Five Global Giants - Heritage Builders International

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The Five What Outlives Us

Some problems are not new. They are foundational. They shape lives, limit families, and repeat across generations until someone decides to build a lasting solution.

Heritage Builders focuses on five of them. Our role is simple. Come alongside the leaders already doing this work and help them reach further.

1 Illiteracy and Learning Poverty

770 million people cannot read a single word. In the poorest countries, 80 percent of children cannot read a simple story by the end of primary school.

Literacy is not a mystery. It is a solvable problem. When the right leaders, resources, and relationships come together, entire generations rise.

“In Zimbabwe I walked into a classroom that stopped me cold. These students attend at no cost, supported year-round with advanced instruction and mentorship, on a path to top universities around the world. The Higher Life Foundation has sent more than 55,000 children to school. This is what happens when potential is given a chance.”

— Todd Boffo

When potential is recognized, nurtured, and given opportunity, the trajectory of a life changes permanently. HBI exists to come alongside the leaders already doing this work and help them reach further.

“The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge.”

Proverbs 18:15

2 Extreme Poverty and Abuse

412 million children live on less than three dollars a day. Children make up more than half of all people in extreme poverty despite being only 30 percent of the global population.

Poverty affects more than income. It strips dignity, safety, and opportunity. But we have watched families move from survival to stability when the right support arrives at the right moment.

“In Thailand I visited a facility where girls who had been rescued from exploitation were rebuilding their lives. My friend Rex and his daughter McKenzie set up a small store where the girls could choose their own clothes. You would have thought they had won the lottery. What started as one family funding a piece of land has grown into lasting, generational change.”

— Todd Boffo

Transformation does not always begin with something large. It begins when someone finds the problem they are meant to solve and starts. HBI is committed to helping those people go further than they could go alone.

“Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.”

Psalm 82:3

3 Spiritual Emptiness

More than three billion people alive today have no meaningful access to the Gospel. Not because the church lacks resources. Because those resources are not yet mobilized where they are needed most.

When spiritual foundations are absent, identity, direction, and hope suffer. But when a leader is grounded in purpose, the people around that leader begin to build differently.

“For over two decades we have worked alongside church leaders and networks in Nicaragua, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Haiti, and beyond. When purpose is restored, entire communities begin to rise. The most powerful investment you can make in a community is in the leaders who serve it.”

— Todd Boffo

HBI believes the most powerful investment you can make in a community is in the leaders who serve it.

“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.”

Matthew 5:6

4 Ego-Centric Leadership

Two-thirds of countries score below 50 on the global corruption index. Poor leadership costs the global economy an estimated 7.8 trillion dollars every year.

When leadership is driven by self-interest, everyone beneath it pays the price. But character-driven leadership changes everything it touches.

“I was sitting in a restaurant in Scottsdale when a business owner told me he wanted to make a difference but not through a large institution. That day he committed one hundred thousand dollars to build homes in Nicaragua. He didn’t need a new cause. He needed alignment. That is what HBI does.”

— Todd Boffo

The ripple effect of a servant leader reaches further than any one person can measure. HBI is committed to helping leaders understand that their influence was never meant to stop with them.

“Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant.”

Matthew 20:26

5 Restoration, Health, and Community Rebuilding

Nearly half of all death and disability worldwide is preventable. In 2023 there were 263 million malaria cases and nearly 600,000 deaths. Malaria is preventable. Malaria is treatable. The solution exists. It just has not reached everyone yet.

Rwanda stands as proof that even after unimaginable devastation, restoration is possible. Rebuilt on three pillars: a strong business community, trustworthy government, and a moral and spiritual foundation centered on family and faith.

“I traveled to Rwanda to help rebuild a village and expand educational opportunities. Later I returned with Rick Warren during the launch of a major initiative across the African continent. What I witnessed was a nation that refused to be defined by its worst moment. That kind of resilience is what happens when leadership, integrity, and hope align.”

— Todd Boffo

Communities can heal. Nations can rebuild. The tools to make it happen are already in the hands of people waiting to be connected, resourced, and strengthened. HBI is committed to being that connection.

“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”

Psalm 147:3

This work is not about building a single organization

It is about being a catalyst. Helping put wind in the sails of leaders already meeting these needs. Together these rivers move life, resources, and opportunity where they are needed most.