Kerrie Holschbach

Kerrie Holschbach — Founder & Executive Director, Food for His Children
Kerrie Holschbach is the Founder and Executive Director of Food for His Children, a Christian nonprofit serving families in rural Tanzania. A licensed social worker and pastor, Kerrie has dedicated more than three decades to empowering vulnerable populations and restoring dignity where it has been stripped away.
Beginning her career in 1991, Kerrie worked with individuals experiencing severe mental illnesses, traumatic brain injuries, incarceration, homelessness, and generational poverty. Her early work shaped her deep understanding of trauma, secondary trauma, resilience, and the transformative power of supportive relationships.
Her life shifted in 2005, when she first traveled to Tanzania and met a family whose daily struggle and faith moved her profoundly. This encounter became the foundation for Food for His Children, which she launched in 2008. For nearly twenty years, Kerrie has returned to Tanzania repeatedly, building relationships and guiding long-term community development grounded in faith, dignity, and sustainability.
Today, Food for His Children serves over 700 families across 14 project sites and 63 communities, integrating discipleship with climate-smart agriculture, WASH, goat farming, business training, and one-on-one coaching. Kerrie’s leadership blends compassionate pastoral care with the practical skill set of a seasoned social worker, emphasizing trauma-informed practices, secondary trauma awareness, and the complexities of multidimensional poverty.
Kerrie frequently speaks on:
• Poverty alleviation & sustainable community development
• Trauma-informed care & secondary trauma among caregivers and communities
• Multidimensional poverty and its spiritual, relational, and economic impacts
• Restoring the four broken relationships (God, self, others, creation)
• Climate-smart agriculture and innovative solutions for rural families
• Faith-driven leadership and discipleship in global missions
The Parable of the Talents as a practical framework for stewardship, responsibility, and economic dignity

Kerrie is known for her unwavering belief that families can rise out of poverty when given opportunity, support, and someone who believes in their God-given potential. Through her leadership, FFHC continues to empower families, lift communities, and shine Jesus’ love in some of the most remote areas of Tanzania.