When we first started Equipping Hope International in 2018, we didn’t begin with a long strategic plan or big donor campaign.  We began with a friendship, a shared burden, and a simple desire to do something that mattered.  Five years later, our work in the Nyarugusu refugee camp has grown into a small but deeply rooted effort to equip refugees with skills, opportunity, and spiritual hope.

Serving in Nyarugusu, one of the largest and longest-standing refugee camps in Africa, has taught us more than we ever expected.  And as a Christian nonprofit working in Tanzania, we’ve had to unlearn some assumptions, deepen our commitments, and trust God to multiply however much we bring.

Whether you’ve been walking with us since the beginning or are just now learning about our mission, we want to share five of the most important lessons we’ve learned since launching educational and vocational programs in a refugee camp setting.