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Transforming Faith Into Social Impact

Empowering Inter-Faith Leaders, Youth, and Communities to Cultivate Safe and Healthy Environments for Children by Mobilizing Their Faith into Action.

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Events

Youth Solutions Summit 2025


November 2-5,2025, Lagos, Nigeria

In collaboration with Suburbancares, Nigeria, Faith Has Feet invite you to be part of a powerful transformative 3-day gathering that will ignite the future of Nigeria’s youth. The First Youth Solutions Summit is not just an event—it’s a call to action for youth leaders, mentors, educators, and child advocates to unite in building a generation equipped to lead with purpose.

Through immersive skills training, dynamic mentorship, and innovative leadership development, this summit will set the stage to fuel economic growth, strengthen resilience, and spark lasting social transformation. Together, we will empower young Nigerians to rise above adversity, start building meaningful careers, uplift their communities, and become the changemakers their country—and the world—needs now more than ever.

Be there. Be inspired. Be part of the solution.

About Our Mission

Faith Has Feet is a 501(c)(3) interfaith human rights organization committed to empowering youth, congregants and community leaders with the knowledge, tools, and strategies to heal from childhood trauma and foster their potential. Through education, collaboration, and skills training, we develop life-ready, business-savvy youth who can build prosperous futures. Rooted in faith and focused on impact, we serve underserved communities across Africa, Jamaica, and the wider Caribbean Diaspora—walking boldly toward justice, opportunity, and lasting change.


​OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLE:

"In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." James 2:17 (NIV)

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Our Causes

Safeguarding Education


Empowerment Through Learning

Children are the foundation of our future. Our educational programs empower children, youth and the community with the knowledge, skills and awareness to protect themselves and others from violence, creating a safer community for all.

Entrepreneurship


Fostering Innovation

We support young entrepreneurs by offering resources, mentorship, and guidance to turn their ideas into successful ventures. Our goal is to nurture creativity and drive economic growth within communities.

Youth Development Group


Empowering Youth to Build a Brighter Future

In the heart of Jamaica, a transformative initiative has taken root, offering a lifeline to young men who have found themselves on the streets. The Youth Development Group was formed with a singular mission: to provide a sustainable alternative to life on the streets of Jamaica, by empowering these young men with the tools and opportunities they need to build a brighter future.

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Solving Food Insecurity


Fighting Hunger

No one need go hungry. We are passionate about implementing community-driven initiatives to ensure that everyone has access to nutritious food, addressing hunger and promoting well-being. Urban gardens, container gardens, community gardens, farm to table programs, food education, distribution, land management... we've got our pulse on what's needed to fight hunger.

Social & Environmental Justice


Advocates for Change

Engaging youth in meaningful discussions and actions to promote social and environmental justice, empowering them to be agents of change.

Community Building


Caring for Each Other

Let's make caring for each other a way of life. By nurturing strong communities, we can cultivate environments filled with mutual support, innovation, and resilience. Let's create spaces where knowledge, skills, tools and hope are shared for the benefit of all. When one community flourishes, we all flourish.

