hastings have come alongside ERI in profound ways: 
 
"I connected with Alan Weisenberger and Mark Goeser of Hope Ventures through TBG.  As we talked, I discovered that they had done business training on coaching in both Orange County and Haiti.  They had developed a method of training, coaching and empowerment that was unique and effective.  After much conversation and a trip of discovery, we launched a two-session training.
 
In November, Mark and Alan trained 25 business men and women in the capital of Ecuador, Quito.  The training focused on business material, and training on how to become a coach.  ERI and Hope Ventures came together again in Quito in January to continue to train the 25 business coaches, plus another 40 men and women in entrepreneurial skill sets.  They came from highly impoverished communities, but had great expectations and hope of breaking the generational cycle of poverty.   
 
The trainers that Mark and Alan trained conducted the training in Spanish,
and there was great engagement among all of the participants there.  This group of coaches and potential entrepreneurs continue to connect for ongoing training and coaching.  We expect to see viable businesses coming from these efforts.

At ERI, we know that one of the best ways to help break the cycle of poverty is through leadership and business training. We are involved in a number of projects around the world.  That said, connecting with Hope Ventures has been an
incredible experience of partnership, and their training model is great!

Thank you TBG for connecting us together!  We want to duplicate this effort again in another country soon."

If you would like to learn more about the transformative work that ERI and Hope Ventures are doing, please visit their websites at: