About Us
What We Do
In this increasingly complex world, education is one of the most important investments in life. The mission for The Lord’s Hands is awarding laptops to promote human potential to BYU-Pathway Worldwide students in Africa.
Although we are not affiliated with BYU-Pathway Worldwide, we value its low-cost, flexible, online approach to higher education in over 150 countries.
Income inequality prevents many African BYU-Pathway students from owning a laptop, which is necessary to complete university-level courses and obtain their online degree. The Lord’s Hands addresses this problem by awarding laptops to exceptional BYU-Pathway students through a competitive process.
We are not experts, nor rich or famous, but we have a reverence for life and a desire to be ‘the Lord’s Hands’ in helping the poor and the needy. Please add greater meaning to your life today and join us in creating a better tomorrow!
About Us
What We Do
In this increasingly complex world, education is one of the most important investments in life. The mission for The Lord’s Hands is awarding laptops to promote human potential to BYU-Pathway Worldwide students in Africa.
Although we are not affiliated with BYU-Pathway Worldwide, we value its low-cost, flexible, online approach to higher education in over 150 countries.
Income inequality prevents many African BYU-Pathway students from owning a laptop, which is necessary to complete university-level courses and obtain their online degree. The Lord’s Hands addresses this problem by awarding laptops to exceptional BYU-Pathway students through a competitive process.
We are not experts, nor rich or famous, but we have a reverence for life and a desire to be ‘the Lord’s Hands’ in helping the poor and the needy. Please add greater meaning to your life today and join us in creating a better tomorrow!
Our Story
November 2020
The Lord’s Hands was officially organized in the Democratic Republic of Congo
January 2021
We commenced our Winter “Laptops for Students” campaign and donated 25 laptops to our first group of BYU-Pathway Worldwide students from the DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Kenya.
April 2021
We started our Spring “Laptops for Students” campaign, and were delighted to donate 63 Laptops to the second group of BYU-Pathway Worldwide students from the following countries: Malawi, Rwanda, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Uganda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo-Brazzaville, Togo, Burundi, and Ivory Coast.
August 2021
We successfully awarded 103 laptops to students in the following countries in Africa: Cameroon, DR Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sough Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zimbabwe.
Currently
Since its inception, 1332 African students in 28 countries have earned a laptop from The Lord’s Hands due to their academic success in BYU-Pathway. The news of The Lord’s Hands has traveled throughout Africa and hope now exists. In our website, you will see heartwarming examples where lives have been changed for the better because of a single laptop. Our biggest risk is extinguishing that hope in the lives of students who “…with surety hope for a better world…” Please help us keep hope alive by donating today!
Making An Impact
Making An Impact
“Too often we notice the needs around us, hoping that someone from far away will magically appear to meet those needs. Perhaps we wait for experts with specialized knowledge to solve specific problems. When we do this, we deprive our neighbor of the service we could render, and we deprive ourselves of the opportunity to serve. While there is nothing wrong with experts, let us face it: there will never be enough of them to solve all the problems.”
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Our Team
Board Members
The founder of The Lord’s Hands NGO, is passionate about humanitarian and social needs. His natural interest in charitable activities grew as he worked with LDS Charities assisting a senior missionary couple, and served as Bishop of the Kisima Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Steve’s professional experience includes working for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in purchasing, fleet, information and communication systems, travel; distribution planning and sales, and as Regional Support Services Manager in the central region of the Africa Central Area.
He holds a B.S in Systems Administration (IT) from ESIS, Lubumbashi DRC, a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Management from Regent Business School in South Africa, and is currently pursuing his Master’s degree in Public Administration at Brigham Young University Provo-Utah. He is married to Mukaz Kapila. They have 3 children.
He is from Nairobi Kenya. As an individual he believes in the commandment given by Christ saying “Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.” Inspired by this belief, he has always tried to find ways in how he would be able to serve. Motivated by this scripture he served as a missionary in the Ghana Cape Coast mission. During that time he found joy in doing service to others, which led to more opportunities where he served as a Stake Institute Teacher, Sunday School President, and Bishop of Nairobi 1st Ward.
Alex is the director of Qurious Data Limited and AlexBen Enterprises which deals with the collection and preservation of Oral Genealogies and helps people to preserve their family history. He is a husband and father of 2 daughters. Currently majoring in Bachelor of Science Applied Technology at BYU Idaho.
Studies:
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management (ISES, Lubumbashi), Anticipated July 2022
• Certification in Business Logistics Management.
Work and business:
• Chief Operations Officer at Business and More Inc.
• Married to Joyce Mombe Benangie and a father of two children.
• Bachelors degree in Human Resources Management (ISES, Lubumbashi), Anticipated July 2022
• Certification in Business Logistics Management.
Work and business:
• Chief Operations Officer at Business and More Inc.
• Married to Joyce Mombe Benangie and a father of two children.
• Bachelors degree in Information Technology (Programming)
• Chief Operations Officer at LUBUMBASHI MODERNE Inc
• Field technician at Congo China Communication (ccc) with Huawei
• Married to Gisèle Bulungu.
