People and communities standing strong, healthy and whole, together.
We lead together with national partners to restore health, stability, and belonging where it’s needed most.
THR5VE is built on five ways of thriving: healing, shared leadership, standing strong, trust, and hope.
These anchors shape how we walk with communities. We believe real change grows through relationship — standing together, listening deeply, and building strength that lasts. Our work is rooted in the belief that everything and everyone is deeply interconnected. These are all different factors that are nuanced, yet all woven together as aspects that affect whether people and communities survive or thrive.
LEad together
Programs designed and led by Myanmar's community leaders meet needs foundational to living. Communities cannot survive, let alone thrive, without basic needs, which include access to clothing, shelter, medicine, food, and clean water.
We work side by side with national leaders who know their people and their land best.
Build TRust
Broken systems and complex factors often contribute to poverty cycles. Lack of access to education, debt, and low working wages often keep people locked into poverty and cause enormous stress. Vocational training, micro-loans, social entrepreneurship courses, and financial management classes are a few ways our local partners are working to change these dynamics. Creating solutions that can continue without perpetual outside funding is vital.
We hold relationships at the center, using every resource with honesty and purpose.
Stand Strong
Building communities that can withstand and recover from disasters. Emotional trauma can start as early as a baby in the womb. These traumas can have profound implications when left untreated. Healing trauma and promoting emotional health are essential components of thriving communities. Examples include trauma care, counseling, grief sharing, and relational support.
We help communities stay steady in hard seasons and rebuild what’s been broken.
HEAL TOGETHER
Access to health care is necessary for thriving communities. We partner with local health providers to address maternal and infant mortality, mental health, and access to basic health resources. We are also committed to educating and supporting local health leaders.
We bring care that restores body, mind, and spirit – practical help with deep compassion.
Hold Hope
We keep hope alive through small acts of courage, kindness, and beauty. This is reflected in our commitment to storytelling, reflection rhythms, and cultivating spaces of belonging.
We Listen, We Partner, We Create. Together.
We Listen
We invest deeply in language and culture studies
We learn from real-life experiences
We ask A LOT of questions (in relationship, field research, ethnographic surveys)
We Partner
We collaborate with our local partners as peers and co-creators.
We celebrate our uniqueness as we work shoulder-to-shoulder with our partners.
We emphasize the shared value and mutual relationship we have with our partners. We all give and receive. Learn and teach. We care for our partners, and they care for us.
We Create
We acknowledge the expertise of our partners.
Our diversity is our strength. And our strength is our trust.
We find local, creative solutions to complex problems.
Meet OUR FounderS
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Melody Crisp is a Doctor of Medical Science with an emphasis on global health and mental health resources for displaced people. She is also a certified Physician Assistant (PA-C) from Loma Linda University. She is deeply passionate about treating the whole person by combining medical practices from around the world to cultivate health. She is an avid cultural anthropologist, approaching new people and places with curiosity and an open mind. She is deeply passionate about uncovering the inherent beauty embedded in each person and celebrating our differences while discovering the ties that bind us in our shared humanity.
Melody’s ability to implement strategic solutions from abstract designs displays her passion for social justice. A loyal friend, her care for others inspires her effective leadership as she models a unique blend of top-down reform and grassroots development.
Melody lives internationally and has been doing community development work for over a decade in Iraq, India, and Thailand.
She enjoys eating good food, baking, reading, being outdoors, and traveling with her family.
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Kelly is a hands-on, dive-in-the-deep-end type of development worker. He is a passionate peace-maker and encourager, eager to accept people as they are and draw out their authentic selves.
He holds an MA in International Community Development from Northwest University and has over 10 years of international and cross-cultural experience.
Whether skateboarding, eating bugs in the field, or hearing stories about forced displacement, he loves to immerse himself in the lives of others.
Kelly's inspiration for radical love comes from the example in Christ. His empathetic perspective, combined with his profound understanding of cultural nuances, enables him to connect with and respect people from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Programs
Our research and collaboration build the foundation for solutions that last.
The issues we confront require holistic transformation.
Programs are locally led.
We have many partners, but do not currently list their names or photos due to security concerns.
If you have questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
