Empowering leadership has allowed us to overcome the challenges of limited resources and capacity because it multiplies impact through others. When people feel empowered, they take ownership, innovate, and grow. This has allowed the vision for YIM to expand far beyond what I, or any one leader, could accomplish alone.

In many African homes in the past, we cooked using three stones and firewood. If one stone was short or unstable, the whole saucepan (the vision) could fall. As leaders, our role is to ensure every stone (every person) is supported and strong…

In 2005, I had an opportunity to revisit my home city, Bukavu, after living in Belgium for a couple of years. What I found broke my heart…