2021 Impact Report by Kurumbuka Leadership Solutions

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2021

MissionMissionMission Use a Christ-centred approach to develop, connect, and equip emerging and executive leaders who have the passion and vision to transform their institutions, organizations, and communities across Africa. MISSION

Mission 3 5 6 10 11 12 16 20 24 28 32 38 40 42 43 44 Message from the Executive Director Why Leadership? Our Leadership Programs Kurumbuka in Numbers Impact EmpoweringTestimonialsModelLeaders: Irving Ruragahiye Connecting Influencers: Flavia Nakajjugo Multiplying Solutions: Rachel Mahuku Realizing Dreams: Alain Munyaburanga Feature Story: Alpha Akariza TheFinancesLeadership Hub Thank You What’s Next? Get Involved Contents

“Leadership is like crossing a raging river.”

Richard ExecutiveTaylorDirector

Leadership is like crossing a raging river. Not just any river. A big African river like the Nile, Congo, Zambezi, or Niger. I recently took a boat ride with the Kurumbuka team at the source of the Nile River in Jinja, Uganda. It’s beautiful, wide, and powerful. It’s also difficult and dangerous to cross.

This Report is ultimately a story of God’s faithfulness to a mission birthed in the middle of a global pandemic. My hope is that reading this will help you become more passionate about investing in local leaders as you recognize they are addressing challenges you care deeply about. I hope it will help you understand our commitment to multiplication through leader development and how you can contribute. Together we can cross the raging river.

To get a picture at the official source of the Nile we had to take a rickety boat and disembark on a dilapidated wooden platform in the middle of the rushing waters. I was glad we had a boat driver who was able to navigate the river and keep us away from the rapids.

MESSAGE FROM THE Executive Director

Flavia from Uganda, a gifted educator who now trains teachers to be grounded in their faith and deliver a quality education. Or Alpha from Rwanda, who started one of the top primary schools in her country. Leaders like Alain, Irving, Flavia, and Alpha serve with a profound faith, an abundant mentality, a servant heart, and a commitment to find locally relevant and sustainable solutions to the challenges they face. As a result, with God’s help, they advance the gospel, address poverty, care for vulnerable people, and promote peace and reconciliation. As they follow God’s call on their lives, these local leaders need encouragement, tools, and a community of like-minded leaders. Our commitment at Kurumbuka is to develop and empower them, connect them with like-minded leaders, and help them multiply their impact in greater ways. Our job is to help them build a better boat or a sturdier bridge using local resources so they can cross the Nile with confidence.

The local leaders we serve in East and Central Africa navigate challenges that feel like crossing the Nile on a regular basis. Sometimes it feels like they are trying to lead from a deteriorating wooden platform while facing the prospect of hippos, snakes, and crocodiles. Especially in the midst of COVID-19. They have lost loved ones, dealt with financial challenges and economic hardships, and millions of their fellow citizens have been pushed back into Thepoverty.quality of their leadership has an outsized impact on their communities. They are pastors who deepen the faith of their congregations. They are entrepreneurs who solve problems and create jobs. They are educators who bring quality education to underserved girls and boys. They are health workers who give life-saving care to the sick. They are community organizers who stand up for the disenfranchised and the vulnerable. They are Alain from Rwanda, who started a ship building business that employs 150+ people in an impoverished rural area. Or Irving from Burundi, whose role as a DJ and youth leader has impacted thousands of young people. They are

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Africa’s potential is limitless. But, today, millions are living in poverty. Violence is shattering families. Corruption is stunting growth. Outside agencies, working to make a difference, are perpetuating dependency. The current system is broken. At Kurumbuka we see a new way forward where local leaders, equipped to lead like Jesus, actualize Africa’s greatest opportunities. Because real change – effective change – comes from within. our

Why Leadership?

PROGRAMSLEADERSHIPOUR

We equip today’s leaders to make an immediate impact while

continuetomorrow’sempoweringleaderstothemultiplicationmovementacrossAfrica.

