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Hope for the Fields
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Hope for the Fields is a team of Americans who go, because Jesus said the harvest is ready. We bring clean water, food, school support, Swahili Bibles and discipleship to villages in our district, Tanzania, alongside the local churches that host us. We share the good news openly, and because we follow Jesus we welcome everyone. Your gift, your prayers and your presence are how the work gets done.

Become a Monthly Partner How your gift reaches Tanzania
Clean waterCommittees, tariffs, repairs
Families & childrenFamily first, never dormitories
Savings groupsMembers' own capital
Church & leadersDisciples made, leaders trained
A US 501(c)(3). Every dollar tracked.Gifts go to Hope for the Fields, Inc., whose independent board approves every project budget before we go and reviews the receipts when we return.
Hands-on, in person.Our team travels to Tanzania to do the work ourselves, alongside the local pastors and village leaders who invite us and know their communities.
Everyone is served.Help is never conditional on faith. Discipleship is an open invitation, never a requirement.
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Choose what your gift does

Secure · tax-deductible in the US

Example amounts and outcomes for layout. Replace with figures from the ministry's own receipts before launch.

Pamoja Partners · monthly giving

Steady help is the kind that lasts.

A monthly gift keeps a water point flowing all year, a child in school for the whole term, and a lay pastor teaching every week. Pamoja means together, and that is what this is: you and the village, month after month. You get a field update every month with one name, one photo, one prayer request and one number.

See the Pamoja tiers

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”Matthew 28:19-20, NIV

What your gifts have done

Numbers we publish with dates and baselines, including one about how we are governed, so you can see the good your giving does. Sample values shown.

Accountability page
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Water points working

94%

of 38 points, checked Aug 2026

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Villages served

12

across 3 districts, 4 trips a year

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Families kept together

260

children at home, not in institutions, 2025

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Partner churches

41

across four denominations

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Spent on programs

82%

audited FY2025; overhead named honestly

A Tanzanian woman in a blue kitenge dress smiles as she hands out supplies; the children in front of her are seen from behind
Name, partner-church volunteer, on distribution day in Village. Month, year. Photo: Hope for the Fields, with permission.
Sample story for layout · real photo

Distribution day in Village.

“Her words, in her own words, once she has approved them.”

On distribution day our team and the church volunteers hand out supplies side by side. The village list decides who receives, the church keeps the ledger, and the receipts come home with us.

Read the story How we tell stories

Where we work

One country, known well. Tanzania is home to about 67 million people, two-thirds of them under 25. We work in three districts of one region.

Tanzania page
Place photoThe landscape of this district, no people needed
District one

District name

Water committees, two partner churches, savings groups in six villages.

Place photoMarket day, the road in, the church roof
District two

District name

Family-strengthening work with the district social welfare office.

Place photoThe training center, a class in session
District three

District name

Lay-leader training for four denominations.

Where your money goes

One team. One budget per project. One published trail.

Your gift is received by Hope for the Fields, Inc. (US 501(c)(3), EIN 00-0000000). Our board approves every project budget before the team travels. Receipts and photos come home with every trip and are posted here, and our accounts are reviewed each year by an independent CPA.

How your gift reaches TanzaniaFinancials & documents
Programs 82%Fundraising 10%Administration 8%sample · audited FY2025
Candid SealProfile claimed · seal pending
ECFAAccreditation in application
Form 990Posted each year on the financials page

Four ways to walk with us

Giving is one of them. Prayer, a mission trip and a church partnership are the others.

Pray

Become a Prayer Partner. Requests from our team in the field, once a month.

 Go

Come with us. Serve alongside our team in Tanzania. Published cost, published standards.

 Partner your church

A named village, an annual report your missions committee can use, a team to send.

 Volunteer

From your desk: bookkeeping, grant writing, trip logistics, photo editing.
Monthly field update

One name. One photo. One prayer. One number.

Written by our team, once a month. No stock photos, no guilt, no daily email.

We never sell, rent or trade your details. Donor privacy policy.

Our work · integral mission

Whole people, whole communities, whole gospel.

