Who We Are
RiverCross Global is a Christian nonprofit helping vulnerable children heal from trauma by equipping their African caregivers with Christ-centered, trauma-informed training and resources.
Treasure Every Child to Transform Communities
We believe God has already placed the right people in the right places to care for children in distress.
Our mission is simple: to help vulnerable children thrive by empowering their caregivers with training and resources.
Our vision is bold: for every child to be treasured in their community and transformed by the love of Jesus. This is the heartbeat of RiverCross Global.
We come alongside trusted local leaders—equipping them to walk with children through trauma and toward healing. Together, we’re building communities where children are seen, safe, and free to flourish.
What Makes RiverCross Different
Gospel-Rooted & Research-Informed
Your gift equips caregivers with tools that are both biblically faithful and proven effective in trauma care. With RiverCross, you don’t have to choose between heart and head—we bring both together.
Equipping Leaders Already in Place
Rather than setting up RiverCross sites in every country where we serve, we partner with locally-based organizations—empowering teams who already know their culture and community. This helps your generosity go further, faster.
Harnessing the Power of Story
Story transcends language and culture. Your support fuels the creation of our primary tool for transformation—audio dramas that blend trauma-informed practices with powerful, relatable narratives. These stories equip caregivers to bring lasting healing, again and again.
From a Caregiver’s Ask to Community Transformation
“We know how to tell Bible stories. What we don’t know is how to help a child overcome trauma.”
That realization revealed the heart of the problem—trauma was keeping children from receiving love and trusting that God cared for them.
These caregivers were faithfully feeding, sheltering, and teaching children, even sharing Jesus with them. But they lacked Christ-centered, trauma-informed tools to bring deep healing.
RiverCross responded by embedding the best practices of trauma care into powerful audio dramas and a story-anchored training model. Through story, reflection, and practical skills, caregivers can now guide children from fear to healing—and point them to the hope of Jesus.
What began in one Zambian community is now multiplying across Africa. Through partnerships with churches, schools, and faith-based organizations, RiverCross equips caregivers to treasure children, break cycles of abuse, and bring lasting transformation to their communities.
Our Story in Motion
A Caregiver's Ask
Caregivers voiced the simple but profound need above.
Discovery Through Research
Research confirmed that audio drama was the most effective way to grow compassion, teach trauma-healing principles and practices, increase confidence among caregivers of vulnerable children.
First Series: Holding Esther
As an integrated ministry of Trans World Radio (TWR), RiverCross produced Holding Esther to address the trauma of orphanhood and abuse. The program was externally evaluated by the University of Kentucky, validating our methodology.
Second Series: Jabota Bridge
In response to caregiver demand, Jabota Bridge followed—designed to help child soldiers and refugees find healing and hope in Jesus.
Becoming RiverCross Global
With TWR’s blessing, RiverCross launched as an independent ministry and pivoted from organic growth to a strategic partnership model, equipping faith-based organizations already serving vulnerable children in Africa.
Bridge to Freedom: Our Flagship Audio Drama
After seven years of evaluation, feedback, and collaboration with African colleagues, RiverCross began production of Bridge to Freedom—a comprehensive, Gospel-rooted series that became the foundation for all training.
Summit and Expansion
The first RiverCross Summit gathered partners across Africa for training anchored by the newly produced Bridge to Freedom. This series was translated into Shona for a research project conducted by a Harvard University Ph.D. candidate with Zimbabwe’s government schools.
Scaling Through Partnership
RiverCross partnered with Compassion International to produce Bridge to Freedom in Swahili and equip 17 of their Kenyan staff as RiverCross Trainers with an initial projected reach of 12,000 children in 2026.
A Growing Movement
Through partners in 11+ countries, RiverCross is helping vulnerable children thrive—establishing RiverCross Clubs, training facilitators, and building communities where every child is treasured and transformed by the love of Jesus.
Join the Movement
What began with one caregiver’s cry has become a movement across Africa and beyond. Through story, training, and partnership, God is using RiverCross to equip caregivers, restore families, and strengthen the Church to be His hands and feet among the vulnerable.
The story is still unfolding—and you’re invited to be part of it.