Kurumbuka Leadership Summits: An event that brings together leaders from around the continent to learn, share, and connect with like-minded influencers.

Program:Training ProgramsSupplementary

Alumni Chapters: Groups of ALI alumni meet regularly to continue sharing resources and engaging in community service initiatives.

Multiplication: Each Executive Leader mentors at least 10 other leaders, including Emerging Leaders.

Leaders across sub-Saharan Africa are navigating isolation, dependency, fatalism, and the temptation to hoard power. The legacy of authoritarian leadership prevents today’s leaders, including Christians, from leading like ThroughJesus. our programs for executive leaders, we walk alongside 25-60 year-olds working as social entrepreneurs, business leaders, educators, politicians, engineers, pastors, ministry leaders, economists, and musicians. By equipping them to serve and empower their communities, these leaders overcome overwhelming challenges to multiply impact and realize their God-given visions for transformation.

EXECUTIVE LEADERS PROGRAMS

Abundant Leadership Institute: A one-year advanced leadership certification program for Africa’s most promising Christian leaders.

60% of sub-Saharan Africa’s population is under the age of 25. These young people possess incredible potential, tremendous energy, and innovative ideas. Unfortunately, limited opportunities are stifling Africa’s youth and failing to prepare them for leadership.

Through our programs for emerging leaders, we will develop and empower 16-21 year-olds to live fully and freely as followers of Jesus Christ. This is accomplished by knowing self, others, and God, and by growing in discipleship, leadership, citizenship, and stewardship. The young leaders we support will be able to identify their calling and start a journey towards transforming their communities and nations.

Training Program: Supplementary Programs

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Vision Conferences: Week-long events for hundreds of high school leaders delivered in partnership with Youth Impact Mission. Mentorship: Emerging leaders are mentored by executive leaders in their field of interest.

Trek: A three-month live and learn program at our Leadership Hub in Kigali.

Digital Resources: Digital content with adapted, simplified, and bite-sized content from our leadership curriculum is distributed to emerging leaders across the continent.

10 17 partner organizations leaders trained to date countries represented Rwanda Burundi Uganda DRC South Sudan inKurumbuka1635Numbers *As of December 31, 2021

Our Impact Model was developed as a response to the experiences and feedback of local leaders and experts from around the world. It is reinforced by our commitment to biblical truth, servant leadership, an abundant community, and asset-based community development (ABCD).

11 1. EMPOWERINGIndividualLEADERS Develop an emerging or executive leader. 2. CONNECTINGNetworkINFLUENCERS Connect the leader to a faith-based network of like-minded difference makers. 3. MULTIPLYINGCommunitySOLUTIONS Equip the leader with tools and resources that will multiply impact in community.their 4. Country & Continent REALIZING DREAMS 10,000 leaders implement transformative and sustainable solutions for their communities and the continent.

Our Impact Model

“The most impactful thing I’ve learnt is team development and I am so excited to teach my organization about it. I am so energized to develop plans on how to build teams because now I believe that your team is the most important part of your organization.”

TESTIMONIALS

“ALI came at the right time for me because I was in a new leadership position and I didn’t have the necessary experience. ALI has been so equipping and empowering for me as a leader. It has helped me change my mindset and empower my staff, making me a leader who helps strengthen others.”

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACSI UGANDA FOUNDER OF SALAMA CHILDREN’S VILLAGE Cohort 7, Uganda Cohort 5, Uganda

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“I have been captivated by the fellowship between different countries and how we have come together. Kurumbuka has created a culture of hospitality where you feel at home, loved, and able to be yourself. This is something that I want to take with me as a leader. I want to be this warm to the people I lead so that they have confidence and trust that I want to really be with them.”

13 Godfrey Agele Sharon Mbabazi PROGRAM COORDINATOR FOR SAYE COMPANY HEAD TEACHER AT VICTORIOUS EDUCATION SERVICES Cohort 4, Uganda Cohort 6, Rwanda

“My highlight in ALI was the ABCD module, it was really eye-opening for me. It changed how I work with others because I began believing that everyone has something to contribute. It taught me how to respect and appreciate the efforts of others, even if they are small.”

