Cindy Packard

Cindy Packard and her husband Blair are the founders of Care for Life, an NGO in Africa that, for the past 24 years, has seen unprecedented success in alleviating suffering, promoting self-reliance, and instilling hope for those families and villages living in extreme poverty. Cindy helped research and create a unique program using local people to offer comprehensive training and mentoring in health and hygiene, sanitation, food security, home improvement, income generation, literacy, psycho-social well-being, and community participation. Since its beginning, Care for Life has helped over 100,000 people, and according to Cindy, they are just getting started to help the 1 billion people still living in desperate poverty. “We don’t give handouts or create dependency – we share knowledge and create sustainable self-reliance. And we have the data to prove it.” Care for Life was chosen as one of the ten “Best Practices in Global Health” for 2010 by the US State Department. Cindy presented “The Family Preservation Program: Empowering Communities” at the UN in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2013. Care for Life started in Mozambique, Africa, and is currently focused on sharing The Family Preservation Program with other organizations working to help those in extreme poverty. Cindy has served 24 years on the Care for Life Board and is an advisor. She has been a Licensed Midwife in private practice in Arizona for 45 years. ---------- Guiding Growth: Conversations with Community Leaders Join our hosts, Sarah Watts and Ben Kalkman, as we explore the human journey of leaders - their stories of humility, triumph, roadblocks, and lessons learned - as they reflect on how they became who they are today and share stories of inspiration and hope with listeners. We'll take away the title, just for a moment, and enjoy a connection with the soul. Be sure to subscribe to our show for more interviews with community leaders. This podcast is brought to you by the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce and Modern Moments. Learn more about our show at https://guidinggrowth.co. View our Privacy Policy at https://modernmoments.com/privacy