Stephanie Midthun

Stephanie Midthun is trained in both Bible and music, serving as a music director for 25 years.  In 2008 when Stephanie Midthun heard about the intense fight against human trafficking in her own backyard of Sacramento, she began writing music and leading concerts that benefited the fight against sex trafficking with Courage Worldwide who was opening safe houses for girls rescued out of sex trafficking in California and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.  She eventually joined Courage Worldwide’s staff, and in 2017, after raising three boys, she and her husband took over as Executive Directors of Courage Worldwide Tanzania.  Since that time, the work in Tanzania has exploded from 4 residents and 5 staff at Courage House to 60 residents and children, 55 staff, 2 safe houses in the Kilimanjaro region, and a safe house in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania opening May 2023.  She is now the Courage Worldwide Regional Director of East Africa.