With 2025 in full swing, we recognise that a new year brings both excitement and challenges. At Entrust, we are stepping forward with optimism and anticipation.
It was an honour to start my year on the ground, alongside our incredible partners who are making a difference in some of the toughest places. Zimbabwe is a particularly hard place, with many people facing extreme poverty and hardship rooted in a complex history of political instability, civil unrest and hyperinflation (785% in May 2020!). Although a resource-rich country, rampant corruption has prevented the people of Zimbabwe reaping the benefits.
For those of us fortunate to call Australia home, despite our challenges, we remain in a place of privilege. Spending three days in a remote village without power, running water, flushing toilets, or WiFi was a powerful reminder of the daily insecurity that so many people around the world face. They struggle to provide a daily meal, find stable shelter, or ensure their family has enough to survive tomorrow.
This is why we do what we do. We believe that every person deserves dignity, access to basic needs, and the opportunity to hope for a better future and thrive. Thank you for standing with us in this journey and in our mission to transform the lives of those who are poor and oppressed.
As we enter 2025, we reaffirm our commitment to partnering with local organisations in hard places to bring holistic transformation to the most marginalised. With your support, we want to continue addressing the physical, relational, emotional, social, and spiritual needs of vulnerable communities.
Like any organisation, company, church, group or family, we’ll experience challenges and changes this year. We want to bring you along on that journey and assure you that relationships remain our top priority. We invite you to share in our successes and commit to be transparent around some of the tough decisions ahead. We know you support Entrust because you believe in our work and value our partnership as a way to achieve your generosity goals, making a lasting impact.
I hope you are inspired by the updates and stories of transformed lives in this eNews. I look forward in 2025 to strengthening our partnership and growing the impact we have together for the people in hard places who we walk alongside.
Nikki – Entrust CEO