• Chief Operations Officer at LUBUMBASHI MODERNE Inc
• Field technician at Congo China Communication (ccc) with Huawei
• Married to Gisèle Bulungu.
• Bachelor in project management
• National higher diploma or undergraduate in Executive Secretary
• National diploma in pedagogy/Psychology .
Current internal position : TLH Communication Director and outside : PEF Operation Specialist
• National higher diploma or undergraduate in Executive Secretary
• National diploma in pedagogy/Psychology .
Current internal position : TLH Communication Director and outside : PEF Operation Specialist
• ICT Officer World Vision DRC
• Bachelor of Business Administration Brigham Young University-Idaho
• BYU Pathway Worldwide Certificate
• Bachelor of Network and System Management, ESIS
• Bachelor of Business Administration Brigham Young University-Idaho
• BYU Pathway Worldwide Certificate
• Bachelor of Network and System Management, ESIS
Advisors
Janet has 22 years of experience as a professional educator, including gifted-talented department head and leading district committees. At home, Janet instilled her passion for education in her nine children, who are all university graduates and hold a combined eight post-bachelor degrees. After retiring, Janet served as missionary in Lubumbashi, DRC, teaching nine English classes weekly to several hundred students. Continuing to empower individuals through education after her mission, she organized a non-profit to teach subsistence farmers best practices and supply them with certified-seed and fertilizer. She raised over $155,000 to teach 250 farming families. Participants no longer face starvation, are repaying loans, have stable housing, and can afford to send children to school. Currently as a missionary guiding BYU-Pathway students in Africa, Janet recognized students cannot complete courses on cell phones. She began working with Steve Kapila to raise money for computers to enable these students to achieve their educational goals and become powerful leaders in their homes, communities, and Africa.
Lorri obtained her undergraduate degree in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Brigham Young University. During the last 30 years, she has served on the Orem Youth Soccer Board (1993 to 1998), served as a Humanitarian Leader in her community (1999-2003) and founded the Utah chapter of Days for Girls International and served as its Director from 2013 to 2019. Since 2021, Lorri has been serving as a BYU-Pathway Worldwide educational missionary with students in Central Africa. She has contributed dozens of refurbished laptops to her students. Lorri recognizes the acute need of many students who lack basic computer hardware and Wi-Fi services.
Rick spent over 30 years as a CPA building Novogradac & Company LLP into a Top 30 US accounting firm with nearly $200 million in annual revenue as of his retirement at the end of 2020. Prior to helping start Novogradac, Rick worked for Arthur Andersen and Ernst and Young. He has served in multiple volunteer positions including Board President of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Contra Costa County, Scoutmaster of Troop 497 in Concord, CA, and multiple positions for BYU Marriott School of Business alumni boards. Rick is an active real estate investor. He is married to Charlotte May and they are the parents of five children. Rick received his bachelors and Masters degrees from Brigham Young University.
Mr. Lamb is currently an independent director and advisor for various companies in tech, real estate and entertainment. Mr. Lamb has nearly 30 years of successful CFO experience in various large public, public subsidiary, and private entities, specifically in the financial services and entertainment arenas. He has public and private company board experience, and also serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations. He holds a Master’s degrees in Accountancy, with a minor in Managerial Economics, from the BYU Marriott School of Business.
David retired in 2019 from MetLife after 29 years of service. His career experience included residing in Hong Kong as MetLife’s Chief Compliance for Asia and ensuring MetLife’s compliance with regulations in ten Asian markets. During this time, he coordinated MetLife’s compliance integration of two companies in Malaysia along with the development of a joint-venture in Vietnam. David has lived and worked in Japan where he spearheaded a compliance transformation for MetLife’s second largest operation. David has a Bachelor’s Degree from Brigham Young University and a MBA from Golden Gate University. Prior to David’s association with The Lord’s Hands, he participated in humanitarian ventures in China and Kenya and observed micro-lending to women’s groups in India. David believes there are openings for doing good appearing in numerous directions. He and his wife, Leslie Thomas are the parents of four children.
Dave Beesley graduated in 2020 from BYU with a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He has two years' experience in software engineering, specializing in performance optimization and asynchronous programming. He served a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. He and his wife are the parents of three young children.
Eustache M. Ilunga resides in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Married to Mamie Ilunga, together they have four children: two boys and two girls. His education background includes a National Diploma in Literature, a Law Degree specializing in Social and Economic Law, and an MBA in Management. Industrious and innovative with a transformational and collaborative leadership style, Eustache has diversified work experience. He held multiple management positions within the Temporal Affairs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in the Democratic Republic of the Congo for 19 years before becoming the Africa Multi-Area Operations Manager with FamilySearch International since September 2023.
Beyond work, Eustache enjoys hobbies such as hiking, traveling, and spending quality time with his family. He is actively engaged in volunteer service. He has a strong passion for education and rising generation empowerment.
Beyond work, Eustache enjoys hobbies such as hiking, traveling, and spending quality time with his family. He is actively engaged in volunteer service. He has a strong passion for education and rising generation empowerment.