PAMOJA...

This is the Swahili word meaning, "together". We believe in working together. We are in this together. When one of us flourishes through forgiveness and healing, we all flourish. Blackman Bausi Foundation works with local leaders in all communities, all denominations, and all faiths to look at the teachings of Jesus on forgiveness. We equip local leaders to lead small groups, who together, discover the gift that is forgiveness. We cannot control how people treat us and sometimes we cannot control what is done to us, but we can control how we respond. Forgiveness is for ourselves, not for those who have hurt us. We teach taking back the power to make your own choices and control the peace and joy you live with in life.

jenn bausi, president/CEO

Raised between two cultures, it was not difficult for Jenn to leave her life and architectural design career behind in Washington D.C. to live and serve cross culturally. She believes that to love Jesus means you are a missionary where ever you live, even if it's the town where you were born. Moving to another country and living a life that strives to reflect Jesus does not define her as a missionary, she simply calls it obedience to the voice of God. She has worked in the USA, Nepal, Haiti, Brasil, Austria and of course, DR Congo. Her heart is to see traumas healed, forgiveness found and to make disciples who make disciples who (you guessed it) make disciples who don't turn away when persecution comes.

blackman bausi, founder/COO

Finding out at the age of 12 he was born from rape, that was why he was seen as a shame for most of his life almost broke him. He chose to write and start rapping about the societal problems he was caught in. To rap about his life; the stigmas society didn't talk about. The stigmas that tried to define him. He had been seen as a shame to his family for so long. Eventually, God gave him a larger platform to speak out against not only the social stigmas on children born from rape, but also violence against women, injustice, war and corruption. His message is to bring awareness to social issues and stigmas (many of which society pretends don't exist) so we can do the hard work to heal and forgive.

Jenn and Blackman believe trauma healing and forgiveness unlock true leadership, and communities will be transformed through this hard work.

the leadership team

Blackman, Paul and Fred grew up together as friends in the neighborhood and around town. Paul and Fred jokingly say they "hustle for Jesus". They spend hours each week loving their community, resourcing local leaders with additional training and visiting the more than 50 small groups around town devoted to discovering Gods word, learning how to critically think about it and practically apply it to everyday life. Thus obedience based small groups multiplying the Word of God.