About Rooted International
Rooted International is a Christian 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 2020 by Madison Oliver, LCSW, and Andrew Oliver after walking alongside separated children and families. Based in Murrieta, California, Rooted began serving families in Honduras's Olomán Valley in November 2020, after Hurricanes Eta & Iota. Through the Family Preservation Program, church, school, and medical clinic partnerships, and a feeding center, Rooted has walked alongside more than 67 families and served over 900 people through the clinic.
Vision
Rooting Families in Christ and Community
Mission
Keeping kids in families in Honduras through investment in family businesses, community projects, and education to ensure children are rooted in families and the Gospel.
We believe in Family Preservation
Our Why
Our passion is keeping children in families in Honduras. We believe children belong in families and God designed families for children. Many parents in Honduras face the harsh reality that they do not have the financial means or opportunities to provide for their family.
Parents are often forced to make heart-wrenching decisions in order to provide for their family like feeding your child only one meal a day? Or separating the family while one parent seeks an employment opportunity afar? Or choosing which child can go to school because you can only afford one uniform? Or surrendering one or more of your children to an orphanage where you know they will be fed and clothed? These are just a few of the choices families may be forced to make.
Breaking the parent/child relationship can be detrimental to a child’s physical, emotional, and mental health and development. 80% of children who are orphans in Honduras have a living parent. We believe children should be rooted in families and should never be institutionalized if they have safe, loving parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, or other extended family members who would be happy to care for them if they had the means.
We exist to keep kids in families by investing in family business, community development, education, and discipleship. We partner with parents through providing small family business investments in the form of loans, grants, and unconditional cash gifts while also addressing other physical and social needs of the family in our Family Preservation Program.
Our Values
Rooted in Christ
We do this in order to glorify God and disciple our partners in the Gospel of Christ.
Empowered Partners
We put wheels on our partner families’ ideas. We want to give families the resources they need to do what they already know how to do well.
Safe Communities
We want to promote safe and healthy communities without the fear of poverty, violence, and/or persecution.
Families Together
We want to prevent and eradicate the separation of families and institutionalization of children.
Cultural Competence
We seek to understand and respect cultural customs while encouraging Christian maturity.
Statement of Faith
We believe effective ministry and organizational integrity is rooted in Christian beliefs.
Accountability & Stewardship
Rooted International is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and gifts are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our federal EIN is 85-1410979.
We believe faithful stewardship honors both God and the people who give. Rooted International is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors that meets regularly to oversee our finances, programs, and policies. The Board has adopted a Conflict of Interest Policy, a Whistleblower Protection Policy, and a Document Retention Policy, and our directors and staff affirm our Statement of Faith. Our Child Protection Policy guides every staff member, volunteer, and advocacy trip participant who serves alongside the families and children in our programs.
You can verify our tax-exempt status and view our IRS filings directly through the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Rooted International has also earned Candid's Platinum Seal of Transparency.
Verify Our Status with the IRS | Child Protection Policy | Whistleblower Protection Policy
Copies of our other governing policies are available upon request. Questions about our finances or governance can be sent to hello@rootedintl.com or 951.813.8434.