TESTIMONIALS

Impact Stories

“At ALI I learned about being a servant leader. We learned many things, but that was the most important thing I took away from ALI. Whatever situation you are in, you are not in that situation to be the boss. You are there to serve.” 27)

ALAIN MUNYABURANGA (P.

Irving Ruragahiye

DJ | RADIO HOST | EVENT ORGANIZER | YOUTH WORKER 5Cohort | Burundi

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In 2015, as violence swept through Burundi, Irving spent every Saturday broadcasting worship music at a radio station in Bujumbura. The station was located in one of the most dangerous areas of the city, but the personal risk was worth it for Irving. His heart was on fire to transform Burundi for Jesus. Just five years earlier, Jesus was not part of Irving’s life. He was living to pursue fame and he was gaining recognition as one of Burundi’s most promising DJs. Then his dad got sick, and as his world began to crumble, God reached out and captivated his heart. Irving’s life changed but his talents only continued to grow, and he began using them to grow God’s Kingdom.

Irving started his first radio program, preached in the streets, and helped launch Burundi’s biggest worship festival to promote unity in a conflict zone. By using his music and media skills, Irving’s influence was increasing, and hundreds of young people were being saved. Irving knew that he needed to be equipped to steward his influence well, so he began to study theology and he applied to join the Abundant Leadership Institute. When Irving joined ALI in 2020, he was one of the youngest students to ever participate in the program. By faithfully using his Godgiven abilities, Irving had already begun making a remarkable impact, but through ALI, he was being invested as a leader.

“As a young man, ALI was lifechanging. I was empowered and I learned how to invest in others and theirtothemempower—howbethereforleadershipjourneys.”

Kurumbuka Leadership Solutions exists to empower leaders like Irving. He is an inspirational example of how leaders can use their unique skills to not only spread God’s love, but to shape culture and invest in others. He knows he can’t move forward alone, so each day he prays, “God, you have to go with me or else I’m not going anywhere.” Reflecting on his time at ALI, Irving says:

Irving continues to develop new ways to reach thousands of young people. He started a second radio program, launched an organization to train other Christian artists, and he is highly invested in his church’s youth programs. However, now he approaches these programs with the goal of empowering others to spread a culture of transformation.

Learning about abundant leadership was transformational, but the turning point for Irving happened during the Empowering Leadership module. During this module, Irving learned how to multiply impact by empowering others as a servant leader. He combined this lesson with what he learned during the Strategic Planning module to develop innovative mentorship programs. Music gave him a platform, but ALI empowered him to spark a movement.

20 Flavia Nakajjugo TEACHER TRAINER | ENTREPRENEUR 4Cohort | Uganda

The first day Flavia stood at the front of a classroom she knew she was where she belonged. She was meant to be an educator. Growing up in Uganda, a country burdened by corruption, inequality, and poor leadership, Flavia felt a deep need for better leadership at every level in her country — especially in Flaviaeducation.completed her degree in education (with a specialization in Biology and Chemistry) before she started teaching for Watoto Education, a Christian organization whose primary focus is educating vulnerable children. After being promoted to principal, she wanted to learn more about nontraditional approaches to education. In 2019, Flavia was awarded the Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching Program Scholarship and spent five months abroad observing education. When she returned to Kampala, she desired to transform her school by changing educational pedagogy, student discipline, and teacher motivation. While serving as the head of Post Primary and Tertiary Education with Watoto Education, she was seeing her impact grow. However, her dream was to transform school leadership across the entire region, she just wasn’t sure how. Seeking out more training, she joined the Abundant Leadership Institute. At ALI, Flavia found a network of like-minded influencers pursuing common objectives across the continent. She met other teachers and school founders who shared her heart for education. Through these new relationships, she was able to learn more about why teacher motivation was so low and how she could make a difference on a larger scale. After completing the module on Strategic Planning, Flavia was able to apply her new knowledge in a bold new strategy for teacher training. Part of her strategy included working with her ALI colleagues to support educators throughout the region. She was also able to reach out to different partners like Teaching Training Together, a global organization training teachers across Africa. Today, Flavia has worked with over 500 educators in Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi training them on pedagogy and school leadership; important components lacking in African schools today. Her work also

