Who we are
Since 2003, a week at a time.
Linda Shorette founded Nomads of Hope in 2003 with her husband, Rod, in Monson, Massachusetts. The first trips were in the United States, including on Indian reservations, where the Nomads were adopted into the Northern Cheyenne community in Montana and helped save a struggling fish hatchery on the Apache reservation in New Mexico.
The first trip to Ecuador was to Guasmo Sur in Guayaquil, with Adopta una Familia. In 2015 we started working with a group of local leaders in Nueva Prosperina, also in Guayaquil, and we continue to support that community through Nomads Scholars. Over the years hundreds of volunteers have given a week of their time to build and repair homes. In 2020 Linda and Rod moved to Ecuador, and the work grew to include English classes around Cuenca.
Our team
Linda Shorette
Founder and co-director
Rod Shorette
Co-director
Irma Tapia
Building Projects Coordinator
Denisse Crespo
Translator
Rick Wedge
Director, Language Project
Advisory board
Rod Shorette, Linda Shorette, Aly McGregor, Robert Bell and Luis Llerena.
Our partners
Jadán: Jorge Tigre, president of the parish, and Priscila Bonete, clinical psychologist and our project leader in Jadán. Together they help choose the homes we work on.
Nueva Prosperina: María Rodríguez and Leydis García, who run Nomads Scholars on the ground.
Contact us
Send us a note and Rod or Linda will write back.
Nomads of Hope, Inc.
122 Peck Bros Rd
Monson, MA 01057
A registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit.