Vice President of Strategic Impact at Dreams InDeed International - Denver, Colorado, United States
Dreams InDeed strengthens indigenous (local) social entrepreneurs in hard places - "the zones of misery," to enable the poor to thrive as God intended. A 'hard place' is characterized by sectarian conflict, persecution, corruption, human rights abuses, compromised rule of law and chronic poverty. Our work takes us all around the world but focuses mostly on the Middle East, SE Asia and Africa. Sustainable change can occur in the hardest places when four key elements come together: 1) a visionary insider (or 'Dreamer') with 2) an inspired vision or tangible expression of hope that encourages peace in their community or enables the most vulnerable to thrive 3) lives a life that demonstrates consistent and transformative values (our model is Jesus Christ) and 4) they receive the right customized support. Dreams InDeed seeks out and teams up with "Dreamers" in the hardest places and then provides the specific support they need to enable their vision (Dream) to come to life. Our vision for the work we do is "A Light in Every Hard Place in this Generation".