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at ALI ended, she was inspired by 2 Timothy 2:2, “And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.” This verse captures Flavia’s calling, and after completing ALI, she knows that she is pursuing this calling alongside a network of like-minded influencers spread across the region. Flavia shared: “We, [Cohort 4], are these faithful [men and women]; we are not keeping these things we have learned to ourselves, but we are going back home and entrusting them to others. We are hoping that these others will pass them on as well. This practice, in essence, is abundant leadership. We would like to promise you that East Africa and Africa as a whole will be a better place because of what has been placed inside us through the Abundant Leadership Institute.”

includes collaborating with other ALI Alumni to train teachers at Kampala’s School for the Physically Handicapped and creating video content to share with educators around the time at ALI rekindled her motivation to transform teaching pedagogy in the classroom. She knows that by equipping teachers to lead more effectively, children’s lives will be changed and entire countries will be Whentransformed.Flavia’stime

Rachel Mahuku WELLSPRING SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER | ALI FACILITATOR 2Cohort | Rwanda 24

In 1994, approximately 1 million Rwandans were murdered in 100 days. The Genocide Against the Tutsi wasn’t a spontaneous tragedy – it was manufactured, in part, by the colonial education system. With a passion for education, Rachel Mahuku returned to Rwanda. Her plan: empower a new generation of Rwandan educators.

ABCD was transformational for Rachel be cause it changed the way she saw people and how she approached working in low-resource communities. Rachel says, “ABCD is relational, it’s about the community telling their stories and realizing what they have when they come together: their individual assets [and] those of the community. [By] connecting them, they can build a better community.” Ultimately, ABCD provided a framework that aligned with the historical practices of African communities. ABCD spe cifically connected with Rwanda’s traditional self-reliance philosophy.

Equipped with her knowledge of ABCD, Rachel began to multiply her impact. She helped families and schools create a shared vision and use the gifts of everyone to accomplish that vision. By adopting a mindset of abundance, Rachel began to see real transformation where she worked. After experiencing the tangible impact of one ALI module, Rachel decided to complete the full program. During her time at ALI, Rachel learned and taught others how to lead like Jesus; she fully embraced servant

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Rachel began teaching future teachers in the Kigali Institute of Education as an assistant lecturer before joining the Wellspring Foun dation for Education in 2012 as a program manager. Shortly after beginning her new role, Rachel was invited to attend a module on Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) hosted by Wellspring and the Abun dant Leadership Institute (ALI).

In contrast, Rachel says, “we need to see that we are the ones to bring our own development.” By working with Wellspring and serving as an ALI facilitator, she is helping bring this vision to life. Rachel shares: “We are capable and can develop our communities with the little that we have. If everyone brings the little they have and comes together, it becomes something big. People used to ask for handouts, but now they have Godsustainable.becomehassaidthisis the fruit of our hands, all of us together.” 26

leadership; she started to invite collaboration among her team; and she improved as a mentor and spiritual director. By building on her knowledge of ABCD, Rachel was able to better accomplish her mission: develop Christ-like leaders among teachers, parents, and Rachelchildren.was invited to facilitate the ABCD course for her classmates. She not only provided in-depth knowledge of ABCD principles, but she offered real-life examples of how to practice ABCD in East African communities. Her classmates shared that it was one of the most influential elements of their entire ALI experience. Rachel still serves as the ABCD facilitator for ALI, empowering other African leaders to engage their communities in the process of community development. Rachel uses the miracle of Jesus feeding the 4,000 in John 6:1-15 as an example of the potential of ABCD. Through compassion for a community, Jesus invites the crowd to contribute what they have and multiplies it to feed the whole community. She believes that as leaders and followers of Christ, we are invited into this same work of community engagement and multiplication. ABCD offers a radical mindset shift to African leaders. Colonialism established a needs-based, scarcity mindset that caused communities to believe that solutions only come from outside the continent. This idea has been entrenched by a broken aid system.