We hold help and hope together: clean water and living faith, school costs and Scripture, savings groups and Sunday worship. Neither is a condition of the other, and every one of them is something your gift can start. Most of what we do is long-term development with communities. Some of it is relief when a drought or flood hits, and we say which is which.

Relief

Stopping the bleeding in a crisis, when people cannot help themselves yet. Short, time-limited, and rare in our work.

Rehabilitation

Restoring what a crisis broke, working with people rather than for them.

Development

Walking with communities as they steward their own lives and plans. Slow, relational, and where most of our work sits.

“All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. … And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”Acts 2:44-45, 47, NIV

Clean water & sanitationDevelopment

Water points that are still working next year.

The need in Tanzania

Only 37% of rural Tanzanians had at least basic drinking water in 2015, and about 40% of rural water schemes are persistently out of order. The problem is not only drilling. It is who fixes the pump in year three.

What we do together

Each village elects a water committee. The committee sets a tariff, keeps the money in its own account, and trains two caretakers. We supply the pump or tank, the training and a seed fund for spare parts. The district water engineer inspects twice a year, and we publish which points are working.

What the community brings

The land, the stones, the sand, three weeks of labor, the committee and the tariff.

Fund water work Water stories
Program photo · consentedA caretaker at the pump with tools in hand, or the committee treasurer with the ledger. Named, dated.

What we publish

  • Water points built and share currently working, with the date checked
  • Committee account balances and repairs completed this year
  • People with basic water access, baseline versus today
Program photo · consentedA grandmother and a teacher at the school gate, eye level. No child's face, no uniform crest, no school sign.

What we publish

  • Children supported to stay in their own families, by district
  • Reunifications from institutions, with follow-up at 6 and 12 months
  • School retention of supported children, year on year
Families & childrenDevelopment

Children belong in families. So we strengthen families.

The need in Tanzania

In the 2022 census, about one Tanzanian child in ten had lost a parent, but only 3.4% had lost both, and nine in ten have both parents living. Poverty, not death, is what pulls children out of their homes and into institutions.

What we do together

We help children stay with their parents, grandparents or aunts: school costs, kinship-care support, parenting groups hosted by partner churches, and, where a child has already been placed in an institution, a careful return home with the district social welfare office. We do not run or fund dormitories. Every volunteer and visitor works under our safeguarding policy.

“God sets the lonely in families.”Psalm 68:6, NIV

Keep a child at home Safeguarding policy
Savings groups & livelihoodsDevelopment

Their capital. Their rules. Their plans.

The need in Tanzania

Fifty-nine percent of Tanzanian families cannot afford a nutritious diet, and seven in ten depend on farming (WFP). Most have no bank within reach and no safe place to save.

What we do together

Partner churches host savings groups of 15 to 25 neighbors. Members save weekly into a locked box, lend to one another at rates they set, and share the profit at year end. We train the group in bookkeeping, small business and farming, and walk with it for three years. Our money trains. Their money invests: school fees, seed, goats, shop stock.

What the community brings

All of the capital, the meeting place, the officers and the discipline to show up every week.

Launch a savings group Group stories
Program photo · consentedThe group treasurer with the cash box and ledger, members in the circle behind. Named, dated.

What we publish

  • Groups and members, and savings mobilized from members' own money
  • Loan repayment rate and groups still meeting after three years
  • What members bought: school fees, seed, livestock, stock
Program photo · consentedA lay pastor teaching a class under a tree, Bible open, students visible and engaged. Named, dated.

What we publish

  • Leaders trained, and how many are still serving a congregation 12 months later
  • Partner churches by denomination and district
  • Swahili Bibles and study sets placed, with the receiving congregation
Church & leader trainingDiscipleship

Leaders for a church growing faster than it can train them.

The need in Tanzania

Tanzania's churches are growing faster than their leaders can be trained. The Lutheran church counts roughly one ordained pastor for every 5,800 members, and the Catholic Church has 4,825 mission stations without a resident priest. Most congregations are led week to week by lay leaders who have never had formal training.

