WorldHope.us Co-Founder and President Bill Tadevich felt called by God to share the gospel in Africa. In 2008, he went on a discovery trip with the intention of launching a metal fabrication & welding vocational school with the mission to teach young adults a valuable skill.
Bill met with the Ugandan government and US Embassy to share his vision and see if there was any traction. Because Uganda is agrarian and most commerce is done by physically taking products miles to the market, Bill and Pat Brady (a current WorldHope.us board member) designed a cart that could be pushed or attached to a bike to more efficiently take produce to the market. This project would create jobs and be a something that could be sold into the community. They launched the school next to another vocational school which taught masonry, carpentry, and sewing.
In 2011 when Bill and his dad Larry were visiting the vocational school, the project manager (current WorldHope.us board member Denis Ndyabawe) asked if he wanted to visit an orphanage located further out in the bush - about 2.5 hours west in Burora, Uganda. Having done youth ministry for years, Bill and Larry agreed to take the trip…and it was worth the journey!