Alain Munyaburanga MANAGING DIRECTOR OF AFRINEST ENGINEERING LTD. 2Cohort | Rwanda 28

Alain Munyaburanga’s parents fled Karongi, Rwanda in 1959. 35 years later, 97% of Karongi’s Tutsi population was murdered during the Genocide Against the Tutsi. The persecution that Alain’s parents fled followed them to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a child, Alain was ridiculed by his neighbours, classmates, and teachers because he was considered a Rwandan refugee. Oppression hardened Alain’s resolve while softening his heart for others. After earning his degree in Electrical Engineering in 2000, Alain worked in Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, and South Africa before moving to his mother country, Rwanda, in 2006. Alain joined the Abundant Leadership Institute while leading a school for girls. The lessons Alain learned paid immediate dividends, but what he didn’t realize was that ALI was equipping him for a new, unexpected, leadership role.

DREAMSREALIZING

In 2018, Alain worked with partners to launch Afrinest Engineering Ltd., a company specializing in designing, building, repairing, and operating ships. Its new factory – one of the largest buildings in Rwanda’s entire Western Province – is located a few hundred metres away from where Alain’s mother grew up in Karongi. The same place his parents fled from. Alain was drawn back to Karongi by the opportunity to find local solutions for multiple marine-related challenges in the Great Lakes region. Before Afrinest, all ships were imported and then never maintained –some boats hadn’t been repaired in over 50 years. Furthermore, all experts (e.g., captains, engineers, electricians) who worked on the lakes came from abroad. The pre-existing system perpetuated dependency but ALI equipped Alain to see another way. At ALI, Alain learned that “you can get out of any situation by recognizing and utilizing the assets around you.”

The greatest asset Alain identified was an available workforce in Karongi. To build the factory, Afrinest Engineering Ltd. hired over 150 employees from the area, making it the largest employer in the region. By using what he learned at ALI, Alain is not just employing local staff, he’s empowering them. When Alain needs to bring in external experts, he pairs them with 2 to 3 local staff members to 29

be trained. He is quickly preparing to open a maritime academy in Karongi that will educate experts for the entire Great Lakes region. Even though Afrinest’s journey is just beginning, Alain is already starting to realize his dreams for Karongi, a place so closely connected to his family’s past. Before attending ALI, Alain says he had only been taught how to give orders. Now, he is a servant leader committed to blessing the region by unleashing its potential. When Afrinest reaches its near-term target of 300 employees, it won’t just represent 300 jobs and additional organizational capacity. Instead, it represents 300 individuals with dignity and increased opportunity. 300 individuals who, thanks to Alain, will be able to support their families and access healthcare, education, and proper nutrition. With his commitment to lead by serving, Alain’s impact will only continue to multiply.

Alpha Akariza FOUNDER OF DISCOVERY SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL Rwanda|1Cohort32

Alpha always knew her mother valued education, but the depth of her conviction became abundantly clear when she sold her house to cover her childrens’ tuition costs. As a stateless, single mother of four, she did whatever was necessary to help her children Growingthrive. up, Alpha was committed to justifying her mother’s sacrifices. After being raised in Kenya and Uganda, Alpha completed her undergraduate degree in South Africa before moving to the UK for her master’s degree. Her mother had paved the way for Alpha to dream, and Alpha dreamt of living a life of impact. She just wasn’t sure how. Shortly after completing her education, Alpha moved to Rwanda. Her grandparents had fled 49 years earlier, but after settling in her mother country, Alpha felt like she finally had a place she could call home. Alpha earned challenging and rewarding job opportunities with Edify International and the World Bank where she provided business advisory services for school founders and entrepreneurs. As her global outlook expanded, her understanding of where she came from deepened. She hoped that her work was making an impact in Rwandan communities that went beyond data collection and multi-page reports. In 2011, Alpha got married and started a family. While her own family grew, she was committed to helping Rwanda rebuild. She was a working mom, advancing in her career, and invested in her church. Everything changed during a lunch meeting in January 2015. Alpha was connecting with a friend who asked, “what do you want to do with your life?”

