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"There is power in holding other people's hands," says Maureen Kaderi of Rehema House in Kenya.

"It's hope that trickles down to the family, to the community, and to the world."

That's why she's among a group of former child-sponsoring students at Belmont University in Tennessee who've been selected to work with Rehema House, a home for pregnant teens in Kenya, as part of a new pilot project between Compassion International and Belmont Innovation Labs, per a press release.

The idea is to help these alumni, who've graduated from Compassion's child-sponsoring program, jump-start their own social-impact ventures.

"Researchindicates that the primary reasons most social ventures fail are a lack of mentoring and encouragement, limited access to crucial technical assistance, and chronic underfunding," says Josh Yates, director of Belmont Innovation Labs.

"Together, Impact Teams and entrepreneurs can collectively refine and propel the most promising ideas into actionable solutions poised to transform industries, sectors, and communities."

The first two Compassion alumni selected to work with Impact Teams are Jey Mbiro, founder and CEO of Sauti Village in Africa, and Kaderi, co-founder and full-time executive director of Rehema

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