Hope Rooted in Christ
Hope is more than a feeling—it is the fuel that strengthens families, restores dignity, and breaks the cycle of poverty. Since 2008, Food for His Children has walked alongside families in rural Tanzania, helping them discover the God-given strengths they already possess.
We believe no one is too far, too poor, or too hard to reach, because Jesus never turns away from those the world overlooks.
As a Christ-centered organization, we invest in long-term relationships, healing the four broken relationships and building pathways to a future filled with purpose and hope. Together, we can ensure families experience the goodness of God through restored livelihood, restored identity, and restored community.

How We Do This
Food for His Children takes a holistic, Christ-centered approach to poverty alleviation, addressing the material, spiritual, emotional, social, and economic well-being of families. Our work focuses on three interconnected pillars:
The Food for His Children Model provides long-term case management, goal planning, discipleship, dairy goats for nutrition and income, sustainable agriculture and agribusiness training, financial literacy, and family coaching—helping families move from survival to stability to strength.
The Farm & Innovation Center (FIC) serves as a hands-on training hub and social enterprise, offering instruction in climate-smart agriculture, dairy goat management, business development, and entrepreneurship while generating income through tourism, goat-milk products, and artisan crafts made by families.
Hearts Across Homes builds meaningful, prayerful relationships between families in Tanzania and supporters around the world—encouraging mutual encouragement, spiritual growth, and shared hope.
Together, these pillars equip families and communities to break the cycle of poverty with dignity and develop the confidence, skills, and relationships needed for a sustainable future.

Why We Do It This Way
We serve families who are often overlooked—not because they lack potential, but because the challenges surrounding them feel overwhelming. Many face multidimensional poverty, shaped by broken relationships with God, self, others, and creation. We believe Jesus calls us to walk with people, not just meet needs. That means empowering families to use their God-given gifts, identify local resources, and find solutions within their own communities.
Rather than creating dependence, we focus on development, not relief—coaching families to set goals, plan for the future, strengthen relationships, and lead the transformation process. Change happens gradually, layer by layer, as families grow in faith, rebuild trust, gain knowledge, and persevere through challenges. We are committed to the long journey because we believe every family deserves the opportunity to flourish, and we trust God to multiply their efforts for generations to come.

What Makes Us Different
Food for His Children approaches poverty through the lens of restoration, recognizing it as a complex issue rooted in broken relationships—not just a lack of resources. By integrating discipleship with practical tools such as goat farming, sustainable agriculture, and entrepreneurship, we help families build both spiritual and economic strength.
Our model focuses on empowerment over charity, ensuring we never do for families what they can do for themselves. We prioritize long-term coaching, relationship-building, and community-led solutions that affirm dignity, self-worth, and personal agency. Through the Farm & Innovation Center, ongoing case management, and faith-rooted training, families and communities gain the skills, confidence, and support needed to create lasting change, economic stability, and spiritual renewal.
Our Mission
Share the Gospel, Equip and Inspire Families, Restore Relationships, & Transform Communities.
Jesus left the 99 to find the one, and we are compelled to do the same. There is no set endpoint nor do we limit our assistance to a specific number of years. We simply partner with Jesus as He does the transformative work one family at a time.
As a Christian nonprofit, Food for His Children doesn’t offer handouts — we offer hope.
Through personal coaching, sustainable farming, and the love of Jesus Christ, we walk alongside families in rural Tanzania as they rise from poverty with dignity. We’re committed to the long road — no matter how rough the path, how deep the need, or how long the journey.
Why? Because we believe what Jesus said: every person is priceless.
Our Families
Leaving the 99 to Seek the One: Reaching Multidimensional Poverty
Veronica is 11. She wants to be a teacher. Her dairy goat helps pay for her school fees, making this dream a reality. Our goal is to see Veronica’s story repeat itself in the over 12 million children living in extreme poverty in Tanzania. These children lack access to proper nutrition, education, medical care, and many other basic needs. Their poverty puts them at risk for dropping out of primary school, becoming victims of human trafficking, and facing early marriage. Since 2008, hundreds of families have risen out of extreme poverty, started businesses, sent their children to school, and experienced the hope and love of Christ. God has called Food for His Children to unlock the potential of those trapped in generational poverty.
However, He did not intend for us to accomplish this mission alone.
Your support helps families grow, thrive, and move closer to achieving their full potential.
Our People
The diverse and multi-talented team behind Food for His Children is united by a shared passion for empowering families in rural Tanzania, combining their unique skills and experiences to drive sustainable change and transform lives.
Our Leadership Team
Many of our team members have served with us for over a decade. Together, we operate as two legally distinct organizations—Food for His Children (the U.S. nonprofit) and Food for His Children Tanzania (our registered International NGO). Our U.S. team provides leadership, governance, fundraising, and vision, while our Tanzanian team carries out the daily ministry, walking alongside families with cultural insight and deep local expertise. Although organizationally distinct, we work as one unified family in Christ—praying, worshiping, and serving together as we help families rise from poverty and discover the hope God has for them.

Kerrie Holschbach
Founder & Executive Director – USA

Samson Ismael
Head of Operations – Tanzania

Upendo Seni
Training Coordinator – Tanzania

Mohamed Marusu
Agriculture Consultant – Tanzania

Honorata Honorati
Livestock Specialist – Tanzania

Anicia Silayo
Agriculture Specialist FIC – Tanzania

Nancy Alexander
Accountant – Tanzania

Lucas Metropulos
Development Associate – USA
Our Board
Our U.S. and Tanzanian board members, many with strong ties to the communities we serve, possess varied skills and talents that provide unique benefits to our mission and the communities.
Our Partners
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Donating or partnering with a family can bring meaningful change to vulnerable families, helping to empower them with sustainable resources and opportunities for a brighter future.
Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
James 1:27 (NIV)
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