Blog

by Denise Buchanan 8 August 2025
Dr. Denise Nura Loy Buchanan is an innovator of transformation, offering a profound methodology that reimagines what it means to live a life of purpose and depth. Her journey—from landscape designer to psychoneurologist and a sought-after speaker—has forged a unique approach that dismantles conventional definitions of potential and pushes the boundaries of personal evolution. For Dr. Buchanan, growth is not about linear improvement; it’s about cultivating a life that reflects the richest, most complex layers of who we are and can become. Drawing deeply from the rhythms of nature, Dr. Buchanan has developed an approach that sees each person as an ecosystem in motion, a dynamic landscape that evolves with every experience, challenge, and triumph. She inspires individuals to view their obstacles as integral forces that shape, rather than limit, their potential. Just as nature’s elements create resilience in the landscapes they shape, Dr. Buchanan’s teachings cultivate a fierce self-awareness that transforms life’s challenges into the foundation for an authentic and powerful existence.  At the core of Dr. Buchanan’s philosophy is an unshakeable belief in individuality as the source of true strength. In a culture obsessed with benchmarks and comparisons, she encourages us to step outside the template, guiding us to embrace the unpolished edges of our identities as essential facets of our power. By shifting focus away from societal metrics and toward self-defined values, her teachings release individuals from the restrictions of conformity, awakening a vibrant, unapologetic sense of self. That is why she created " Faith Has Feet ”, an organization dedicated to inspiring and equipping youth and community leaders to create a more inclusive and thriving world for all. Dr. Buchanan’s own life is a testament to radical reinvention. Leaving the predictable paths of journalism and landscape design, she pursued psychoneurology—a discipline that combines psychology and neurobiology with a focus on human potential. Her career exemplifies a commitment to limitless exploration and reveals that profound transformation is not only possible but essential at every stage of life. Her journey speaks to those who feel confined by their circumstances, demonstrating that life’s most impactful chapters are often those we dare to write ourselves. More than just a teacher, Dr. Buchanan is an advocate for holistic, interconnected growth. She believes that personal transformation is not isolated; it resonates through our relationships and our environments, creating a web of influence that extends beyond the self. Her approach sees connection as an active, living force that amplifies our growth, with our communities and the natural world as co-creators in our journey. This unique perspective on interdependence redefines transformation as both an individual and collective phenomenon, where every relationship becomes a mirror reflecting facets of our potential. Rejecting superficial methods of “quick-fix” self-help, Dr. Buchanan insists on a rigorous and courageous journey of self-exploration, a process that is both demanding and exhilarating. For those prepared to confront their inner worlds with honesty and tenacity, her approach provides a transformative path, revealing hidden dimensions of resilience and purpose. This work is a call to engage with our full capacity for growth, inviting us to continuously uncover deeper layers of meaning and insight. Dr. Buchanan’s philosophy isn’t merely inspirational; it’s catalytic. She reshapes the concept of self-fulfillment into an art of continual reinvention, where transformation becomes a powerful expression of agency and purpose. Her approach is a rallying cry for those who seek more than just incremental change—it’s a call to craft a life of profound substance and unbounded possibility. In Dr. Buchanan’s vision, personal growth is not an endpoint but a lifelong voyage into the extraordinary, illuminating pathways to a purpose-driven, impactful existence.
by Denise Buchanan 8 August 2025
Personal transformation transcends mere goal-setting; it’s an art of unlocking potential, fueled by purpose, resilience, and a vision of lasting impact. Dr. Denise Nura Loy Buchanan —celebrated thought leader, author, and transformative coach —invites us to step boldly into this journey of self-discovery and growth. With a distinctive approach that harmonizes nature, psychology, and spirituality, Dr. Denise has dedicated her life’s work to empowering individuals to reach beyond limitations and craft lives filled with purpose, strength, and legacy.
A man is giving a speech in front of a crowd of people in a church.
by Denise Buchanan 5 June 2025
Denise Buchanan, Ph.D. , Founder, Faith Has Feet and Member of the Brave Movement As a Jamaican survivor of clergy sexual abuse, I write this not only from the place of deep personal pain, but from a position of global purpose. I am the Founder and CEO of Faith Has Feet, an international organization on a mission to create community-based solutions that combine grassroots advocacy, survivor leadership, and policy reform to safeguard children from sexual violence wherever they may live, learn, or worship. We are not only advocating but building avenues to justice, healing, and protection for every child. To date, we have 12,000 youth engaged in Nigeria on a mission to heal and end childhood sexual violence. World leaders will gather in Canada for the 2025 G7 Summit this June, amid immense global uncertainty. The agenda includes critical global priorities: peace and security, economic stability, climate change, digital transformation, and democracy. And yet, absent from this list is one of the most pervasive and devastating human rights violations of our time: child sexual violence. SEE MORE HERE 
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