A non profit presentation- Legacy Mission Village

1. LEGACY MISSION VILLAGE

2. MISSION

3. HISTORY
 Legacy Mission Village was founded in 2000.
 Legacy Mission Village has multiple ministries in the Unites States and
in countries across East Africa.
 It is is a 501(3) (c) that achieved it’s not profit status in 2012
 Legacy Mission Village partners include:
World Relief
Nashville Intentional Center For Empowerment
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute
Nashville Public Library
 Also partner with different churches to connect refugees with local
churches after the move.

4. FOUNDERS
 William and Ebraile Mwizerwa.
 They survived the Rwandan Genocide in
1994
 Moved to Nairobi , Kenya along with
their family
 Experienced the trauma’s that refugees
experience
 They moved to the United States in 1998
and became very active at the First
Presbyterian Church in Nashville
 He took a Mission tour of 10 cities in
Tennessee to Maine assessing the lives of
the Refugees in America.

5. MISSION IN AMERICA
 Welcoming, befriending, and
encouraging refugee families as
they first arrive in Nashville.
 Helping families to learn about
our city and culture, including
grocery shopping, opening a
bank account, using the bus
system, and more.
 Helping refugees to learn English
in ESL classes.
 Working with preschoolers in the
Kindergarten Readiness Program.

6. MISSION IN AFRICA

7. MISSION IN AFRICA
 Restore lives through health, education and community development
 Legacy Mission Village HIV/AIDS is ravaging Rwanda Africa. Legacy
Mission Village partners with church and community to:
• Support HIV+ women
• Train HIV+mothers to generate extra income for nutrition and medical
supplies (and family needs)
• Feed HIV+ children who are on antiretroviral medication
 Legacy Mission Village helps fund health insurance for the families and
orphans most in need.
 Legacy Mission Village helps fund the education of impoverished and
special needs children in Rwanda and Uganda.
 Legacy Mission Village partners with local Churches In Rwanda.
 This collaboration ensures a responsive and responsible employment of
support and economic infusion in the live of those most in need

8. ANNUAL FUNDRAISING
 Legacy Mission Village fundraising goes hand in hand with educating.
 Use news letters every season to update donors on the progress, goals and objectives.
 ( Case of support).
 Use social media as a tool to communicate. Active Face Book and Instagram accounts.
 Acknowledge and applaud their volunteers efforts by thanking them in newsletters.
 Have their volunteers share testimonies of their experiences.
 Send out pledge cards in the mail.
 Make it easy for potential volunteers to apply for positions by having the applications
online.
 Participation in upcoming events are encouraged. Letters are sent out about the events
and also social Media is used.
 Personal Solicitation. Spreading the word
 They sent out brochures as well.