What is Gap Relief?

How did Gap Relief come to be and what is it today?

Co-Founders and Co-Directors Amy Butler and Megan Taylor join us from the airport (Where Gap Relief actually began!) to tell us the story.

The story of Gap Relief started in an airport, which is only partly the reason why this week’s video is coming at us from an airport. (Also because of the massive amount of recent flight crises, but we digress.)

When Amy and Megan were asked several years ago to come to Malawi, Africa to resource and triage a team of international workers experiencing burnout and stress, a formal organization was not yet on their radar.

But, during this trip, our founders were inspired to not only replicate and expand their overseas efforts to support more international teams but also to bring this model of therapeutic support to those on the front lines of their missions here at home. They recognized that the individuals who provide safety and care to their communities often take on significant trauma and hardship themselves, making it difficult for them to sustain their important work without assistance. Amy and Megan decided to become the helpers to the helpers.

Their mission to do this; to help the helpers build resilient communities has expanded massively since that first trip, and now includes a team around them to bring trauma-informed counseling, body, and coaching resources to these incredible world-changers.

Today, Gap Relief serves both individuals and teams, including those working in the non-profit sector, public and private law enforcement agencies, educators, foster and adoptive community members, and many others.

We’re so proud of the mission Gap Relief is able to champion and the helpers we are able to serve with help from our partners and supporters. If you would like to be a part of all that Gap Relief is doing, please reach out! We would love to connect with you.