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Nyarugusu Refugee Camp residents wearing masks provided by the Protecting Hope Project from Equipping Hope International in Tanzania.

November 10, 2020June 28, 2025

Sewn in Faith: The Impact of the Protecting Hope Mask Project and the Return of Hope

Earlier this year, we shared about a new initiative born from a challenging season — our Protecting Hope Mask Project. As COVID-19 swept across the world and into the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, we knew our mission had to adapt. That shift led us to repurpose our tailoring program, hiring graduates to sew protective face masks for their fellow camp residents.

Months later, we can say this project did more than meet a need. It ignited hope. It created jobs. It protected families. And through it, we saw again that God is always at work, even when the world feels uncertain.

Protecting Hope through mask production during COVID by tailoring apprenticeship graduates of Equipping Hope's Business of Hope program.

June 20, 2020June 28, 2025

Adapting in Uncertainty: How COVID Shifted Our Focus — and Sparked a Special Project

When we set out our goals for 2020, a global pandemic wasn’t on the list. Like so many others around the world, we’ve had to adjust, pivot, and pray our way through every change COVID-19 has brought. In the Nyarugusu refugee camp, where our work is located, the effects of COVID may be particularly difficult to navigate. The camp is densely populated. Healthcare resources are limited.

But amid all the challenges, one thing has remained unchanged: our commitment to equipping hope. And through that commitment, a new opportunity emerged — one that combined our existing programs, responded to the global pandemic in a proactive manner, and empowered our graduates to serve their community in a tangible way.

We call it Protecting Hope.

May 1, 2020July 1, 2025

When the World Stops, Faith Doesn’t

A few months ago, the world paused.

Airports emptied. Schools closed. Streets fell quiet. Nations went into lockdown. And for the first time in a generation, a single crisis touched every continent, every economy, every home.

In the face of COVID-19, many of us find ourselves asking: What now? How do we continue serving when everything feels uncertain? How do we move forward when the world seems to be standing still?

At Equipping Hope, those questions met us right in the middle of our calling.

Sewn in Faith: The Impact of the Protecting Hope Mask Project and the Return of Hope

Adapting in Uncertainty: How COVID Shifted Our Focus — and Sparked a Special Project

When the World Stops, Faith Doesn’t

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