It wasn’t a new question, but at that moment, Alpha had unexpected clarity: start an elite, holistic, and transformational primary school in the heart of Kigali. Education had played a critical role in her life but as she prepared to send her young sons to school, the quality of local education was 33

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Investors supported Alpha’s vision and she acquired land to construct a new facility. Discovery was becoming real, but Alpha didn’t know if she was ready. She says, “I never thought that I’d start a school. I always felt really sorry for people who started schools because they juggled so many pressing challenges. I worked with plenty of courageous edu-preneurs and I didn’t consider myself quite the entrepreneur.” In that season of uncertainty, Alpha joined the Abundant Leadership Institute. As a member of ALI’s first cohort, Alpha says, “the Abundant Leadership Institute was so empowering for me because it…demystified what it meant to run a school.” She got to hear her classmates, including veteran school leaders, share their experiences every day. These relationships extended beyond the classroom. As Alpha continued to move Discovery forward, she would call fellow ALI students like Fred Buyinza, Stephen Rudakemwa, and Beatrice Bamurange. They would provide practical information and encourage Alpha in her journey.

Alpha’s ALI experience directly informed Dis covery’s identity and values. Alpha says, “our values were all ideas that I learned at the Abundant Leadership Institute.”

no longer an abstract challenge – it was an urgent need. She began to share her mom’s conviction –the same conviction that led her to sell her house to cover tuition fees. But, thanks to her mom’s sacrifices, Alpha was in a position to pursue more ambitious goals: “When I was a child, my mom was just hoping that I would have a few basics and go to a good school. Now I’m hoping that my children can be the best that God made them to be.” Alpha wanted her sons to be equipped to succeed anywhere in the world, whether it’s Kigali, London, Seoul, or the Silicon Valley. She wanted a world-class educational experience that went beyond basic literacy and prepared her sons for Christ-centred impact. This fledgling vision energized Alpha, and after that lunch meeting, she created the first draft of a business plan for a new school in Kigali: Discovery International School.

The first element of ALI that Alpha carried into Discovery was the importance of relation ships. Alpha says, “I learned through ALI that relationships are life-giving, and for the work that we do, you actually need that abundant life to be at work every single day… I want our team here [at Discovery] to experience the life-giving elements of community that I experienced at the Abundant Leadership Institute.” The second carryover from ALI was the importance of an abundant mindset. “From the Abundant Leadership Institute, I knew that we wanted to have an abundant mindset and to see that our staff are at the centre of…defining it, of delivering it and being accountable to keeping our promises to the children.” By defining her guiding values, Alpha established Discovery’s mission statement: empower children to become grounded and thoughtful leaders who will transform Rwanda and the world. When kids leave Discovery, Alpha’s goal is that each child has a love for learning, a passion for excellence, and strength in character. Realizing this dream will make an unquantifiable impact across the nation and beyond. By the time Discovery opened its doors to its first nine students – a few months before her ALI graduation – Alpha felt empowered to pursue her God-given vision for transformation. Today, Discovery International School offers an internationally certified education to 360 students ages 2 to 11. Each student is supported by a team of 55 educators from around the world who are experts in 21st-century pedagogy.

Alpha has had to overcome many challenges as a Christ-centered servant leader to reach these milestones. The biggest challenge began in 2020 when schools shut down across the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As Alpha prepared to transition to online learning, she was burdened by 35

I think we will see the Rwanda we dream of, the Africa we want, and the healed and transformed communities that we all pray for.

