It’s the most wonderful time of the year! It’s the time of the year when the Flint team is busy wrapping up our 2023 work and compiling data for our Impact Report. But what is impact?

Every Flint program partner agrees to well-defined reporting and data collection as a part of our ongoing partnership. We gather diverse data from each partner program to 1) assess effectiveness and reach, and 2) highlight improvement opportunities for the coming year…

Flint Global’s Thriving Skills Program launched just one short year ago in April 2021. Today, we have ongoing programs in 6 locations across 4 countries: Colombia, Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras. Our recently launched Honduras program is with another Tennessee-based organization, Jóvenes en Camino…

Keep saving, improve your life.

The chant continued as members of the savings group prepared their passbooks and gathered together the money they had saved this month. The money would be secured in a lockbox until the next meeting.

Over and over they chanted, reminding each other of the power of every shilling saved. For over a year now, the group has regularly gathered together to save money, extend loans, and dream of the businesses that could transform their lives…

Julio is a 21 year-old who recently graduated from Flint’s Thriving Skills program in Honduras with Jóvenes en Camino (JEC). Despite growing up as an orphan, Julio found love and support at Jóvenes en Camino from the time he was just 5 years old…

"THERE IS NOTHING MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SOMEONE WHO GOES OUT OF THEIR WAY TO MAKE LIFE BEAUTIFUL FOR OTHERS." - MANDY HALE

This sentiment encapsulates the spirit of Flint’s work in Colombia, where relational leadership is foundational to the growth and empowerment of the youth we serve. To spend time with our program leaders is to spend time with beautiful humans, who dedicate themselves to creating opportunities for their communities. During a recent visit to Bogota and Medellin, I had the opportunity to spend time with our dedicated program leaders and the resilient young people enrolled in the Thriving Skills program. Sharing with them and witnessing their stories of triumph and transformation was a testament to the power of positive connections and the lasting impact they can have on young lives…

During our recent trip to Kenya, Flint Global and Powered By Her joined forces to create something truly remarkable! Powered By Her’s Tiffany Anton had the incredible opportunity to travel alongside Flint Global and interview four remarkable women entrepreneurs in Kenya:

One of Colombia's leading news organizations, Caracol, recently interviewed our Thriving Skills partners at Fundamor. Caracol was eager to understand how our program addresses unemployment among vulnerable youth, especially those from the child protection system. Guillermo Garrido, Fundamor's President, and Monica Gonzales, Education Director and Thriving Skills coordinator, were both interviewed…

Download Flint Global’s 2022 Impact Report.

See the impact YOU had on lives around the world in 2022. Our annual Impact Report invites you to explore Flint's operations and programs…

Learn how Flint Global grew its impact, created new partnerships, and equipped thousands in 2021. Our annual report provides donors and supporters with an overview of our programs and the impact we’ve had in each country in which we work. You’ll also find quotes and photos from our team members, partners, and program participants…

Just 25 miles southeast of the Honduran capital is El Zamorano, a small town situated in a lush valley with watermelon farms and mango trees where 11 Thriving Skills students at Jóvenes en Camino call home. Jóvenes en Camino (JEC) is a Christ-centered child protection home that has cared for orphaned and abandoned boys since 2004. As a residential care home, JEC has a full-time staff of highly skilled caretakers and professionals to provide holistic support for the physical, mental, emotional, educational, and spiritual needs of the children under their care…

The nighttime lights rushed up to greet us as the plane touched down in Dar es Salaam. After 7 years away, I was returning to Tanzania, a country I once called home. As I stepped from the plane, a strange peace washed over me. I made my way to immigration and put my long-unused Swahili through its paces. The language came to me slowly at first, but soon it returned with fluid familiarity. Some things really are just like riding a bike…

Movement is definable in many ways. There is physical movement between places or states of being, psychological movement from one way of thinking to another, and collective movement where a multitude comes together in an act of change. Some movements are barely discernible shifts. Others are difficult to miss and impossible to forget…

Flint’s new Thriving Skills program equips young people around the world to learn the necessary skills to live on their own and to connect them with jobs so they can support themselves. Our partner organization in Cali, Colombia, Fundación Dar Amor (“Fundamor”) and supporters like you were vital to making the program possible.

This year’s pilot program welcomes sixteen talented and dedicated young adults, ranging from 18-28 years old, who grew up in orphanages or foster care homes close to the city of Cali. This year’s program invited young people like…

In response to growing program demand and travel restrictions imposed by Covid-19, Flint recently launched our Sustainable Agriculture Course in Tanzania and Uganda. The course is an online option (accessible by mobile and computer) for our partners to quickly and remotely gain training and mentorship in sustainable agriculture through video content, worksheets, activities, and direct digital interaction with our team. By expanding our work to include these digital programs, we can reduce program costs while increasing the number of partners we equip…

The following story was written by Flint’s Director of Innovation, Caleb Meeks, and is a reflection on the new program’s developing impact.

Get a detailed overview of our 2020 programs and impact (and a look at what’s coming in 2021) with our downloadable 2020 Impact Report. Learn more about how your support directly impacts lives across the world…