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Foundationally our focus starts with our love of God, people, and self. Everything else for us grows from that consistent yearning for God to breathe life into our labor and to seek intimacy with God through prayer and community. We want to communicate strongly that our goal is to hold an open hand to all people regardless of what your moral or religious convictions may be. We believe that the experience and revelation of christ speaks to the core of our existence and offers hope to a broken world, and we believe that above all else we are called to be servants who do not alter relationship when faced with sisters and brothers of different life experiences. We hope to be incarnational through holding hands with all in hopes of experiencing a more just earthly reality.

MISSION

TAPP USA finds hope and compassion by seeking solidarity with persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS through creating opportunities for sustainable income.

Founded in a love of God, people, and self we seek to join hands with communities worldwide by committing to justice love while engaging in community based education and HIV/AIDS awareness.

VISION

Our vision is a world where good news is preached to the poor. Where the prisoners are set free. Where the blind recover their sight. Where the oppressed are released and we all live in Jubilee.

Core Values

1. Relationships are more important to us than profit. We believe that when relationships turn the world upside down, love will guide us instead of money, and profit will be used for community wellness instead of personal gain.
2. We value giving people a way out of empty consumerism. We buy hand-made items rich with character and bring communities of people together across the globe.
3. We value the producer. We pay high market prices and link the TAPP members directly to the buyer by telling their stories honorably along with their products.
4. We value trade over aid. The TAPP members tell us they desire opportunity, not handouts. With the reality that aid is still occasionally necessary, we inspire more of both through opening up global markets to TAPP artisans and educating affluent communities worldwide.
5. More than poverty eradication, we value the recognition of dignity and full personhood

Core Beliefs

1. Compassion
   1. We believe in moving past charity to compassion, where we sit with and learn from the disadvantaged and marginalized.
   2. We believe Jesus is calling us into a life of love, regardless of racial, social, economic, moral, or religious background.
   3. We believe in getting rid of our “compassion index” recognizing we are all broken people living in a broken world in need of healing.
2. Hope
   1. We believe that the Gospel of Jesus is a gospel of hope, and our God is one that hears the cries of the oppressed.
   2. We believe that the hope of the Christian life is manifested in the present, where heavenly moments are experienced in the midst of joy and suffering.
   3. We believe hope for all people is dependent on how we relate to those who feel disenfranchised by the world.
3. Partnership
   1. We believe we experience God in community with others through an organic process that is lead by compassion and the holy spirit.
   2. We believe partnership demands solidarity, life together with one another where Jesus teaches us to pour ourselves out for the healing the world.
   3. We all have stories. When we hear another’s story, a partnership is created, and their story becomes part of our story as well.