Program areas at Roger H Strait Memorial Foundation
The Foundation provided support to a church in arusha constructing a new, two-story, 5,400 square-foot building for training and equipping missionaries. The facility will include dorm rooms, apartments, a central meeting area as well as a commercial kitchen and laundry. The six en-suite dorm rooms downstairs will comfortably accommodate 26 students, while the two self-contained apartments upstairs will be able to house six-to-eight short term lecturers or long-term staff. The 900 square foot meeting hall, as well as an open air courtyard will provide ample space for lectures and breakout sessions. The Foundation also provides direction to first responder outreaches (fro) and friendship english schools (fes), medical and educational programs, respectively, through mentoring and friendship. Foundation partner churches now run the day-to-day operations with the Foundation providing follow-up support to local leaders as they lead within their communities. Foundation representatives focused on senior level leadership development during trips to the country.
The Foundation supported a pair of missionary couples in armenia working with local people to heal ethnic divides. Additionally, the Foundation provided funding for another missionary and related translation services.
With the continuing unrest in myanmar the Foundation provided support to missionaries and refugees who had worked with the Foundation as they sought refuge in india, thailand and vietnam as well as relocating afghani christians.
The Foundation supported a Hawaii nonprofit youth outreach, a Maine church, began connecting with christian workers in northern and eastern europe, helped fund operations at an orphanage in bolivia, worked with former contacts in myanmar, helped relocate afghani refugees, and contributed to missions in south sudan and south africa as well as a christian researcher working in europe.