Brenda & Jason Sommer

Brenda & Jason Sommer: 

Brenda and Jason Sommer were married in 1992. They founded ‘Develop Sustainability Organization’ in 2017. The shift began to take shape, in 2008. It was a slow start, including a few short term trips to Mexico & Thailand. At this time, Jason was running his own fabrication and welding shop and Brenda worked for the local high school, as a Transitions Specialist. They were just doing life, and raising their family — 2 kids, now adults— in Oregon, U.S.A..

ALL WE DID WAS SAY “Yes”.

By 2012, Jason & Brenda had stepped almost full-time, into project development & sustainability work with Hear The Cry. Over the next several years, their purposes continued to expand and they worked internationally most of, each year— with projects in Zimbabwe, India, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Kenya, Belize, The Gambia, Rwanda and Uganda. Along the way, they found a passion and purpose— in Uganda. Ugandan Younth had a hunger for hope and opportunity, They needed mentorship and practical skills..

In 2018, Jason and Brenda left their home and family back in Oregon and moved their full-time lives, to UGANDA. They continue to develop new programs, apprenticeship and community support and continue to expand the community development.

They continue to use their energy, time and lives— to mold, encourage and build-up the Ugandan young— and to meet some of the most complex and pressing issues of poverty.

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