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EMI Canada Endowment Fund Investing in a world of hope for tomorrow

Pastor Patrick, founder of Africa Harvest Ministries in Rwanda, reviews an initial master plan proposal for the Bright Future Secondary School with EMI volunteer professionals (B. Swab)

Investing in a world of hope for tomorrow Since 2002, EMI Canada, with the support of our ministry partners, has been developing people, designing structures, and constructing facilities that serve communities and the Church around the world. We’ve seen impact in the lives of individuals and communities as God has multiplied the efforts of our staff, volunteers, and supporters. In the pages that follow, you can trace the storyline of this impact through EMI Canada’s work, both past and present. As we look to the future, we envision a robust and growing EMI Canada. We see sustained capacity to develop and deploy people who are skilled in their professions and passionate in their pursuit of Christ. We see increased ability to serve our partner ministries with excellence and cultural sensitivity. We see communities worldwide transformed by structures and facilities that address the holistic needs of their most vulnerable people. But, to accomplish this, we need your partnership. We invite you to partner with EMI Canada with a gift to the EMI Canada Endowment Fund. Read on to learn more about the Fund and discover how you can help us have sustained impact into the future. Thank you for partnering with us to leave a lasting legacy — a world of hope.

Leighton Ginther, Board Chair EMI Canada Board of Trustees Urban Designer at Urban Systems

A WORLD OF HOPE Invest in EMI’s future with the EMI Canada Endowment Fund Whether it’s designing structures, developing master plans, or discipling people, the work EMI Canada does has ‘tomorrow’ at the forefront. Investments are made today so that tomorrow can be better – more hopeful and more secure. Like all gifts that enable EMI to serve ministries around the world, endowed gifts contribute to EMI fulfilling its vision to see people restored by God and the world restored through design. Endowments are particularly powerful because they deliver a dependable, perpetual source of funding. They grow the initial investment from seed to tree, which yields fruit for years to come.

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The EMI Canada Endowment Fund was established in 2017 with the Vancouver Foundation through a generous gift from the Jack Gin Family Foundation. Your gift to the Fund will make a real difference as EMI designs with excellence, disciples those who go and those who receive, and engages the talent of God’s diverse people across the globe every day. The stories that follow were made possible through the partnership of people like you. Imagine what your gift to the EMI Canada Endowment Fund today will yield in the future. Let’s design a world of hope together.

This young boy was excited to meet the EMI team as they visited a church in Rwanda to investigate construction methods. (B. Swab)

How do we propel dreams towards reality? In Guatemala, endemic poverty has contributed to the vast number of orphans, with some estimates reaching into the hundreds of thousands. Serving these abandoned children has become part of the vision of Impact Ministries, a charity dedicated to spreading the gospel by addressing the holistic needs of children and communities. Over the previous decade, Impact has established a network of schools, nutrition programs, and medical clinics. In 2014, they complemented these programs with a dream to develop a children’s home for abandoned babies. To bring this dream to life, an EMI team visited Tactic, Guatemala in February of 2015. The team assessed the site and developed a comprehensive, three-phase master plan that included a baby house, family-style children’s homes, a common building with kitchen and dining spaces, and administration offices. Les Peters, Impact Ministries’ Founder, reflected on the value of the long-term planning that EMI brought to the organization: “It was neat watching the EMI team synthesize all the thinking of the Guatemalan people”. He called the team’s presentation to Impact Ministries’ committee “remarkable” and “a birthing of [an] idea into something that was real”. The first building - the baby house - was completed in the Spring of 2018. Impact Ministries’ dream is becoming a reality.

