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In February of 2023, members of the Vista Hermosa Foundation traveled to India to visit grant partners for site visits. Read Joseph and Jermaine’s reflections on expectations they had about this trip and how they experienced a mindset change.

In Kenya, 4.2 million people were affected by drought after four successive rainfall underperformances. This got the attention of the Board who requested updates and inquired about what our partners on the ground were doing.

Vista Hermosa Foundation is inspired by Sustainable Action International’s approach to economic development through supporting families to be closer to God in the ways they serve one another and the land. We are honored to share Mr. Dieula’s story.

At Vista Hermosa Foundation, our support goes beyond funding. We seek to be mutual partners, creating opportunities for listening, networking and local leadership. In 2018, we formed a cohort of our partners in Mexico, largely led by partners themselves. In August, grants team staff traveled to Chiapas for a convening of the cohort.

Listen to Abner Velez Ortiz from El Pozo de Vida explain why Chutes and Ladders, Serpientes y escaleras, was brought to the red-light district of Mexico City.

Nandita lives in Bihar, one of India’s least economically developed states and a hotbed of human trafficking. When Nomi Network field staff visited Nandita’s home, they explained how she could use their programming as a springboard to long-term economic stability and independence.

Sojourners impacts local communities across the country including here in Tri-Cities. Like our partner, we seek ways to be salt and light in this world to support the development of healthy and vibrant communities and bear fruit that will last (John 15:16). 

Through village peace committees in 23 villages, Malto and Santhal tribes work together to heal historic wounds and address such challenges as poverty and deforestation.

In 2016, Vista Hermosa Foundation started funding the Ugandan organization Watye Ki Gen in hopes to reconcile and restore relationships for children born in captivity during the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgence.