Classes began under a tree.

The first month, 50 children came. The next month, 100. Then 150. And H.E.L.P. Primary School was born.

Since 2000, H.E.L.P. International has served as a trusted source of humanitarian relief both locally and globally. Operating from our warehouse in Northern Colorado, we respond to disasters and humanitarian crisis across the United States and around the world by mobilizing life-saving supplies, equipment, and essential resources where they are needed most.

The sun had barely risen over rural Malawi when our small U.S. medical team began the journey into the bush. We were only twenty people, carrying limited supplies, heading toward a remote mud-brick church where we had been invited to provide medical care. We expected dozens. Instead, we found thousands.

Masese, a community on the outskirts of Jinja, Uganda, is a place of resilience — but also deep challenge. Jobs are almost nonexistent. Most families survive through informal labor.

Many live one crisis away from hunger. When H.E.L.P. International began serving through the primary school in Masese, we quickly recognized something important: The problem was not a lack of talent. It was a lack of opportunity.