Meet the Founder: A Heart for Service

Hi there, and welcome to the Charity Service Faith Mission blog! I’m honoured to introduce myself and share a little bit of the story behind the heart and hands that helped shape this mission.

My name is Jasmin Edwards, and I am one of the co-founders of Charity Service Faith Mission—a nonprofit organization rooted in faith, compassion, and the belief that every person deserves dignity, opportunity, and hope.

My service journey didn’t begin with a grand vision. It started with small acts—handing out care packages to people experiencing homelessness in my community, listening with empathy, and simply being present. Those moments of connection planted something deep in me.

In 2014, I began volunteering internationally with organizations like Habitat for Humanity, Praying Pelican Mission, Compassion for Christ, and my home church, Kingdom Life Ministries. I travelled to Belize, Haiti, Ethiopia, Jamaica, Panama and Malawi. But it was in 2017, during a mission trip to Malawi, that my life was forever changed. I helped build homes—but more than that, I built relationships. I saw firsthand how a little bit of help, given in love, could go such a long way.

That experience led to the birth of Charity Service Faith Mission. What began as support for a small primary school in Malawi has now grown into a mission that provides scholarships, builds boreholes, empowers women in farming, distributes hygiene products and school supplies, supports job skills training, and more in Malawi. And, locally, bringing dignity and hope to those experiencing homelessness through the "Hope in a Bag" care package initiative.

I’ve learned through all this is that choosing to serve others isn’t about having the biggest or the greatest. It’s about making the sacrifice to help those in need. That’s something I’ve always lived by. And I hold close to these words from Mother Teresa: “I can do no great things, only small things with great love.” Those words are my compass.

I don’t do this work for recognition. I do it because I believe love should move us to action. I believe in people. I believe in possibility. And I believe that when we come together with kindness and purpose, we can change lives—one small act at a time.

Thank you for being here, for reading, and for walking with us in this mission of hope.

With love, Jasmin Edwards, Co-Founder, Charity Service Faith Mission