Organizations Filed Purposes:
ZOE EMPOWERS IS A RELIGIOUSLY NON-RESTRICTIVE CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION WITH A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO HELPING ORPHANS, FOCUSING ON EMPOWERING ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES. ZOE EMPOWERS UTILIZES A COMMUNITY-BASED MODEL FOR EMPOWERMENT THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN AFRICA. THE PROGRAM IS A DEVELOPMENTAL APPROACH WHERE ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IDENTIFY AND OVERCOME THE OBSTACLES PREVENTING THEM FROM LIVING LIFE IN ALL ITS FULLNESS. THROUGH ZOE, ORPHANS ACCESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES NEEDED TO IMPROVE THER WELL-BEING AND OVERCOME POVERTY.
RWANDA THREE YEAR EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM - CHILDREN FROM RWANDA START THE PROGRAM IN DESPERATE PROVERTY AND GRADUATE IN THREE YEARS TO SUPPORT THEMSELVES AND THEIR SIBLINGS. THE PROGRAM HAS AN 85-90% GRADUATION RATE PER A UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS STUDY. THOSE CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT SELF-SUFFICIENT AT THE END OF THE THREE YEARS CONTINUE TO BE HELPED BY OTHER CHILDREN IN THEIR GROUP, BUT ARE NO LONGER HELPED WITH ZOE FUNDS. RWANDA'S EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM SERVED 10,356 CHILDREN, WITH APPROXIMATELY 1,661 GRADUATING FROM THE PROGRAM. THE PROGRAM HAD ONE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND 11 SOCIAL WORKERS. THE RWANDA GOVERNMENT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE LAND FOR FARMING AS THEY RECOGNIZE THE GREAT WORK OF ZOE ALLEVIATING THE ORPHAN PROBLEM IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Gaston Warner | CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER | 40 | $92,000 |
| Randy Wiersma | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 40 | $43,750 |
| John Boswell | CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER | 40 | $25,000 |
| Mark Mcandrew | EX-OFFICIO | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Bayly | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Wendy Lee | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lynn Dugle | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jini Thornton | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Mike Mandl | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rev Matthew Williams | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Michael Wilson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Rev Emmanuel Jackson | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Erik Ross | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Mark La Branche | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Linda Folger | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| Stan Bradshaw | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| Ann Eppinger | VICE-CHAIRPERSON | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Konen | CHAIRPERSON | 1 | $0 |
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