Zoe is a holistic christian ministry focusing on empowering orphans and vulnerable children to be able to provide for themselves. Zoe 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 their well-being and overcome poverty.

International , International Relief

Rwanda three year empowerment program - children from rwanda start the program in desperate poverty 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 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 10,122 children, with approximately 3,618 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. kenya three year empowerment program - children from kenya start the program in desperate poverty 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 three years continue to be helped by other children in their group, but are no longer helped with zoe funds. Kenya's empowerment program served 10,964 children, with approximately 3,480 graduating from the program. The program had one program director and 14 social workers. The kenya government recognized zoe as one of the 7 best practices of non-governmental organizations. zimbabwe three year empowerment program - children from zimbabwe start the program in desperate poverty 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 three years continue to be helped by other children in their group, but are no longer helped with zoe funds. Zimbabwe's empowerment program served 6,323 children, with approximately 1,480 graduating from the program. The program had one program director and 6 social workers. malawi, liberia, guatemala, and india three year empowerment programs - children from malawi, liberia, guatemala, and india start the program in desperate poverty 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 three years continue to be helped by other children in their group, but are no longer helped with zoe funds. Malawi's empowerment program served 4,463 children, with approximately 756 graduating from the program. The program had one program director and 5 social workers. The program just began in 2013 with solid community and government support. Liberia's empowerment program served 2,541 children, with approximately 420 graduating from the program. The program had 6 staff. Guatemala's empowerment program served 1,453 children, with approximately 535 graduating from the program. The program had 6 staff. India's empowerment program served 2,570 children, with approximately 702 graduating from the program. The program had 6 staff.