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November 15, 2018

Kansas City, MO – El Torreon

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Event Details


Date: November 15, 2018
Time: 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.


Event contact:

Jeanette Thomas
jthomas@hopeinternational.org
913.208.6837

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About

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Around the world, more than 1 in 4 people live on less than $3.10 a day, limiting their access to necessities like food, shelter, and clean water. A similar number are disconnected from financial services—without a way to invest in a small business or a secure place to save money for their families.

In response to these challenges, HOPE International is leading with both (1) the Good News of God’s love and (2) financial tools to promote income-generating activities. Through discipleship, biblically based training, a safe place to save, and loans, we equip men and women around the world to invest in their dreams.

Join us in hearing from HOPE field leaders, Erisa Mutabazi and Micah Crist as they discuss ways that HOPE is helping families flourish.

Location and directions

El Torreon

3101 Gillham Plaza, Kansas City, MO 64109

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Erisa Mutabazi

With his strong academic credentials, extensive experience in economic development, and pastoral heart, Reverend Erisa Mutabazi brings a unique perspective to his work with the savings group program team. Before joining HOPE in January 2012, he worked as a program manager with World Vision, providing overall strategic planning and supervision and participating in the program design of savings and internal lending communities (SILC). Prior to that, he was a field operations manager with World Relief. Erisa has two master’s degrees—an M.A. in theology and leadership and an MBA in project management—and holds a doctorate in transformational leadership. A native of Rwanda, Erisa is passionate about helping families in poverty through HOPE’s savings group program.

Micah Crist

After graduating with an international business degree from Messiah University, Micah Crist joined the HOPE team as a finance and accounting assistant, before transitioning to a data analyst role. He was promoted to the roles of technical advisor, senior microfinance specialist, Africa assistant regional director, and managing director of HOPE Congo. Moving from Congo back to Lancaster in 2018, he now serves as HOPE’s senior director of microfinance.