About Us

Learn more about Reclaim Life

Our Mission

To heal the emotional and spiritual brokenness of the world’s most vulnerable

Born from a vision in Mexico City in 2015, at Reclaim Life we believe in a world where every broken heart is healed, every shattered spirit is mended, and every individual, regardless of their past or present circumstances, can find the path to a future filled with hope, purpose, and dignity.

We are dedicated to empowering the poor to lead the way in healing themselves, transforming churches into sanctuaries of recovery and resilience, and fostering communities where cycles of abuse, helplessness, and poverty are broken for good.

Our Vision

Our vision is bold yet simple: to witness a world where adults, youth, and children, once broken, can experience the emotional and spiritual health God intended.

We dream of communities where healed adults mentor healthy youth, replacing despair with love, abuse with care, and hopelessness with lasting security.

…secure and loving relationships for generations to come…

Our Approach

We serve in hard-to-reach places, where trauma is high and care services are low.

  • There are few trained professionals or services accessible to the poor. Churches are where people go for help, but few pastors are trained. Too often churches unknowingly stigmatize and silence people who are suffering.

Our proven model is designed to grow to meet the need

  • HIGHEST IMPACT.  We intentionally begin in small groups because most people start healing in the safety of a small group and can be equipped with skills to continue the process. Counselors are equipped to help the few who need extra attention. This means more people are helped vs. a traditional one-on-one counselor approach.

  • MORE LEADERS. Ordinary people are trained to lead. Consequently, more volunteers are raised up and trained vs. leadership bottleneck, translating into more capacity.

  • TRANSFORMED COMMUNITY. Leaders are helped to reorganize the church or organization around helping broken people. This transforms the church or organization into a healing center, resulting in deeper impact, community-building, and activities that center around health and healing.

  • SUSTAINABILITY. Locally affordable and available materials are used in all programs for long-term sustainability.

  • REPRODUCIBILITY. An ongoing training process regularly adds more capable leaders to reproduce more groups, helping the program grow in response to the needs.

the Reclaim Life Team

Read Teka's Bio

Teka Ambachew

Regional Representative, Ethiopia

Read Nelly's Bio

Nelly Caillagua

International Coordinator, Ecuador

Read Gerardo & Arlet's Bio

Gerardo Loza & Arlet Zepeda

Regional Representatives, Spain

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Carmen Ranalli Morrison, Ph.D.

Director of Programs

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Bob Morrison

Director of Operations

Read Terrance & Anneta's Bio

Terrance and Anneta Phiri

Regional Representatives, Zambia and South Africa (North)

Read Buyi's Bio

Buyiswa Qobo

Regional Representative, South Africa (South)

Past programs have also been led in: Nicaragua, Peru & Bolivia

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Mexico

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Ethiopia

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Ecuador

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Zambia

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Spain

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South Africa