Youth With A Mission is a global movement of Christians from many cultures, age groups, and Christian traditions, dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. Also known as YWAM (pronounced “WHY-wham”), we unite in a common purpose to know God and to make Him known.

Back when we began in 1960, our main focus was to get youth involved in missions. Today, we still focus on youth, and we also involve people aged 8 to 80. We currently work in more than 1,100 locations in over 180 countries, with a staff of over 18,000.

One of the joys of participating in YWAM is to work with people from many nations. YWAM’s staff (known as “YWAMers”) come from over 130 countries, including places like Indonesia, Nepal, Mozambique, and Colombia.

Visit www.ywampune.org to know more about ministries in YWAM Pune.

Visit www.ywam.org to know more about YWAM international.

Suman John founded Sahayak Hath in 1992, not long after she joined Youth With A Mission. Sahayak Hath means “helping hands” in Hindi, and that is exactly what she wanted to be for the poor and destitute in Pune, Maharashtra, India. After she married E.J. John in 1995, they continued the work together, expanding projects to meet the community development needs of the people living in the slum areas they were serving. In 2008, E.J. passed away very suddenly. Despite feeling the extreme pain of the loss, Suman has persevered in service to the poor and needy. Today, she and ten staff members serve the people in a variety of ways through this ministry of YWAM India in the Bhatnagar area of Pimpri, Pune, India.

Visit www.ywampune.org to know more about ministries in YWAM Pune.