About Us

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Our Story

The story of Bridges of Hope began with Daniel Zopoula who has personally experienced the poverty he is committed to eradicate. He was born in a poverty stricken village in the country of Burkina Faso, West Africa where he lived until the age of 24. The miraculous turn of events that brought Daniel to Canada was made possible by Canadians who provided him with the opportunity to attain a higher education and develop the substantial skills that enable him to realize his role in this vision.

Daniel's story is a remarkable example of redemption, hope and healing; a story that has, and will continue to offer hope to a world tortured by hopelessness. Bridges of Hope is committed to seeing similar stories of redemptive success lived out in the lives of tens of thousands of children.

Mission Statement

Mission:
Bridges of Hope International Network of Development Agencies Inc. exists to promote poverty relief and community empowerment amongst the poorest nations of the earth.

Vision:
To enhance the capability and productivity of indigenous organizations, leadership, and people who are committed to poverty relief and community empowerment.

Dream:
To see indigenous organizations, leadership and people become excellent at reproducing their ability to promote poverty relief and community empowerment into other impoverished contexts.

Strategy:
We serve a range of donors who want to see their charitable investing result in effective community based grassroots organizations that accomplish extraordinary results within developing nations. Results that are highly effective, and results that lasts. We are successful when our clients are successful; when their hopes are invested in highly effective indigenous organizations, leadership, and people that accomplish extraordinary good in the poorest regions of the earth.

Core Values

• We promote the dignity, potential and health of people and communities regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, and creed.
• We emphasize shared responsibility
• We provide our staff and volunteers with liberal access to the tools they need to get the job done

• We listen to our partners and allow their voices to influence the strategic ends, planning and execution processes of our organization
• We are committed to boundary our agendas and contributions in a manner that honors the wishes of the context we are working in. As such we employ the discipline of asking both for permission to contribute and for approval of the form of our gifts.
• We relate to indigenous people without condescension
• We are motivated by the Christian principle of compassion, love, justice and mercy and we do not tolerate any negative treatment of people belonging to other faiths or those of no faith at all.

• We invest in the growth of leaders, staff and volunteers who influence the development of organizations, communities and individuals.
• We pay devoted attention to process (how we do what it is that we do) as well as objectives and results
• We build cooperative relationships with organizations and leaders who promote similar strategic ends.

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