BIRTH OF A VISION Your partnership will help us ensure that more dreams like this one are brought to life. 5

Photo: Les and Rita Peters, founders of Impact Ministries, break ground on the children’s home with the Guatemalan committee. (E. Wat)

“The meeting the last day where the EMI team presented their proposal to out committee was absolutely amazing. Our dreams were being realized. It was the turning point for this ministry.” Les Peters Founder, Impact Ministries

“You see the joy on their faces. Excitement about someone else thinking about them, someone else thinking that they’re worth taking care of and fighting for.” John Kimbe ROTOM Board Chaiman

One of the seniors visiting ROTOM’s health care centre smiles as she waits to be seen by a doctor (B. Swab)

How do we care for the caregivers? It’s a far too common story. In regions hardest hit by civil unrest or disease, it’s often grandparents who are left to care for their grandchildren, with the “middle” generation missing. These seniors must survive in challenging conditions, often below the poverty line, with no one to care for them. Reach One Touch One Ministries (ROTOM) serves older adults in Uganda, ensuring a life of dignity by meeting their spiritual, social, physical, and psychological needs. ROTOM offers a range of services including home visits, Christian fellowship and counselling, meal delivery, funerals, hygiene training, home repairs, and medical treatment. Two EMI teams helped bring to life ROTOM’s vision of a Seniors Health Centre and Hospice. In 2007, a team conducted a site survey and delivered a master plan that included a medical clinic, administration space, and volunteer housing. These buildings were constructed and pressed into service, blessing the lives of at-risk seniors in the region. A second EMI Team travelled to Uganda in 2016 to follow up on designs for an expansion to the Health Centre to provide space for in-patient care as well as crucial, more specialized facilities to fit the medical needs of Ugandan seniors.

DIGNITY AND HOPE Your partnership will continue building legacies of dignity, hope, and care for those who need it most. 8

How do we use our skills to meet the world’s greatest needs? In a world full of suﬀering, disaster, and heartache, how can we join with God in his work of restoring hope and wholeness? For Garrett Mills, a structural engineer, joining this work meant travelling with EMI to Bon Repos, Haiti in 2010 to share his professional expertise. The El Shaddai Baptist Church in Bon Repos envisioned serving their poverty-stricken, earthquake-battered community out of a multi-purpose ministry centre; including a primary school, a health clinic, and a church doubling as a hurricane shelter. This facility would minister to the community in a holistic way, while keeping the Gospel foundational. Garrett joined a multi-disciplinary EMI team that investigated site conditions, advised on infrastructure needs such as water supply, sanitation, and power distribution, and developed a phased site master plan. Garrett’s structural engineering expertise was crucial, ensuring that the proposed structures could withstand natural disasters. The design was used further as an example of best practice in the community as it rebuilt after the earthquake. EMI project trip volunteers have donated countless hours of professional design services, directly impacting individuals and communities around the globe. It remains a great privilege to see men and women harnessing their vocations in service to others for the glory of God.

WORKING WITH GOD You partnership will ensure that more design professionals have these stories to tell for years to come. 9

“I’ve been honoured to see the work that God is doing through the ministries that EMI serves. I’ve truly witnessed the good news changing lives. I count these ministries as the best ‘clients’ I’ve ever worked for.” Garrett Mills EMI Volunteer, Structural Engineer

Garrett and Pastor Denis on a return visit to El Shaddai Baptist Church (G. Mills)

“During university, I wondered how my faith could be applied to my engineering studies and my future work. My internship at EMI was the perfect opportunity to combine the two in the most practical way!” Wesley Tse EMI Intern (2007)

Wes plays with some of the kids at God’s Littlest Angels during an EMI project trip to Haiti in 2007. (R. Sinnott)

How do we invest in the next generation? How does discipleship, an EMI core value, bear fruit in young design professionals seeking to glorify God and bless a world in need? The EMI internship program is designed to foster this reality, giving young people an avenue to explore God’s call on their lives by merging their education and their faith. Interns are immersed in a multi-disciplinary design experience in a faith environment. They visit a developing country on a project trip, gain practical experience, and interact with professionals from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines. Spiritual growth is foundational to all of this. Wesley Tse, a civil engineer, interned at EMI Canada in 2007. As part of a team that designed an orphanage in Haiti, Wes worked alongside seasoned professionals and witnessed effective multi-disciplinary collaboration: “You were able to see a complete design project come together…I know that it helped prepare me as I later worked on much larger projects.” Interns like Wes also grow in their capacity to respond to God’s call to serve. Wes reflects, “Looking back, the commitment to serve that I witnessed at EMI has helped shape my career and vocational path.” Since his EMI internship, Wes has worked in consulting and served on many disaster responses with EMI and other Christian organizations.

