Extreme Response International

A team of heroes is needed to help people in vulnerable communities break free from generational poverty.

Extreme Response is driven by servant-minded people who take action to defeat poverty in the communities where we serve. We do this using three program areas:

We use a team approach to fight poverty and change the lives of oppressed people. Missionary and local staff work in our programs. Volunteers travel to our three regions to serve as short-term teams or as individuals. Donors and prayer partners generously help make all this possible.

Program Partners, like-minded organizations that provide resources (staff, land, buildings, expertise), bolster some of our programs. We also work with Community Affiliates who help navigate local culture and meet community needs using proven solutions.

In 1997, ER co-founders Jerry and Dawn Carnill living in Quito, Ecuador saw the need to help families living and working in the city’s garbage dump. They believed if the kids had access to the right resources, their futures would be bright. Our mission then – and now – is to change the lives of those living in extreme situations through love, nutrition, health and faith. Our programs are the bridges that allow this to happen.