OUR FOUNDERS
Rich and Michelle Franzen, who have more than 25 years of missions experience, launched Impact Africa in 2004. Their hearts burned with a passion to help ease the suffering of the African continent, where 68% of the worlds HIV/AIDs population resides. Over the years, the Franzens have raised a multifaceted ministry focused on communities living in squatter camps on the periphery of Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city.
Since Impact Africa’s conception, fives areas of focus have emerged: Impact Kids Preschool, The Impact Baby Rescue, Impact Mission Adventures, Impact Students, and the Missions Experience Program. These different branches of Impact Africa were all created to help those in the poorest communities and address South Africa’s most devastating issues.
“We had an amazing 9 days with this first class ministry team! Thanks for all you are sowing in to South Africa!”
- Rebecca Cobbledick“Impact ME is one of the most refining tools that I’ve ever experienced in my life!”
- Micah Walker Class of 2011“I have been learning so much about God’s heart for His people all around the world and how there is such an urgency to share the Gospel with these people who don’t know.”
- Sarah Tapp, Class of 2012