In our fast-paced world of constant media bombardment and email inboxes on overload, it’s hard to know where to strike the balance between long-form reports and more visual digests. So today, to change things up a bit, we bring you a photo-report consisting of very recent shots from our programs! We hope you’ll enjoy seeing […]
We’re honestly so happy to share this update. In our last newsletter we had informed our followers that we didn’t quite reach our year-end goal and that the Uganda land purchase would have to wait. Well, in a miraculous turn of events, someone who read that email felt moved to donate the full amount needed […]
As is our tradition, we’re closing out the year by sharing our favorite field-submitted photos we feel summarize the spirit of what we’ve achieved together with your support over the past 12 months. Let’s take a look! 10. We start our countdown to our favorite field-submitted photo of 2023 with this wonderful image depicting your […]
Today we are happy to reflect on this past year and share with you what we’ve achieved together— 2023 has been a year of growth and success, while we’ve also continued to battle many challenges abroad due to political instabilities. We were especially happy to welcome so many new friends into our community of support […]
Today, we are announcing that with your support we can reach our goal to fulfill many long-awaited needs in our Uganda and Philippines programs as well as replenish our global emergency fund after a challenging year. First, we’d like to take you to rural Uganda, where we’ve been working with our local team for 14 […]
Today we are excited and grateful to share the milestone Peace Gospel has reached: 30 years of impacting and transforming the lives of the orphans, child labor victims, and young trafficking survivors. We are thrilled to share with you what we’ve achieved together over these past 30 years of partnering with and empowering locally-led, mercy-based […]
We want to share with you the story of Anjuna’s* courageous escape from slavery, and how the support of our donors is a big part of her miraculous life transformation and healing. She was held prisoner in a small budget hotel room in one of India’s largest cities. Little to eat. Never allowed to go […]
The work on the roof is almost complete!! We wanted to share a few photos of the progress and express our thanks for the incredible generosity and support of our donors towards our Girls Home Roof Campaign in the Philippines. The donations from everyone who raised their hand and chose to become a part of […]
Back in 2010, we took a bold step and acquired a 12-acre rice farm, and its impact has been nothing short of extraordinary. Over the last 13 years, this fertile land has yielded over 104 tons of rice!! With nearly 7,000 servings per ton, if you’re following the math that means we’ve been able to […]
Doses of Hope is our recurring month-end report intended to bring you just that, small but powerful doses of hope-filled stories and updates. We have several big doses of hope for you from this month, including a special update on a very important goal that was met! We are thrilled to announce that thanks to […]
We’ve had an extremely busy and productive past two months with our annual Houston gala in April followed by a special reception and fundraiser in Austin, Texas this month. Both events were very successful, with net proceeds raising a combined total of 16.1% of our annual budget! We are so grateful for all who attended […]
Our biggest event in 30 years was held on Thursday, April 20 in Houston, Texas- our 7th annual “A Taste of Hope” gala! It’s the one time of the year our staff, donors, and other friends get to gather and celebrate what we’ve achieved together. This year was an especially important celebration— it’s been 30 […]
Our Executive Director, Kirby Trapolino, recently visited our rural Uganda campus and was so blessed by the progress we’ve achieved on our two campuses. It has been four years since Kirby’s last visit to Uganda (due to the pandemic) and he was blown away by the advancement of our programs there during this time. We […]
Never before in the history of our work have we had this feeling of everything really starting to click. From the beginning, we have always tried to communicate to our field directors that we are running a marathon, not a sprint— that what we are trying to achieve should be measured in decades, not years […]
We are very happy to send you this inspiring update on the results of our year-end fundraising campaign! Finally, all the donations dropped in the mail on 12/31 have arrived and final tallies have been calculated. We’re happy to report that thanks to your support, encouragement, and advocacy we not only met— but exceeded— our […]
We’re closing out the year by sharing some of what we feel are our best field-submitted photos that summarize the spirit of what we have achieved together with your support in 2022. Our teams are doing a great job sending us frequent photo updates of their work. These are some of the best we enjoyed […]
Today we are happy to reflect on this past year and share with you what we’ve achieved together— 2022 has been a year of renewal and hope combined with several challenges as well. We are grateful that our Founder & Executive Director, Kirby Trapolino, was finally able to return to many of our program sites […]
We are very happy to announce our year-end goal which will help us fulfill many long-awaited needs in our Uganda program as well as replenish our emergency fund after a challenging year. The first part of our goal takes us to rural Uganda, where we have been working with our local team for 13 years. […]
This Giving Tuesday we are introducing our inaugural “Child of the Year”, a profile to help you see more clearly the children you are helping when you give to Peace Gospel and She Has Hope. This is not an award, but a selection of one child we have chosen to represent all of the children […]
It has been a while since we have given an update on the security situation in Myanmar. Unfortunately, things have continued to deteriorate since the military coup of February 2021. We are sadly so desensitized to violence and overwhelmed with a thousand pieces of daily bad news from around the world. However what is happening […]
Today we are very happy to bring you a news roundup of all the fruits of your generosity and God’s miraculous provision. We have so many encouraging updates to relay to you. The purpose of today’s story is to provide an update on how far our 2020-2022 campaigns and projects have come from originally just […]
We are eager to share some news from our founder Kirby Trapolino, as well as an updated request for assistance from our rural primary school in Mairinya, Uganda. This school has provided significant education opportunities for the girls at our new rural Girls Home. To ensure that the school’s needs are continually being met, our […]
All the bills have been paid and the final pledges from our 6th Annual “Taste of Hope” Gala have been collected so we are very happy to report the impact of our event! Thanks to your support, whether it was attending, underwriting, bidding on auction items, or just helping us spread word of the event, […]
We are thrilled to announce that our 6th Annual gala, “A Taste of Hope” will be back in person this year! We will be gathering to celebrate the stories of hope you’ve helped make possible on Thursday, April 21 at 7 PM, with a special VIP hour beginning at 6 PM for our VIP ticket […]
If you’re anything like us, witnessing the events unfolding on the world stage have been extremely upsetting. As if we have not already seen enough suffering this past two years, now we have a war in Europe. On the heels of other atrocities in Myanmar, Syria, Somalia, Sudan, Afghanistan, and countless other conflicts where the […]