LAYING FOUNDATIONS Your partnership will help us inspire, equip, and empower the next generation. 12

FROM SEED TO FRUIT Your contribution to the EMI Canada Endowment Fund today will grow in impact over time, providing the gift of steady income to support EMI’s continued work. Seed Your contribution to the EMI Canada Endowment Fund today provides the seed for sustainable growth.

Water Through safe, strategic investments, the Vancouver Foundation provides opportunity for the seed to grow.

Tree Over time, the EMI Canada Endowment Fund grows in a predictable and sustainable way.

Fruit Interest from the EMI Canada Endowment Fund is made available for EMI’s Canada’s ongoing work. The seed you planted now bears fruit in the lives of individuals and communities around the globe… and keeps bearing fruit for years to come.

Imagine what we can build together! 13

EMI volunteer surveyor and former board member, Patrick Cochrane, explores the ministryâ€™s site in Guatemala (J. Sekanjako)

WAYS TO GIVE NOW Donation You can contribute today to see your generosity in action, both now and in the future. Donations can be made by cash, cheque, or credit card. Publicly Traded Securities You can donate publicly traded stocks, mutual funds, and other securities through your broker. A tax receipt will be issued for the market value of the asset on the day of the transfer.

Contributing to the EMI Canada Endowment Fund Today... Cheque: Made out to “Vancouver Foundation” referencing the EMI Canada Endowment Fund on the memo line. Mail cheque to: Vancouver Foundation Suite 200, 475 West Georgia Street Vancouver, BC V6B 4M9 Credit Card: Online at vancouverfoundation.ca/emicanada - Scroll to the bottom of the page and click “Donate”. Publicly Traded Securities: Contact the Vancouver Foundation’s Donor Services team at info@vancouverfoundation.ca.

PLANNED GIVING Charitable Bequest A charitable bequest is a gift to the EMI Canada Endowment Fund made in your will. A bequest can take the form of cash, securities, or assets. You can designate a specific amount or a portion of your estate. Bequests made to charity can decrease the taxes due through your estate.

Life Insurance You can designate the EMI Canada Endowment Fund as the owner or irrevocable beneficiary of your life insurance policy. This option allows you to make a major donation at a limited cost.

RRSP / RRIF / TFSA You can support the EMI Canada Endownment Fund by naming it as the beneficiary of your RRSP, RRIF, or TFSA during your lifetime or in your will. For more information on legacy giving options, such as those listed above, please contact the Vancouver Foundationâ€™s Donor Services team at info@vancouverfoundation.ca. As you consider a legacy gift, we encourage you to seek independent financial planning and/or legal advice.

Thank you for your vision and generosity. Your contribution will leave a legacy of hope for years to come.

FREQUENTLY ASKED How will contributions to the Endowment Fund benefit EMI Canada? Each financial year, the Vancouver Foundation provides EMI Canada a 4% disbursement from the interest earned by the EMI Canada Endowment Fund. These funds enable EMI to be excellent in leading volunteers to deliver design services, mentoring interns, and integrating design professionals from all nations in its work.

Does this replace my regular contribution to EMI or EMI’s staff? The EMI Canada Endowment Fund broadens opportunities to partner with EMI; it is a sustaining endowment to enable EMI’s international service in the long term. EMI’s faith-supported staff continue to rely on regular designated donations for their salaries while regular giving to EMI continues to support our immediate, ongoing work.

I don’t have a lot of money to give. Is there a minimum amount required when I give to the Endowment Fund? There is no minimum required amount. In fact, all donations large or small will sustain EMI into the future, eventually surpassing the initial donation amount given.

Learn more at: Web: emiworld.org/ca vancouverfoundation.ca/emicanada Email:

info.canada@emiworld.org

Phone: (403) 202-3642

EMI intern Heaven looks out over the city of Cap HaĂŻtien, Haiti after a long day exploring the mountain-side project site. (B. Swab)

Cover Photo: EMI Survey Practicum students Peace (left) and Victor (right) survey the topography of an EMI project site in Uganda (B. Craig)