What we do together

We train lay pastors and evangelists from four denominations in Bible teaching, discipleship, marriage and family, and honest church finances. Each leader receives a Swahili Bible and study set and joins a discipleship group that keeps meeting after the course ends. Our team teaches together with the local pastors who host the classes. Anyone in the community may come and hear; no one has to.

“If you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”John 8:31-32, NIV

Train a leader Partner your church
When crises hitRelief

Short, honest, and over when it should be.

When rains fail or floods come, partner churches become distribution points for maize flour, beans and oil for the households the village itself identifies. We publish how many households, what it cost per household, and the date we stopped. Then we go back to the slow work.

What we publish

  • Households reached and cost per household
  • Start and end dates of every distribution
  • What development work followed
Give to the relief fund

How we work, in three sentences

We start with what is already there.

Land, labor, leaders, a church, a savings habit. Every project names what the community brings before it names what we bring.

We go ourselves.

Our team is American and does the work in person, several trips a year, with the pastors and village leaders who invite us. Decisions about what happens in a village are made with the village, not for it.

Everyone is served.

Christian, Muslim, or neither. Help is never conditional on faith. We share the good news of Jesus openly and leave the response free.

Where we work · Tanzania

One country, known well.

We work in three districts of one region on the Tanzanian mainland. Depth over breadth: we would rather know every village leader by name than spread ourselves thin across a continent.

Drag to move within Tanzania · scroll or pinch to zoom · tap a pin to open its gallery

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”Acts 1:8, NIV

For us, Tanzania is the ends of the earth in that verse: far from home, and exactly where Jesus sends witnesses. For the churches that host us, it is Jerusalem. Both are in the verse.

Our districts

Each district has a named local church partner, our team contact, and the work under way. Sample entries for layout.

Place photoLandscape, road in, market day
Region

District one

Local partnerPastor name, Church
Partner churches14
WorkWater committees in 6 villages, 9 savings groups
VillagesNames
Place photoThe district town, the church roof
Region

District two

Local partnerPastor name, Church
Partner churches11
WorkFamily strengthening with the district social welfare office
VillagesNames
Place photoThe training center, a class in session
Region

District three

Local partnerPastor name, Church
Partner churches16
WorkLay-leader training for four denominations
VillagesNames
Tanzania in numbers

Context, with dates and sources

Ranges where sources disagree. Full source list on request.

Updated Sept 2026
People61.7 million (2022 census); about 67.5 million today. Two-thirds under 25.National Bureau of Statistics; UN estimates
Capital · largest cityDodoma · Dar es Salaam. 31 regions.
LanguagesKiswahili national; English official. More than 100 languages spoken.
FaithChristians roughly 55 to 65%; Muslims 30 to 37%. Zanzibar about 99% Muslim. 93% say religion is very important in their lives.Surveys 2010 to 2025; Pew 2010. The census has not asked about religion since 1967.
ChurchesCatholics 19.2 million (30%); Lutherans 7.9 to 8.5 million, the world's second-largest Lutheran church; Anglicans 2 to 3.3 million.Vatican statistics 2023; Lutheran World Federation 2023
Income48% live below $3.00 a day; 59% of families cannot afford a nutritious diet; 7 in 10 depend on farming.World Bank 2025; WFP
Water50% with basic drinking water; 79% in towns, 37% in the countryside. 40% of rural schemes out of order.WHO/UNICEF 2015; national data
SchoolHalf of lower-secondary-age children are out of school; 85% of upper-secondary age. Only 8.9% finish upper secondary.UNESCO 2024; 2022
Health30% of under-fives stunted; 43 of every 1,000 children die before age five; 81% of births in a facility.Demographic and Health Survey 2022
Children1 in 10 has lost a parent; only 3.4% have lost both. No official count of children in institutions exists.2022 census
Stories · field updates

Told the way we would want our own story told.

One person per story, in their own words, with a photo they approved and a date. Children's names are changed and their faces are not shown. Nothing is staged, cropped or darkened to look poorer than it is.

Consented photoAt the pump house, eye level
Water

Name keeps the book

“The pump is ours, so we fix it ourselves.” A treasurer, a ledger, and a tariff everyone can read.

