Beginning in the early 1990s, Local Initiatives for Education (L.I.F.E.) helped train community health workers in refugee camps in East Africa. Since then, we have worked to help children, families, and communities reach their full potential across the Horn of Africa.

Our Mission

Local Initiatives for Education (L.I.F.E.) is dedicated to providing clean drinking water, food, agricultural support, educational resources, and medical care in Africa. As a relief and development organization, we are commmitted to helping children, their families, and communities reach their full potential. We seek to work in partnership with community leaders and families to accomplish these goals. Our work extends assistance to all people regardless of their religious beliefs, gender, race or ethnic background.

Our Purpose

Our mission is to catalyze community transformation through changed lives enabling people to invest in their future and to move forward with hope.

Our purpose is to be a change agent by assisting people in their area of need, helping to amelio- rate their situation and thus facilitating transformed lives.

Our vision is to see life changing movements that promote self-reliance, dignity and empower people and communities to reach their full potential in culturally relevant ways.