Today we could show you some charts or share some statistics to remind you of the impact you make when giving to Peace Gospel. But instead, we’ve decided to share one tangible story of a changed life. It’s a bit long, but we pray this story might reach you when you have a moment to […]
Today we are happy to reflect on this past year and share with you what we’ve achieved together— 2021 has been a year of both heartache and victories combined. What follows is our 2021 Year-End Impact Report. When you read, we are sure you’ll agree it’s nothing short of a miracle what you’ve helped us […]
We are happy to announce our year-end goal which will help us fulfill many long-awaited needs in our programs as well as replenish our emergency fund after a very challenging year. Our first goal takes us to The Philippines: we hope to expand and renovate our girls home, perform a makeover on our main facility’s […]
It is with great joy we update you today on the progress of the latest major improvement to our rural Uganda boarding high school. For several years our students have had to live in make-shift boarding arrangements, sharing space between the one official dormitory and an improvised hall of our on-campus medical clinic. Finally, after […]
After experiencing several setbacks, we are happy to report that our Myanmar team has finally been able to make headway on the building project you helped fund late last year. Right about the time we were hoping to get started on the project, the country experienced a devastating military coup in February. The nation has […]
It’s so hard to believe it’s just about 3 weeks until our biggest event of the year. In case you missed it, or you’d like an easy link to share with friends, here’s the full rundown. What? 5th Annual Taste of Hope Gala – Virtual Edition! Why? We had to shift gears from our planned […]
In light of all the heavy news we’ve shared from our India and Myanmar programs this past few months, we are elated that we get to share some positive news from our Uganda programs. Thanks to a matching challenge we’ve received from a generous Peace Gospel donor, we have the chance to raise a total […]
It is with great sorrow and concern that we update you on our India programs today. A shocking second wave of Covid has torn through India suddenly at a current record-breaking pace of over one million new cases being registered every three days. And it’s very close to home for us this time. In the […]
Photo: Orphans at our Myanmar home are enjoying the bounty of recent harvests from our rice farm, vegetable gardens, and fruit groves. While we have some alarming news to share with you about the status of Myanmar due to February’s military coup, today we also want to share with you how the generosity of our […]
Photo: Girls at our India boarding school are happy to finally be back in the classroom after one year of lockdowns. Spring has officially arrived and like our now-colorful gardens, many stories of hope are blossoming in our programs at Peace Gospel and She Has Hope. We wanted to share a few with you today. […]
We have some great news coming from our Myanmar team, but also wanted to report to you on some challenges they are facing due to the recent military coup there. We are happy to report that we had a very successful rice harvest on our Myanmar farmland— our 9th annual harvest at the farm. The […]
We are so happy to start out the new year celebrating some great news. Thanks to the support, encouragement, and advocacy of our donors we not only met— but exceeded— our year-end goal! We have informed our Myanmar and Uganda teams of the news and they are so excited and happy that they will have […]
Photo: Girls at our Uganda rural primary school gather for mealtime— every schoolday they are provided with a fresh-cooked breakfast and lunch thanks to the generosity of our donors. We are happy to reflect and share what we’ve achieved together in 2020— a year of unprecedented challenges for all of us. What follows is our […]
Photo collage: We have big news about upcoming plans to improve our orphan care programs in Myanmar and Uganda, as we celebrate all that we have accomplished in responding to the pandemic economic crisis. We are happy to announce our year-end goals which will help us fulfill many long-awaited needs in our programs along with […]
Photo: The girls from our Cebu girls home express their thanks for your love and support. As we head into Thanksgiving week, we have so much to be thankful for at Peace Gospel and She Has Hope. While our teams and local communities where we operate have struggled immensely under pandemic lockdown restrictions and resulting […]
Photo: In India, our programs provide security, rehabilitation, nutrition, and accredited education to orphan girls recovering from slavery or child labor situations. Our Founder & Director, Kirby Trapolino, was recently interviewed by the Texas Asia Society about the origins and history of She Has Hope and the stories behind the pieces our program participants create. […]
Photo: This brave survivor recently completed her tailoring certification and has now started her new business thanks to the support of our donors. We are happy to share the great news that we have a new class of graduates at our ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home and trade school in Nepal! We are so proud […]
Photo: South India; a family in a migrant farmer’s camp receives rations from Peace Gospel’s pandemic relief program. Thanks to your support, our teams have now been able to deliver over 41 tons of food stocks to community members who are struggling to find food due to the effects of extreme lockdowns that still persist […]
Photo: Girls from our Cebu Girls Home are happy to show you the goats they’ve been helping to raise at the farmland. Today we bring you a news roundup from our programs on the island of Cebu, Philippines. We are happy to report that all 40 of the students enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center […]
Photo: Thanks to early preparatory action in February along with existing farmland stockpiles, we are now in a position to serve the poor and frontline workers in India and other nations. The following is an update from our Founder & Executive Director, Kirby Trapolino, regarding our response to the COVID-19 crisis: I hope you, your […]
Photo: Despite lockdown orders in Uganda for the COVID-19 crisis, our staff are still preparing hundreds of meals daily for our orphan boarding boarding students, resident staff members, and at-risk students at our rural primary school campus who still come for meal service. One of our longterm prayer requests has been our hope for a […]
Photo: This proud and brave group of girls rescued from human trafficking early last year is our latest class of graduates from the rehabilitation home’s trade school. Today we bring you a news round-up from our programs in Nepal. First, we want to share some older news we never got a chance to report on […]
Photo: Children at our main orphan home campus are excited about the brand new water filtration system that is providing them with crystal-clear clean water. We are happy to share the good news that the 8th annual harvest at our Myanmar rice farm took place in December. The crop yielded 4.6 tons of rice at […]
Photo: Students are happy that our new school building facility is now on higher ground away from its previous location which was prone to frequent flooding. We are happy to report that at the end of December, construction was completed for a new building for our Children’s Hope Center School in Kampala, Uganda. A new […]
Image: We are happy to reveal this architectural sketch of our proposed India Technical College which will generate funds for our India programs while also providing scholarship seats for our graduating high school students. An exciting project we are planning is a technical college that will serve our graduates and other young adults starting in […]