“If one-by-one, in different countries in Africa, in different communities where people are suffering, people would rise up and serve beyond themselves…

I don’t think we can afford to hope otherwise. You just have to continue to seek to do right. To continue to seek to serve.”

questions: ‘how do you increase a five-yearold’s literacy digitally?’ ‘what’s the best online platform?’ ‘how do you pivot and train staff?’ Parents were frustrated, and in the pandemic’s first few months, Discovery lost 40% of their students and lowered tuition fees. Alpha was overwhelmed, but her team displayed the abundant mentality she had initially shared with them. Together, they developed a cutting-edge online learning experience that integrated Discovery’s values. Teachers helped parents buy-in, and due to the staff’s adaptability, Discovery eventually recovered to its pre-COVID numbers. As Alpha looks to the future, her motivation to multiply impact is unwavering. She says, “I think it’s why we exist: to continue to bring life – the godly life, the abundant life – and healing into the communities that we come from.” For her, the ability to make an impact rises and falls on servant leadership: “We have to continue believing in servant leadership and nurturing it and watering it until we have seen transformation bit by bit, step by step.” It’s what her mother modeled so Alpha could go to school, and, today, it’s what Alpha is modeling while empowering Rwanda’s children to also live lives of servant leadership. She knows that if she’s successful, a much larger dream will come to fruition:

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$442,136 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS Balance of Funds: $795,022 Leadership Programs: $259,177 Capital Projects: $101,977 Administration & Fundraising: $80,982 To be used for capital purchases and leadership programs in early 2022 View our full audited QRscanningstatementsfinancialbythisCode 39

We’re creating a dynamic leadership hub in the heart of Africa. In 2021, God opened the door for us to acquire land in Kigali, Rwanda. This space will become our leadership hub for the entire continent – a space dedicated to developing and empowering African leaders to lead like Jesus. Location: Kigali, Rwanda Features: • Primary & Secondary Residences • Training Spaces • Offices • Produce Gardens • Hard Surface Sport Courts* • Low Ropes Course* Size: 5.27 Acres Assessed Value: $1,080,000 CAD Asking Price: $742,000 CAD *To be constructed on undeveloped land. The pre-existing buildings (9,778 square feet) will be utilized immediately while the undeveloped land provides incredible potential for future purpose-built facilities. HUBLEADERSHIP • Conference & Retreat Center* • Emerging Leaders Live & Learn Facility* • Prayer Gardens* • Filming Studio*

Why a leadership hub? Our LearnGoal:More:$742,000 Scan the QR Code for the most recent information on the Leadership Hub. IncreasedLeadershipLocalSustainability:Income:Ecosystem:Impact: Drop our annual program operating costs by at least 30% Develop at least 3x more leaders per year while improving the experience for each individual Centralize our programs to facilitate knowledge transfer and relationship building Reduce dependency on international donors by enabling us to generate local revenue

We are also grateful for the incredible dedication and investment of our board members: Sofia Rev.Dr.ClaudioFriesenMorelliDonPageDr.Carson Pue Rev. Dr. Mike Richardson Pasima Sule Richard Taylor Paul BrianTownsendWallis YouThank

Donors: 117 2021 was our first full year of operations. It was a year full of changed plans and challenges. It was also a year of growth and Yourmilestones.supportmade it possible for us to serve more leaders in more countries. As a team, we are so grateful. We’re just getting started, and we’re thankful that you have decided to join with us in developing and empowering African leaders.

Launch Cohorts 8 & 9 for 50 leaders in five countries, complete accreditation of the Abundant Leadership Institute through a University partnership, and continue expanding our pool of local leadership facilitators.

Solidify our core leadership team through hiring an Executive Director, an Executive Leaders Program Director, an Emerging Leaders Program Director, and marketing and communications support.

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Prepare to launch a leadership and discipleship program called Trek, reach thousands of young people through partnership with Youth Impact Mission, and develop a digital distribution strategy.

Continue to build our operation in Uganda to serve Christian leaders from Uganda, South Sudan, and Kenya through the Abundant Leadership Institute. Pilot an ABCD Centre in the Bakuli community of Kampala.

Complete the purchase of 5.3 acres of land and renovate the current facilities to accommodate training for Executive and Emerging leaders.

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