Bio
Joel Vestal was Founder & CEO of ServLife International, Inc. from 1992 until 2011. Under Joel’s leadership, ServLife grew to work in 12 countries with 150 staff (95% non-western) with an annual budget of $1.1 million dollars. The following NGO’s (non-government organizations) were created with Joel Vestal’s leadership and were created to be a vehicle for ongoing ministry.
ServLife Empowering Society: India
ServLife Himalaya Development - Nepal
Awana Sewa Nepal
Beauty for Ashes, A jewelry company in Nepal for oppressed women
ServLife Africa Regional Office: South Africa
Joel Vestal has traveled to more than seventy nations, often working to improve living conditions in some of the world’s least-developed countries. He has conferred with Mother Teresa, has worked in Sudan during the height of its catastrophic civil war, began reconstruction after the devastating tsunami hit near his home in Thailand, was interrogated by secret police in Cuba, and was part of a team that started the first Christian church in northern India.
At the age of 19, he founded ServLife International, an organization dedicated to alleviating human suffering by working with indigenous leaders and networks around the world.
Joel is the father of Zayd (Arabic name meaning ‘to increase’) - and Daya (Indian name meaning ‘compassion’) - .
