Founding Stories
This country was the location of Love Justice’s first projects.
What is Nepal?
He is the founder of Love Justice International.
Who is John?
The first transit monitoring station began operations in this year.
What is 2006?
These are the three core values of Love Justice.
What are Be the Kingdom, Help Those Who Need It Most, and Do Much With Little?
This question, asked on a trek to Everest Base Camp, continues to guide LJI’s vision.
What is “What is the best possible life you can imagine for yourself?”
This was the original name of Love Justice International when it first began.
What is Tiny Hands?
Known for his deep compassion and tendency to cry when talking about Jesus or injustice, he was LJI’s first stateside employee.
Who is Doug Dworak?
This form, created in 2010, became a foundational tool for tracking LJI’s anti-trafficking work.
What is the Intercept Record Form (IRF)?
This core value motivates LJI to focus not on what's easiest or most visible, but on the hardest-to-reach people and the gravest injustices.
What is Help Those Who Need It Most?
This peaceful garden in Kathmandu was one of John's favorite spots for writing, thinking, and dreaming.
What is the Garden of Dreams?
This was the name of the very first children’s home supported by LJI.
What is Salvation Children's Home?
This Bangladeshi Christian leader founded Generation Bangladesh and became a trusted LJI partner.
Who is Sukhen Biswas?
Launched in 2009, this initiative of prayer, fasting, and outreach helped spark explosive growth in transit monitoring.
What is Project 58?
This phrase encourages staff to share their full feedback, even the hard or awkward parts.
What is "Give the last 10%"?
This was the name of the board game, early staff translated and printed in Nepali.
What is Pata Lagao?
This organization’s model of border monitoring inspired LJI’s tangible prevention work.
What is Maiti Nepal?
Doug Dworak’s daughter, she managed LJI’s books and became a storehouse of organizational memory.
Who is KC?
This document marked the beginning of formal core process development at LJI.
What is the Children's Home Standard?
This term, rooted in philosophy and widely embraced at LJI, describes the process of truth-seeking through respectful disagreement and discussion.
What is dialectic?
In the early days, this was a common fundraising method involving friends, moms, and scarves.
What is selling pashmina scarves?
During a visit to Peace Children’s Home, this contrast caused the founder to cancel his return ticket and stay in Nepal.
What is the contrast between the bright futures of cared-for children and the hopelessness of street children?
Known for his data-driven approach, this staff member helped shape Searchlight and refine LJI’s definition of an intercept.
Who is Jon Hudlow?
Originally created to ensure compliance with the Children’s Home Standard, this tool evolved into a broader system for tracking operational excellence across core processes.
What is the Operations Dashboard?
This academic field deeply influenced LJI’s dialectical and truth-seeking culture.
What is philosophy?
This dog raced joyfully around the Dream Center yard and was featured in an early vision document.
Who is Atreyu the dog?