Healthcare – This objective is based on the belief that proper healthcare is the foundation upon which a healthy workforce is produced. The foundation of a healthy workforce enables people to participate in programs, training, skill development and other activities that help their community thrive. Improving the health of the people along with enlightening their way of life also provides for the well-being of the next generation. Therefore, adequate healthcare provides interrelated support for the sustainability of all other projects.

Agriculture - This need is crucial in rural areas; it not only takes care of hunger at the individual level but also provides a means of empowering the community to become self-sustaining through the marketplace. With a solid agricultural base, the community will be able to plant, cultivate and distribute crops to its members as well as to neighboring markets and communities and eventually elsewhere.

Educational Trade - The core of this program is centered on adult education in the form of trades and occupational skills. Teaching parents and leaders a set of skills that can be passed down to future generations creates a sustainable cycle of learning and growth. There is an overwhelming need for trade education within the communities of Congo. The HOJ approach to achieve this objective is to pair trained individuals with the untrained in a one-on-one mentoring relationship. The goal is to create an educational program for each trade needed within a community and to use that program to provide the learning and skill development necessary to sustain a workforce that will continue the growth and development of that trade.

Water Purification - HOJ provides pure water while restoring the health and hope that pure water brings. The objective is to save lives and then change lives as this hope grows for people and communities. A purification system can be assembled anywhere and operational within hours. This program results in long-term, sustainable improvements for the community’s overall health, not just in the provision of drinking water.

Microenterprise Opportunities (Vocational) – The models developed for this project consist of bottom-up activities supported by at least quasi-stable environments and the supply of adequate skill sets. Through interaction and collaboration, communities define areas of opportunity for goods and services; once identified, groups work together to provide the goods and services needed. HOJ volunteers help provide the infrastructure stability and the training required to successfully deploy the microenterprise model in DRC.

Radio and Television - House of Joy seeks to enhance our efforts of impacting lives in communities by establishing a stream of educational programs and enlightenment series of programming that would be made possible through radio and television. This program would be a collaborative effort for communities to share information and communicate more fully about solutions for their common good in the rebuilding of their nation.