Faces for Hope

Jack and Holly Stagge felt called to the mission field prior to 2007. But it was Gods divine direction, the overwhelming needs they saw in Tanzania and the relationships formed there that led them to know Tanzania would be Home. Jack sold his thriving Physical Therapy Practice and Holly left the closeness of family and friends to co-found Faces for... Hope in 2008. They now run the organization from the States, as the Tanzanians run FFH on the ground. Jack and Holly live in Washington today and continue to make biannual visits to Tanzania. As a YWAM volunteer, Lea led a team to Tanzania. She fell in love with the Maasai girls, and how Faces for Hope was helping them. She joined the team of Faces for Hope in 2015, and became a resident of Tanzania. She has been an amazing leader and has been instrumental in training up Tanzanian leaders to run Faces for Hope. She loves these girls as if they were her little sisters, and has committed her life to help them find hope outside of becoming a child bride. Elizabeth is one of our first Faces for Hope graduates. A Maasai Native, she was being forced into marriage to an older man when we met her. She was sent to college and received her teaching degree and taught school for several years. She also went to Discipleship Training School with YWAM. Along with teaching school, she helped find primary girls who were hidden from our reach and came alongside our high school students. Now, she is on the board in Tanzania, and works full-time with Faces for Hope, running camps, and the program and much more. Ndeenga is Maasai girl, who was sent to school through an organization. She attended high school in the states, and then went onto college. She then went to Discipleship training school, and joined YWAM as a volunteer. She continues to be in YWAM, but has also come alongside Faces for Hope in Tanzania to become an advocate for girls. She helps disciple, encourage, and love on them, as she knows well what their life is like. Along with being on the FFH Board, she also takes care ...Read More