Photo: The girls living at our Cebu Girls Home are thankful for weekly harvests of bananas on our farmland enterprise, the profits supplementing our programs. Today we are happy to share the redemptive story of a girl living at our orphan home, 12-year-old Tala.* She came to live with us this year because her family […]
Photo: Students in our programs are so grateful for the existence of our education programs which make quality, affordable education available in a region of Uganda where it is typically very scarce. We are happy to report that this month we are celebrating our 10 year anniversary of partnership with our rural Uganda native team. […]
Photo: Orphan children in our program are thankful to receive complete residential care in a family environment along with an education, medical support, and daily nutritious meals. We are happy to report that 75 of our orphans (ages 5-18) are preparing to take their end-of-semester exams in October. To prepare for their exams, the children […]
Photo: Anita Jaisinghani, founder of Queen Scarves, seen with our survivor artisans who have just begun making scarves for her scarf company, to benefit the girls and their program with fair trade proceeds. We currently have 11 girls (ages 16-25) living at our Nepal trafficking rehabilitation home, nine of whom recently completed their skill development […]
Photo: Students are drawing many benefits from our rural boarding high school, one of the few accredited Ugandan high schools in a non-urban area We are happy to report that 230 of our students (ages 13-18) took their end-of-semester exams in May, and they all received excellent scores. Now 65 of our high school students […]
Photo: Our Kampala program director Joseph seen here with some of his students at our primary school in the Katoogo slum colony. Today we bring you an update from our programs in Kampala, Uganda. We currently have 168 children (ages 3-15) enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center School this semester — they are studying Luganda […]
Photo: One of the girls who has benefited from our residential care girls home and on-campus primary school the past several years, seen here in one of her classrooms. We are very thankful to share a retrospective of the success of our primary school in India. Our faithful field director and native team first opened […]
Photo: A student at our Children’s Hope Center after school care program is happy about the tutoring and nutrition support she receives, ensuring her success in school. We are very happy to report that all 40 children (ages 6-18) enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program on the island of Cebu, Philippines, took […]
Photo: Children of our orphan care program were happy to recently visit the new farmland which is producing fruits and vegetables of many kinds. Our primary and middle school students took their end-of-semester exams in February, and our high school students took their end-of-semester exams in March. To prepare for their exams, the children received […]
Photo: Girls at the orphan home are happy to have successfully completed another school year. We are happy to report that 17 of the children (ages 9-18) who live at our orphan home took their end-of-school-year exams in March, and they all received excellent scores, advancing them to their respective next grade levels. To prepare […]
Photo: Students at our rural boarding high school are ecstatic about the new computers recently added to the computer lab. We are happy to report that in February we harvested 1 ton of corn from our farmland which is providing a delicious staple in our children’s meals. This abundant harvest also gave us a net […]
Photo: These orphans are extremely grateful to have a safe place to sleep, 3 square meals a day, and enrollment at our local primary school. Today we bring you the good news that our native Kampala team is now caring for 23 rescued orphans (10 boys and 13 girls, ages 4-15). These children came under […]
Photo: Girls at our India girls home are happy to show you produce from the recent garden harvests. We are happy to report that our new lentil harvest yielded 2.2 tons earlier this month. We will use some of the lentils in our children’s meals, but we will sell the bulk of of the yield […]
Photo: One of our workers is so happy to see another harvest. She is thankful for the wages that the farmland provides for her and her family. Today we are happy to report that the 7th annual harvest at our Myanmar rice farm took place in late December. The crop yielded approximately 4.4 tons of […]
Photo: The girls are proud to show us a sample of the fishery harvest at our girls home campus. Since we last shared a report from our programs on the island of Cebu, Philippines, our Children’s Hope Center participants enjoyed a Christmas celebration in December, which we want to update you about today. Thanks to […]
Photo: Girls enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center program are excelling in school thanks to our nutrition program and after-school tutoring. Since we last reported on our Manila Children’s Hope Center, Christmas has passed, and we want to give you an update on how the children enjoyed the season. Our loving staff and volunteers threw […]
Photo: New rescues are happy to be at our rehabilitation home learning skills that will help them stand on their own financially after graduation. We are happy to report that in December, 10 new girls and women (ages 16-31) were rescued from tragic slavery situations by local volunteer groups with the help of the police […]
Photo: Thanks to your support, a look back at our history reveals restored lives and hope among the thousands of children we’ve served. Today we want to take a walk through the history of Peace Gospel to look at what we’ve done together, your donation appeal dollars at work, to transform the lives of our […]
Photo: Children from our schools are excited to attend end-of-the-school-year activities including a youth camp with various games, singing, and parties. We are happy to report that our 300 primary school students at our rural campus in Mairinya took their end-of-semester exams in November. Their study preparation included learning and receiving after-school tutoring in English, […]
Photo: Girls at our girls home enjoy nutritious meals which include many ingredients grown at our farmland and in our on-campus gardens. Today we bring you an update from our farmland enterprise in India. In November we planted 4 acres of lentils, covering a portion of the space that we previously used as a rice […]
Photo: These girls are thankful to receive delicious, healthy, fresh-cooked meals every day at our Myanmar orphan home. We are happy to report that over the past 12 months, we have rescued 6 new orphans. We are providing them with complete residential care at our main campus. Some of these children lost their parents to […]
Photo: A girl enrolled in our “Children’s Hope Center” outreach receives nutritious meals which include eggs produced at our hen house. Today we want to share the history of our hen house project on the island of Cebu, Philippines, which is an integral part of our farmland enterprise as it provides a source of nutrition […]
Photo: This child is thankful to be enrolled at our Kampala Children’s Hope Center School where he receives a quality education and fresh-cooked meals every school day. Today we are thankful to report that 2 new girls are enrolled at our Kampala ‘She Has Hope‘ rehabilitation home, modeled after our rehabilitation home in Nepal, both […]
Photo: Children enrolled in our program were once involved in hazardous child labor situations, but are now safe, enjoying success in school. Today we are happy to bring you good news from our child labor response program in Manila, Philippines. Our center is located in the midst of one of Manlia’s slum colonies situated right […]
Photo: Students at our rural primary school are happy to receive fresh-cooked meals on school days and a well-rounded education not previously available in their village. Today we bring you important updates from our programs in Uganda. Our farmland enterprise has been languishing due a drought in the area that began in June and is […]