Aug 2026 · District · 5 min
Consented photoA grandmother at her table; no child's face
Families

A grandmother's kitchen table

Name is raising three grandchildren at home. School costs, a parenting group, and a social worker who visits.

Jul 2026 · District · 4 min
Consented photoThe circle, the box, the ledger
Savings groups

Twenty-two women and a cash box

Year one of a savings group: what they saved, what they lent, what they bought, and the rule they wrote for latecomers.

Jun 2026 · District · 6 min
Consented photoTeaching under the tree, Bible open
Church & leaders

Name, lay pastor, District

Two congregations, one Bible class a week, and a bicycle. What a year of training changed in his preaching.

May 2026 · District · 5 min
Consented photoMaize sacks and the distribution ledger, not a queue of faces
Relief

When the rains failed

Six weeks of distributions through four churches, 380 households, $31 per household, and the date we stopped.

Mar 2026 · District · 4 min
No photo neededPrayer requests come as text from the team
Prayer

This month's prayer requests

Five requests from our team in the field, one per district, plus one answered prayer from last month.

Sept 2026 · all districts · 2 min
How we tell stories

We ask before we photograph, show people how the picture will be used, and delete any image they decline. Adults are named with their permission; children are given a different name and are never shown with a full face, a school crest or a place sign. Every caption says who, where and when. We do not merge people into composites, and we retire photos of children after three years.

Read the full policy

Home / Stories / Water

WaterSample story for layout

Name keeps the book.

In Village, the water committee treasurer has the most-read document in town: a school exercise book with every shilling of the tariff in it.

By Team member, Hope for the Fields ·12 August 2026 · District, Region

Story photo · consentedThe treasurer at the pump house holding the ledger, eye level, morning light. Two adults present at the shoot.
Name, treasurer of the Village water committee, at the pump house. August 2026. Photo: staff name, with permission.

“We built the tank stand with our own hands and our own stones,” Name says, tapping the concrete. “Thirty-one families gave three weeks. Nobody was paid for that. It is why nobody breaks it.”

The village chose its committee in March 2024: five members, three of them women, one of them the retired schoolteacher who now audits the book each quarter. Hope for the Fields supplied the pump, a two-day training for the caretakers and a spare-parts fund of TZS 800,000. The committee set a tariff of TZS 500 per household per month. The district water engineer has inspected twice.

“The money from the tariff sits in our account, and everyone can see the book. That is the difference.”

Before the pump, women walked to a seasonal stream forty minutes away and back, and the clinic recorded diarrhea as the most common childhood complaint. This year the point has been working 351 of 365 days; the two stoppages were fixed within a week from the spare-parts fund, and the fund is back to TZS 720,000.

Asked what she wants Americans to know, Name laughs. “That we are not waiting. We are working. Come and see the book.”

Keep a water point running$25 a month covers spare parts and a caretaker's training for one point. Example amount for layout.
Give $25 monthly

What we publish about this project

  • Days the point worked this year, and the two stoppages
  • Committee account balance, checked quarterly
  • Households paying the tariff

More stories

Families

A grandmother's kitchen table
Savings groups

Twenty-two women and a cash box
Church & leaders

Name, lay pastor
About · who we are

Americans who go, with a heart for Tanzania.

Our team travels to Tanzania to do the work in person. American donors make it possible. An independent board governs it. Everyone in the community is served. That is the whole model in four sentences, and the rest of this page shows you the people behind each one.

Our story

It started with a well, a Bible study and a broken pump.

In year, founder names what happened first, told plainly: who asked for help, what the first project was, what went wrong, what was learned.

Today Hope for the Fields is a US 501(c)(3) based in City, State, led by founder or director name, funded by families and churches across the United States, and serving Region through the local churches that host our teams.

Team photo · consentedOur team with the local pastors who host us, at a partner church, named left to right in the caption.

“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.”John 4:35, NIV

“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.”Matthew 9:37, NIV

Why “for the fields”

The fields are Tanzania's villages. Jesus said to pray for workers, so we went.

Jesus told his disciples to look at the fields and to pray for workers. Our name is that prayer. Hope for the Fields means hope carried into the villages of Region by Americans who answered it and went, with the good news of Jesus shared openly along the way, welcomed by the churches who host us.

Hope for the Fields logo

How the three parts fit

In TanzaniaThe churches and villages that host us

Local pastors and village leaders invite us, tell us what is needed, host our teams and help decide who receives help. Water committees and savings groups run their own affairs.

In the United StatesThe ministry and its board

Hope for the Fields, Inc. plans the work, raises the funds, sends the teams and keeps the books. A majority of its directors are independent of staff and family, and they approve every project budget. They can say no.

Between themBudgets, trips and reports

Every project has an approved budget before the team travels. Receipts and photos come home with the team and are posted before the next project is funded. Accounts are reviewed each year by an independent CPA.

Our team

The Americans who run Hope for the Fields, and the local pastors who host us. Names, roles, tenure, a sentence in their own words. Sample cards for layout.

Full nameFounder and Director · since 2018

One sentence in their own words about why they do this work.

Full nameTrips and Projects · since 2020

One sentence.

Full nameFinance and Reporting · since 2022

One sentence.

Full nameLocal partner · Pastor, Church, District

One sentence.

US board of directors

Board of seven, majority independent of staff and family, meets quarterly, reviews every grant. Conflict-of-interest policy on file. The founder's role and its limits are written into the bylaws.

NameChair · independent
NameTreasurer · independent
NameSecretary · independent
NameDirector · founder
Statement of faith

What we believe

“For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes.”Romans 1:16, NIV

  1. One God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  2. The Bible is God's inspired, trustworthy word and our final authority for faith and life (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
  3. Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, sinless, crucified for our sins, raised bodily from the dead, and coming again.
  4. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone in Jesus Christ, not by our works (Ephesians 2:8-9).
  5. The Holy Spirit lives in every believer and gives power to be Christ's witnesses to the ends of the earth (Acts 1:8).
  6. The Church is all who belong to Christ, sent to make disciples of all nations, baptizing and teaching (Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15).
  7. Discipleship means taking up our cross daily and following Jesus, holding to his teaching and being set free by his truth (Luke 9:23; John 8:31-32).
  8. Every person is made in God's image and worthy of dignity, care and truth, whatever they believe (Genesis 1:27).
Whom we serve

Everyone. No conditions.

Because we follow Jesus, we welcome everyone: Christian, Muslim, traditional, or none. No one has to attend anything, sign anything or profess anything to receive help. We share the good news of Jesus openly and gladly, and we leave the response free. Our partner churches agree to the same.

“Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.”Luke 9:23, NIV

How we tell stories

Consent before the camera. Adults named with permission; children renamed and never identifiable. Captions with who, where and when. No staging, no composites, no pity framing, and photos of children retired after three years. Full policy on the safeguarding page.

Accountability · financials

How your gift reaches Tanzania.

One US charity, one budget per project, one published trail. Here is every step a dollar takes, every document we file, and every number we hold ourselves to.

You give

Hope for the Fields, Inc., a US 501(c)(3) (EIN 00-0000000), receives the gift and emails a receipt within minutes. A year-end statement follows by 31 January.

The board reviews

Our trip and project leads submit budgets. A majority-independent board approves, amends or declines each one before anyone travels. It can say no.

The money travels

Funds move under a written project agreement with a stated purpose and a reporting date, to our local church partner or as documented project spending by the team. Sanctions screening is on file for every partner.

The team reports

Receipts, an expenditure report and photos of finished work come home with every trip and are posted before the next project is funded.

We audit and publish

Form 990 and reviewed financial statements each year, plus a cost report for every project. All posted below.

United States

Hope for the Fields, Inc.

Status501(c)(3) public charity; contributions tax-deductible in the US to the extent allowed by law
EIN00-0000000
IncorporatedState, year
AddressStreet, City, State ZIP
Determination letterPDF upload
In Tanzania

How we operate locally

Local partnersChurch names and pastors, by district
Legal footingThrough partner churches / a registered local partner / our own NGO registration
Registration No. (if any)00000
Base while in countryTown, Region
Partner agreementsPDF upload
Where the money goes

Overhead is the cost of accountability.

Programs 82%Fundraising 10%Administration 8%sample · audited FY2025

Administration pays for the audits, the bookkeeper, the grant agreements and the field visits that let us publish this page. We name it rather than hide it. Fundraising is what it costs to find and keep partners like you.

Designated gifts

A gift designated to a program funds that program. Up to 10% may cover the direct cost of delivering it. If a program is fully funded, we ask you before redirecting.

“For we are taking pains to do what is right, not only in the eyes of the Lord but also in the eyes of man.”2 Corinthians 8:21, NIV

Governance
Board7 directors, 5 independent of staff and family
MeetsQuarterly; every grant reviewed
PoliciesConflict of interest · founder role limited in bylaws · no percentage-based fundraising pay
Financial reviewIndependent CPA review, moving to a full audit above $3M revenue

Documents

Posted here as soon as they are filed. Posting the 990 online satisfies the IRS public-copy rule and saves you a request.

IRS determination letterUpload PDF
Form 990, three most recent yearsFY2025 · FY2024 · FY2023
Financial statements, reviewed or auditedFY2025
Local partner agreements and project cost reports2025, one per project
Project agreement templateThe document every dollar travels under
Safeguarding, conflict-of-interest and donor privacy policiesRead online

Independent seals, honestly labelled

NowCandid Seal of Transparency

Profile claimed. Working toward Platinum, which requires published outcome numbers. Status: Silver.

MonthsMinistryWatch

Transparency grade based on a filed 990, posted audits and ECFA status. Status: listing requested.

TargetECFA accreditation

The standard US Christian donors know. Requires our statement of faith, an independent board and audited books. Status: application in progress.

LaterCharity Navigator

Cannot rate us until three full Form 990s are on file. We file the full form, not the short one, so that day comes sooner.

Questions about money? Our treasurer answers within two business days. treasurer@example.org
Get involved

Give, pray, go, partner.

Giving is one way to walk with us. Prayer is another, and it comes first here. A mission trip and a church partnership are the others. Pick the one that fits, or all four.

Pray Go Partner church Volunteer Give monthly
Prayer Partners

Ask the Lord of the harvest with us.

One email a month, on the first Friday, written by our team in the field: five requests, one from each district and one for the team, and one answered prayer from the month before. Prayer Partners hear news first, before donors do.

“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”Matthew 9:37-38, NIV

This month · September 2026sample
  • Rain for District two, where the short rains are three weeks late.
  • Name, a lay pastor sitting his final training exams this month.
  • A family in District two welcoming two children home from an institution.
  • The water committee election in Village on the 14th.
  • Our team's long drives on the District three road this rainy season.
  • Answered: last month's request for a bookkeeper. Name starts on the 1st.
Mission trips

Come with us.

Our trips are how the work gets done. You will help run a distribution, check water points with the committee, sit in a Bible class, visit partner churches and eat in their homes. We pay local builders to build; teams serve where an extra pair of hands is welcome. You will go home knowing the people your gifts reach.

Our standards, published

  • Background checks for every traveler; two adults present at all times; no unsupervised contact with children.
  • No orphanage or institution visits. Children are met in their own families and schools only with the family's consent.
  • Photos only with permission and under our storytelling policy. No photos of children.
  • Skills teams only where the skill is not available locally. Local labor is paid, never displaced.
  • Aligned with the Seven Standards of Excellence in Short-Term Mission.
Next dates: Feb 2027 · Jul 2027 · $2,900 per person plus flights · 9 days
Trip photo · consentedOur team and the local pastor in a savings-group circle, listening. Never visitors surrounded by children.

“Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation.”Mark 16:15, NIV

Partner churches

Your church, a named village, a team to send.

Missions committees need three things from an overseas ministry: a village they can pray for by name, a report they can read, and a person they can call. We give you all three, and the Great Commission gives you the reason (Matthew 28:19-20).

Tier one

Pray

Commit to monthly prayer for one district and one Hope for the Fields Sunday a year. You receive the monthly requests and a yearly video greeting from the field.

Tier two

Partner

Fund one program in one district from $500 a month. You receive a named partner congregation, an annual written report your committee can use, a three-minute video each year, and a speaker in person or by video call.

Tier three

Plant

A three-year commitment that funds a leader-training cohort of 25 lay pastors and includes a mission trip for your team. You watch congregations gain trained leaders and meet them.

What every partner church receives: a one-page ministry profile, the annual report, the money-trail page, monthly prayer requests, and dates for the next mission trip.
Volunteer

Skills we lack, hours you have.

Most volunteering happens from your desk; the rest happens on a trip. Trip logistics, packing lists and church presentations are where extra hands help most.

  • Bookkeeping and QuickBooks, two hours a week
  • Grant writing and reporting
  • Kiswahili to English translation of stories and reports
  • Photo and video editing to our storytelling policy
  • US board service: finance, law, missions experience
Fundraise

A birthday, a run, a youth group.

Start a page for a water point, a savings group launch or a leader's training year. We give you the real cost, the real story and the real report afterward, so your friends know exactly what happened.

$1,000

A water committee's spare-parts fund for a year example

$500

A savings group launched and trained

$1,800

A lay pastor's full training year

Gallery · missions and places

Every place, every mission.

Photos and video from our districts, our partner churches and our mission trips, filed by mission and by place. Everyone shown gave permission. Children are never identifiable. Captions say who, where and when.

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Adding photos and video for the site owner

Drop files into site/media/ and add one line per item to the GALLERY list at the bottom of this file: type (photo or video), mission, place, title, caption with who, where and when, date, and the file name. Tiles without a file show a labelled slot like the ones above, so the layout is ready before the media is. Consent on file for every face.

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Give to Hope for the Fields

Choose what your gift does.

Every gift here becomes something you can see: a water point that keeps flowing, a child who stays in school, a pastor with a Swahili Bible in his hands. Monthly gifts let us plan; one-time gifts are welcome too. Both are tax-deductible in the US.

Example amounts and outcomes for layout. Replace with figures from the ministry's own receipts before launch. No card data is processed in this prototype.

Pamoja Partners · monthly giving

Together, every month.

Pamoja is Kiswahili for together. Pamoja Partners give a set amount each month so our team can plan a school year, keep a water point maintained and pay a lay pastor on time. It is the steadiest help we receive, and the least expensive to raise.

$25 /mo

Keeps a water point's spare parts and caretaker funded.

$300 a year · one point, all year

 Most chosen$40 /mo

Trains and equips one savings-group member.

$480 a year · a whole group over three years

 $75 /mo

A month of school costs for two children staying with their families.

$900 a year · two children, a full school year

 $150 /mo

A lay pastor's training stipend and Swahili Bibles for a class.

$1,800 a year · one leader's full training year

Example amounts and outcomes for layout. Replace with figures from the ministry's own receipts before launch.

What partners receive
  • Monthly field update, first Friday: one name, one photo, one prayer request, one number, written by the team.
  • Quarterly voice note or short video from the field, unpolished and partners-only.
  • The annual report and a January year-end statement for your taxes.
  • A yearly video call with our director and open questions.
  • First invitation to mission trips.
Become a Pamoja Partner

“Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”1 John 3:18, NIV

Common questions
Can I change or stop?

Yes, any time, from the link in any receipt or by emailing us. No phone call needed.

Is it tax-deductible?

Yes, in the US, through Hope for the Fields, Inc., a 501(c)(3). You receive a receipt each month and a statement each January.

Card expiring?

Choose bank transfer (ACH) at checkout and your gift never lapses. It also costs us less in fees.

Can I direct my gift?

Yes, to any program. "Where most needed" lets the team put it where the month requires.

Asante sana. Thank you.

Your gift is on its way to Tanzania. A receipt is in your inbox now.

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NowYour receipt

Emailed within minutes from Hope for the Fields, Inc., with the tax language the IRS requires. A year-end statement follows by 31 January.

Within 48 hoursA real person

A board member will thank you personally. Not a mail merge.

First FridayYour first field update

One name, one photo, one prayer request, one number, from the team.

Optional

Where should we mail your year-end statement?

“I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.”Philippians 1:3-5, NIV

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Policies

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