Photo: Boys from our boys home are enjoying the new playground and look forward to the added security of a new perimeter wall that will enclose the newly acquired land. We are happy to report that thanks to the generous support of our donors, we now have everything we need to begin construction on a […]
Photo: These children are thankful for our outreach program where they enjoy Bible study, fun games and activities, and fresh-cooked meals and snacks every Saturday. Today we want to share some encouraging news from our farmland enterprise on the island of Cebu, Philippines. In August we sold one mature pig at market which gave us […]
Photo: Our orphans are happy to receive various supplies for school and hygiene needs, generously provided thanks to donors like you. Today we bring you an update from our programs in Myanmar. Our 6 orphan homes were recently affected by flooding due to heavy rains that began during the first week of August. The flooding […]
Photo: These girls are happy to have graduated from their skill development coursework in which they became proficient in many skills such as tailoring. We are happy to report that in June one of our orphans, 17-year-old Laayra*, graduated from our orphan home in Nepal with some of the highest exam scores of all 26 […]
Photo: Students at our rural boarding high school are happy about the abundant corn harvest! We are happy to report that our native team harvested 5.7 tons of corn at the beginning of this month which we will use to supplement our primary school’s and high school’s students’ meals. They enjoy the corn as well […]
Photo: Students at our Children’s Hope Center School are happy to receive three meals a day and access to a free education. Today we bring you some important updates from our work in Kampala, Uganda. First we take you to our Kampala ‘She Has Hope‘ rehabilitation home, modeled after our Kathmandu, Nepal, rehabilitation home, both […]
Photo: One of our newly rescued orphans is thankful for the new playground equipment on our campus which provides a fun break from her schoolwork. In June we had 40 children re-registered in our on-campus primary school for the new semester. After going through the registration process per new government requirements, our native team accepted […]
Photo: Our director’s sons are happy for the great coconut harvest this month. Today we want to share the good news that our coconut harvest this month was abundant — we gathered 580 mature coconuts and sold them at market for $54, which helps to supplement our Cebu programs since we harvest our coconuts quarterly. […]
Photo: Our Nepal orphan home graduate, Divsimar. Today we are overjoyed to report that one of our orphans, 18-year-old Divsimar*, recently graduated from our orphan home in Nepal with the highest exam scores of all 26 children in his 10th grade class. Because Divsimar is 18, the government requires him to move out of our […]
Photo: The children were ecstatic to receive all that they needed to be re-enrolled for another school year. We are happy to report that all 127 of our Myanmar orphans started back to school in June where they are studying their native Burmese language, English, math, geography, history, physics, chemistry, and biology. Thanks to your […]
Photo: Students are excited about new opportunities and advancements being made at our main campus boarding high school. Today we are happy to share good reports from our programs in rural Uganda. Our 300 primary school students (ages 3-12) at our campus in Mairinya have been studying diligently since the new school semester began on […]
Photo: Students from our after-school care program recently enjoyed multiple days of games and activities ending in a big sports festival with several teams arranged by color. We are happy to report that our Manila team organized a VBS-style outreach program on April 18-22 for 50 of the children enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center […]
Photo: Girls living at our India Girls Home are happy that new playground equipment is being installed along with several new security measures as the new school year begins next week. As our native team strives to meet new government requirements for properly registering all the children on our India campus, we currently have 40 […]
Photo: These children at our Cebu Hope Center were happy to receive new backpacks for their new semester at school. Today we share the good news that the 49 children (ages 5-18) — including the girls living in the Girls Home, our field director’s children, and the other children enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center […]
Photo: Girls at our trafficking rehabilitation home were happy to benefit from the therapy of photography as an art form during a 3-day workshop. We are happy to report that all 20 of our orphans (ages 7-17) started back to school in April. They are hard at work studying their native Nepali language, math, science, […]
Photo: Crops being grown on the new campus are helping to keep our orphan home pantries fully stocked with fresh vegetables and food supplies, with excess produce being sold at market to generate further funding for our programs. Our native team recently acquired 5 acres of new land outside the city which will be a […]
Photo: Some of our students seen here gathered behind our school playing during lunch break. The school is located in the Katoogo slum colony in Kampala, near the shores of Lake Victoria. In a tragic yet redemptive update from our Kampala, Uganda program we bring you news of two recently rescued trafficking survivors who are […]
Photo: Our program directors Frank and Susan stand proudly among the new crops to show us how they’re coming along. This week we bring you a report of empowerment and an effort to deepen sustainability in our rural Uganda education and orphan care programs. Thanks to the success of our boarding high school receiving the […]
Photo: The elementary school children and volunteers of the program were happy to gather in front of their new facility for a recent group photo. We are happy to report that the 60 students enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program completed the school year at the end of March after successfully taking […]
Photo: Girls from our girls home are happy to take part in collecting eggs from the hen house project. We are happy to report that we harvested 450 coconuts from our farmland enterprise in February, which gave us a profit of $43 at market. While it may not seem like much, in the local economy […]
Photo: Children at our on-campus primary school are studying hard to prepare for their final exams this month. We are happy to report that the 83 orphans (ages 5-14) enrolled in our on-campus primary school are almost ready to take their final exams before the conclusion of the current school semester at the end of […]
Photo: Some of our recent graduates proudly holding their coursework graduation certificates. We are happy to report that 7 girls (ages 16-22) graduated from our Nepal ‘She Has Hope’ trafficking rehabilitation home in February. All of these girls are planning to start their own tailoring businesses in their home villages. We hope that with their […]
Photo: Two girls from one of our orphan homes are overjoyed to have completed final exams and enjoy an end-of-school camp hosted by our native team. We are happy to report that all 120 of our Myanmar orphans, who are in the 1st through 10th grades, completed their final exams this month. They diligently prepared […]
Photo: High school students at our rural boarding school enjoying their new chemistry and physics lab. Today we bring you good news from our farmland enterprise in rural Uganda, which is thriving thanks to our native team’s diligence and hard work. In October we began to harvest our newest crop of passion fruits and since […]
Photo: Children at our urban primary school eagerly await a nutritious lunchtime meal of fresh-cooked beans and rice. Today we bring you an important update from our Children’s Hope Center School in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, beginning with the good news that we successfully started the new Ugandan school year at the beginning of […]
Photo: Children of our native team are happy to bring home bananas from a recent harvest at our existing banana grove. Today we bring you a good report from our native team on the island of Cebu, Philippines: we recently utilized an unused portion of our land to plant a new banana grove, and we […]
Photo: Girls at our girls home are happy to show you an abundant harvest from our on-campus gardening project. We are happy to report that our native team in India threw a Christmas party for our 119 orphans on Christmas Eve. The children received new clothes as gifts and enjoyed a special holiday meal of […]
Photo: Our program is made possible not only by your generous donations but by countless hours volunteered by concerned local citizens. Today we bring you a good report from our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program in the Payatas Landfill Colony of Manila, Philippines. We recently added nutrition education to the students’ curriculum. Our 5 […]
Photo: Girls recovering from trafficking are happy to learn advanced gardening skills at their beautiful rehabilitation home in central Nepal. We are happy to report that we recently harvested 66 pounds of green beans at our Nepal ‘She Has Hope’ trafficking rehabilitation home garden project. We are also looking forward to a bountiful harvest of […]
Photo: A local woman is happy to be empowered by her seasonal employment at our rice farm. Today we are happy to report that the 6th annual harvest at our Myanmar rice farm took place in late November and its success encouraged our children and our native team. The crop yielded approximately 12 tons of […]
Photo: One of our faithful farmland staff is happy to show us one of the many passion fruit plants that have recently produced a half-ton harvest. Today we bring you good news from our farmland enterprise in rural Uganda, which is flourishing thanks to our native team’s diligent hard work. In October we began to […]
Photo: One of our rehabilitation home residents is thriving in her newfound talents as she discovers the joys of jewelry making. Today we bring you some important updates from our work in Kampala, Uganda. First we take you to our Children’s Hope Center School in the Katoogo Slum Colony, where we provide, in conjunction with […]
Photo: Your support of this program has made a world of difference for this girl who lives at our girls home on the island of Cebu, Philippines. Today we bring you an update from our native team on the island of Cebu, Philippines — we want to share their urgent need to install security lighting […]
Photo: The girls at our girls home are happy to have a steady supply of cool, safe drinking water thanks to our recent water well improvements. Today we are sharing an update from our native team in India who have been dealing with the effects of a severe drought in the area since June, which […]
Photo: Our youth in the after-school care program are happy to help prepare and serve the younger children fresh-cooked meals before concluding the program schedule. Today we bring you good news from our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program in the Payatas Landfill Colony of Manila, Philippines. We currently have 60 children enrolled who continue […]
Photo: These children in our orphan care program enjoy the benefits of a nurturing home, education, nutrition, and medical care. We are happy to report that 120 of our orphans completed their end-of-semester exams in October. They diligently prepared for these exams by studying their native Burmese language, English, geography, history, math, science, biology, and […]
Photo: Girls at our orphan home are happy to show you a sample of the recent corn harvest. We are happy to report that we harvested nearly one ton of corn on our farmland enterprise during the second week of October. This bounty will stock our orphan home pantry for one year, providing our children […]
Photo: One of our faithful farmland staff checking on the tomato crop a few weeks before harvest. We are happy to report that we reaped a bountiful harvest of tomatoes, watermelons, bell peppers, eggplants, onions, and collard greens in August and September at our Uganda farmland— altogether over 3,000 pounds of produce were harvested during […]
Photo: Girls from our Philippines girls home are happy to celebrate the success of their on-campus hen house. We are happy to report that our hen house project has been operating successfully since we recently relaunched it as part of our farmland enterprise on the island of Cebu, Philippines. 65% of our 250 hens have […]
Photo: One of our resident orphans is happy to drink a cup of fresh drinking water during the unseasonably prolonged heatwave and drought. Today we bring you an important update from our native team in India who have been dealing with the effects of a severe drought in the area since June, which is when […]
Photo: Children enrolled at our school are happy to receive 3 meals a day on each school day. Today we bring you an important update from our Children’s Hope Center School in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, beginning with the good news that we just started a new term of the Ugandan school year on […]
Photo: A picture of hope and transformation. Once abandoned and in despair, Lydia is now in a loving home where she is excelling in school and discovering her hidden musical talents. We are happy to report that all of the children living in our 6 orphan homes in Myanmar have done very well in school […]
Photo: Girls at our rehabilitation home learn several skills such as knitting, crafts making, jewelry making, tailoring, cooking, and gardening. We are very thankful to report that in August 4 new girls (ages 17-22) were rescued from the Nepal-China border by local volunteer groups and were brought to live in the safety of our She […]
Photo: Children gather at one of our tutorial sessions helping to improve child literacy rates among the impoverished slum colony of Payatas. Today we bring you an update from our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program in the Payatas Landfill Colony of Manila, Philippines. We currently have 60 children enrolled who are studying math, English, […]
Photo: Girls in Chemistry lab at our Uganda rural high school are excited about the opportunities their diploma will unlock for them. We are happy to report that the crops growing on our farmland enterprise are flourishing thanks to our hardworking native team who are manually irrigating the plants with watering cans every evening, which […]
Photo: Girls at our girls home are happy to show us that the hen house is back up and running, providing nutrition and critical funding needed for their programs. We are excited to share an update about our hen house project which we recently relaunched as part of our farmland enterprise on the island of […]
Photo: Girls rescued from child labor and homelessness are happy to have clean beds, fresh cooked meals, and a quality education in a supportive family environment. Today we bring you the good news that 32 children who were recently rescued from hazardous child labor situations and the trauma of child slavery are now living at […]
Photo: Girls in our Nepal rehabilitation program work on popular clothing patterns which they must learn and commit to memory in order to receive their seamstress certification upon graduation. We are happy to report that 14 girls (ages 15-23) graduated from our Nepal ‘She Has Hope’ trafficking rehabilitation home on June 30th. To celebrate, our […]
Photo: Children enrolled in our ‘Children’s Hope Center’ in the slums of Manila enjoy fresh-cooked meals, reading workshops, and homework tutoring. We are happy to report that we currently have 100 children (30 children ages 4-6; 50 children ages 7-10; and 20 children ages 12-17) enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center after-school care program in […]
Photo: One of our staff members is happy to check on the growth of the eggplant crop at our farmland. We are very happy to report that the severe drought in Uganda, which started in spring 2016, recently ended, lifting the spirits of our native team and other people in the local communities. Since this […]
Photo: Children at one of our six Myanmar orphan homes are excited to be back in school. Today we bring you an encouraging update from Myanmar, beginning with the good news that all 130 of our orphans (ages 3-18) started back to school in June. This semester the children are studying their native Burmese language, […]
Photo: An orphan girl living at our girls home is overjoyed that she has the chance to attend school, knowing that 1 out of 5 of her peers will not have such a chance. Today we bring you an exciting update about our India primary school which is celebrating its 10th year of operation with […]
Photo: Two recently rescued girls are now happy to be living at the home, where they’re receiving all they need to be healthy, safe, and prepared for a bright future. We are happy to report that 16 girls who were recently rescued from the dangers of human trafficking are currently living at our ‘She Has […]
Photo: Our Philippines director’s son enjoys feeding the chickens at our free range poultry project. We are happy to report that there are currently 40 children (ages 6-15) enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center on the island of Cebu, an after-school care program which includes homework tutoring and other activities, along with snack and meal […]
Photo: Children enrolled in our program were happy to participate in our sports festival, where they divided into four teams: Love, Hope, Strength, and Wisdom. We are happy to report that after a successful school year which ended in April, the children at our Manila Children’s Hope Center in the Payatas Landfill Colony are enjoying […]
Photo: One of our students at the Hope Center School who enjoys her classes and three meals a day thanks to your support of this program. Today we bring you an important update from our Children’s Hope Center School in the slums of Kampala, beginning with the encouraging news that we completed a successful first […]
Photo: Children at one of our homes prepare to go to school where they are happy to have the chance to receive a quality education. Bringing you a great report from Myanmar, we’re glad to announce that we wrapped up a successful school year in March. All 130 of our orphan students finished with good […]
Photo: Children from our girls home gather to celebrate the purchase and dedication of the new land adjacent to their home. We are happy to report that in March we purchased 1.3 acres of land adjacent to our main campus, which will be used for an athletic field and future expansion. The acquisition of an […]
Photo: Children at our home have experienced complete life transformation and rank among the top students at their school. Today we are thankful to share an update about the history and recent successes of our orphan home in Nepal. Our Nepal director, Bimal, was born near Mt. Everest Base Camp and has decades of experience […]
Photo: A girl attends physics lab at our rural high school, a chance most rural Ugandan girls would rarely have. The school recently started its 11th year of classes. Today we bring you an update about the history and recent progress of our high school in rural Uganda. The idea for a high school was […]
Photo: One of the girls at our rehabilitation home in 2014, now happily resettled in her home village where she is a tailoring business owner. Today we are celebrating the good news that our ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, Nepal, has been in operation for 5 years. The home was founded by our […]
Photo: Our Girls Home residents are very happy about the new campus access road that will make it easier for them to get to and from school. We are thankful to report that our native team on the island of Cebu recently finished paving a new access road which leads to our orphan home and […]
Photo: Children in our tutoring program are given personalized help with homework and school subjects such as math, writing, and English. We are happy to report that more improvements have been made to our new Children’s Hope Center facility in the Payatas Landfill Colony of Manila. In January we were able to purchase 24 armchair […]
Photo: Once malnourished, sick, and without hope, 13-year-old Kyine now lives in one of our Myanmar orphan homes where she receives everything she needs to be happy and healthy. We are happy to report that our new preschool has been operating successfully since it opened and started offering classes in June 2016. We have 4 […]
Photo: This child in the Katoogo slum colony of Kampala, Uganda, is thankful to receive breakfast and lunch as a Kindergarten student at our Children’s Hope Center. Earlier this month our executive director, Kirby Trapolino, traveled to Uganda to review the programs of Peace Gospel International and our human trafficking response program known as She […]
Photo: The girls at our Nepal ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home enjoyed learning how to make over 400 handmade necklaces with guest teacher Lindsey. We are happy to report that on February 18th, a volunteer traveled from Houston, Texas, to visit the new group of girls currently living at our ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home […]
Photo: Orphans at our girls and boys homes are thankful for nutritious meals made with fresh, organic ingredients grown on our local farmland enterprise. We are happy to report that we harvested over 9 tons of rice this month at our rice farm. This harvest amount will provide a nourishing ingredient to our children’s meals […]
Photo: Our Philippines farmland includes an 85-tree banana grove, providing a consistent harvest of fresh bananas for our children’s programs year-round. Our native team on the island of Cebu reports that a severe storm with heavy rains and strong winds began on January 9th and lasted almost 2 weeks. Thankfully, our farmland enterprise received only […]
Photo: Children at our rural primary school are happy to have uniforms, school supplies, and loving teachers in their remote village near the Kenya border. Previously they had to walk several miles to reach a government school in a neighboring village. Today we bring you an important update from our native team in Uganda. We […]
Photo: Our children at the Manila Children’s Hope Center are very happy about their new after-school care facility and the news of more improvements on the way. We are happy to report that more improvements have been made to our Children’s Hope Center program in the Payatas Landfill Colony of Manila. By keeping the children […]
Photo: Part of the path to rehabilitation includes empowering the girls with marketable skills such as jewelry making. Many graduates go on to start their own small businesses. We are happy to report that we recently rescued 15 Nepalese girls (ages 17-22) from the perils of human trafficking with the help of local hotel owners, […]
Photo: Workers at our farmland are not only happy to know that their work provides much-needed food for children in need, but also for the fair wage they receive working at the farm. We are happy to report that the fifth annual harvest at our Myanmar rice farm took place in early December and was […]
Photo: Students at our Girls Home who will benefit from our on-campus high school in the years to come. We are happy to report that thanks to a generous matching pledge from one of our donors, any gifts up to $100,000 toward our India high school fund will be doubled now through December 31st! We are […]
Photo: Girls enrolled at the school pose for a photo in one of their new classrooms. We are happy to report that our rural primary school students in Uganda just completed a successful school semester on December 9th. They enjoyed studying math, English, their native language of Bantu, 3 levels of literacy classes, and a […]
Photo: Our Cebu program directors manage the farmland as a husband-wife team. Here they’re happy to pose during one of the fishery harvests which are conducted over several days. We are happy to report that earlier this month around 3,000 mature, healthy fish were harvested at our Philippines fishery weighing in at about 2,370 pounds […]
Photo: Our director gathers with some of her students at the entrance to our new facility. We are happy to report that we currently have 125 children (ages 4-17) enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center program in the Payatas Landfill Colony of Manila. In addition to the children receiving tutoring help with their homework in […]
Photo: These children are thankful for our water purification business which provides safe, clean water to our neighbors and residents in the surrounding area. We are happy to share a redemptive story of one of our orphans, 13-year-old Nanda, who now lives a happy life full of hope at one of our orphan homes in […]
Photo: Women in our rehabilitation program are happy to learn gardening techniques that will help them provide for themselves after graduation. We are happy to report that three women (ages 18-23) recently graduated from our ‘She Has Hope’ trafficking rehabilitation home in Nepal. These woman are planning to start their own tailoring businesses in their […]
Photo: Girls from our India Girls Home are excited about the rooftop gardening project which brings them fresh organic ingredients for their daily meals. Today we bring you the good news that thanks to our native team’s hard work in preparing the ground level gardens and our rooftop box gardens for the current planting season, […]
Photo: High school students at our main Uganda campus taking a break from classes. We are happy to report that construction of a new school building on our main Uganda campus, which was phase two of our goal to get our high school fully accredited, has now been completed. Construction ended in late September, just […]
Photo: The girls at our Philippines Girls Home are happy about the recent banana harvest. We are happy to report that we recently harvested 352 lbs. of bananas from our banana grove. We are thankful for this nutritional staple in our children’s diets which provides them with a high source of potassium as well as other […]
Photo: These children enjoy singing together during a break from their studies at our Children’s Hope Center school in Kampala, Uganda. We are happy to report that our Children’s Hope Center school in Kampala started a new semester on September 19th. Our slum outreach program is operated by locally empowered leadership in Uganda. In its […]
Photo: A few of the children from the program pose for a shot in front of the new Hope Center facility. We are happy to report that construction of a permanent building for our Children’s Hope Center in the Payatas Colony was completed earlier this month. The last phase of our construction efforts were focused […]
Photo: Our first students at the new preschool are enjoying the new facilities, teachers, and materials as part of our early learning program offered to the local community. We’re delighted to bring you an overdue update that our new preschool opened and started offering classes in June. We currently have 6 students (ages 3-4 years) […]
Photo: Children we work with in the slum colony of Kathmandu are thankful to receive scholarships which enable them to attend local schools in the city. We are happy to report that 46 children are currently enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center education outreach program in the slums of Kathmandu, Nepal. With your support, we […]
Photo: Children from our India Girls Home are happy about the on-campus gardening projects which include a small banana grove. We are happy to report that construction of the new building for our on-campus high school at our main India campus will be finished this month. However, we are still facing some challenges with getting the […]
Photo: Our students are extremely excited about the new, additional building on campus that will be ready in time to host their upcoming national examinations. We are happy to report that construction of a new school building on our main Uganda campus, which is phase two of our goal to get our high school fully […]
Photo: Some of the children who are enrolled in our after-school care program which provides them with new clothing, hygiene items, snacks, tutoring, and a fresh-cooked dinner each weekday. We are happy to report that our new Children’s Hope Center on the island of Cebu has been operating smoothly since it opened during the second […]
Photo: Students from one of our orphan homes are excited about the education our program affords them. In continuation of our mission to develop sustainable in-country programs, we are planning to convert an old farmland facility into an income-generating rental property consisting of 15 apartments that will be available to low-income renters. Currently, our 14-acre […]
Photo: Children who would otherwise be involved in hazardous child labor gather at our outreach center for education and nutrition assistance. We are happy to report that construction of a permanent building for our Children’s Hope Center in the Payatas Colony will be finished later this month. Earlier this year we built the study hall […]
Photo: Guest teacher Lindsey shows the girls how to make a new kind of clasp in their jewelry-making class at the home. We are happy to report that earlier this month, two volunteers traveled from Houston, Texas, to visit the girls living at our ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home in Nepal. The volunteers, one of […]
Photo: Recent floods destroyed most of our school’s desks and benches; we are operating in makeshift facilities during renovations. Our native team operating in the slums of Kampala, Uganda, reports that they are still experiencing unusually heavy rains which began in April, causing severe flooding. The destructive weather has affected our Children’s Hope Center since […]
Photo: Girls from our girls home stand happily in front of the almost-complete high school construction. We are happy to report that we recently rescued 42 orphan children from hazardous child labor situations and the trauma of child marriages, through the help of a government agency that is working to protect children in India. This […]
Photo: Some of the women enrolled in our crafts program took time out to pose for a group photo on our main campus in rural southeastern Uganda. We are happy to report that 50 women recently graduated from our 6-month ‘She Has Hope’ crafts school where they learned to make handmade necklaces, earrings, paper beads, […]
Photo: Two of our new students at the Children’s Hope Center on Cebu Island are happy to have received new uniforms, book bags, and school supplies for the recent start of the new school year. We are happy to report that our native team has recently launched a free-range poultry farming project at our farmland […]
Photo: Children at one of our five Myanmar orphan homes are ecstatic to get new school supplies and uniforms for the start of the Burmese school year. We are thankful to report that we recently partnered with a new local orphan home in Myanmar to provide for more children in need. With this new orphan home, our native […]
Photo: One of our high school students enjoying the new chemistry lab in our recently expanded facilities. We are happy to report that our high school received full accreditation after receiving a center number from the Uganda National Examination Board. The center number will give our high school the official status to allow students to […]
Photo: Our India director placing the ceremonial first trowel of concrete onto the roof slab of the new high school building. Today we bring you news from our native team in India, who recently suffered from severe storms in the area. We received damage to our entry drive which spans a ditch, and lost some […]
Photo: Our Manila Director seen with some of the girls in our program, in front of the construction site for their new Children’s Hope Center facility. Deep in the heart of one of Manila’s most hazardous slums, our Children’s Hope Center is shining a bright light into the darkness of child labor and malnutrition. Situated […]
Photo: Girls from our orphan care program are happy to be re-enrolled for another school year, seen here proudly wearing their new uniforms. There has been a lot of bad news coming from Nepal since the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the region on April 25, 2015, which killed more than 8,800 people and […]
Photo: A girl studies at our school in a Kampala slum colony. Research has shown that education is the key to preventing the rampant rise of the trafficking of minors. Today we bring you an important update from our native team operating in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Due to unusually heavy rain beginning in […]
Photo: Children at one of our orphan homes are happy to be on break, but eager for the new school year which begins in just a couple of weeks in Myanmar. Today our native Myanmar team shares these requests: before the general school year begins in May, they need to buy new clothes, umbrellas, books, […]
Photo: Girls in our orphan care program are happy to have newly renovated rooms including tile work to provide for easier sanitation and cleanliness in their living quarters. Today we bring you good news from our native team in India. Thanks to your support and generous contributions from our donors, we were able to purchase […]
Photo: Teenage girls in a remote Nepali village attend our trafficking awareness workshop; they are trained in how to spot, avoid and report traffickers. Today we bring you an important update from our native team in Nepal. In the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake that occurred in last April, traffickers have been exploiting the devastation […]
Photo: A boy who was struggling to stay enrolled in school is now supported with school supplies, hygiene supplies, nutritious meals, and after school tutoring at our Children’s Hope Center. We are happy to report that our new Children’s Hope Center on the island of Cebu opened during the second week of March. 30 children […]
Photo: Children of the local community gather around our main campus entrance. We are happy to report that we recently purchased a small plot of land adjacent to our main campus which will provide a separate entrance to our medical clinic off the main road. This is a great blessing because now patients won’t have […]
Photo: Once an orphan with little hope, Mary has come through our program and now has a degree that qualifies her to return to her native village to become a school teacher. She wants to offer other children who are in her former circumstances the hope that she’s been given. We are very happy to […]
Photo: Our facilities are being outfitted with tile finishings which will allow for greater ease of cleaning and a higher standard of hygiene. We are happy to report that we are making progress with the construction for an on-campus high school at our main campus, which should be completed by the end of May or […]
Photo: Sunita*, 13, was rescued from malnourishment and abuse 5 years ago. Her life has radically changed and now her future is full of hope. We are very happy to share a powerful story of one of our orphans, 13-year-old Sunita, who came to live at one of our orphan homes in 2011. After being […]
Photo: Children who benefit from our team’s weekly outreach on the island of Cebu are excited about the upcoming launch of our new Children’s Hope Center education program. In some good news coming from our native team in the Philippines, we are in the final phase of starting a Children’s Hope Center program on the […]
Photo: Our teachers are so happy with their new bicycles which will allow them to get to school more reliably. For most of them, it is their first time to have their own transportation. We are happy to report that the 25 bicycles and 2 motorcycles we ordered last month have arrived. The bicycles will […]
Photo: 7-year-old Mai, an orphan at one of our homes, is happy to receive highest honors in her second grade class. We are very happy to share a powerful story of one of our orphans, 7-year-old Mai, who now lives a happy life full of redemption and hope at one of our orphan homes in […]
Photo: In addition to supplying nutritious ingredients for our children’s meals, our farm also provides employment opportunities for local impoverished villagers. We are happy to report that we harvested 4.6 tons of rice this month at our new rice farm. We will use the rice for the children’s meals, realizing a savings of about $2,800 […]
Photo: Innovative improvements to our garden project at the ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home were a huge success, providing an abundant organic tomato harvest. Today we bring you news from our native team in Kathmandu, who have been severely affected by an economic blockade unofficially imposed on the people of Nepal by their neighboring country […]
Photo: Children of our current weekly outreach will now be among the candidates to attend the new Children’s Hope Center education program on Cebu. In some good news coming from our Philippines team, we are in the planning stages of starting a Children’s Hope Center program on the island of Cebu. The Children’s Hope Center […]
Photo: The new solar installation has radically transformed our campus which is in an area of Uganda with no available public electrical supply. We are happy to report that the new solar power system was installed at our Uganda main campus on December 5, 2015. The system was funded by a grant from the French […]
Photo: A woman we employ at the farm is happy for a good harvest for our children, and grateful for the job it provides her. We are happy to report that the fourth harvest at our Myanmar rice farm was a success earlier this month. The crop yielded approximately 6 tons of rice at the […]
Photo: Children at our Hope Center campus are excited about the coming improvements to their facility. Today we bring you an update from our main campus in India, which was recently affected by a severe tropical storm. Our campus wall and our vegetable gardens were significantly damaged — part of the wall collapsed, most of […]
Photo: As all cooking gas supplies have been cut off, our native team is preparing all meals on makeshift wood-burning stoves. Today we bring you a critical update from our native team in Kathmandu, who have been affected by an economic blockade since September 21st, unofficially imposed on the people of Nepal by their neighboring […]
Photo: The children were happy to receive new blankets in time for the winter season, when temperatures can drop relatively low in the evenings. We are happy to report that we recently delivered blankets and towels to the children at our Myanmar orphan homes for their warmth and comfort during winter. However, with your generous […]
Photo: A standby generator will provide electricity and light needed on campus when our solar system is not capable to do so during cloudy days. We are happy to report that the installation of the new plumbing system and the new water tower will be completed within two weeks. We’re in the process of installing […]
Photo: Our program director Malaya stands beside building materials for the new Hope Center. The new facility will enable us to rescue many more children from hazardous child labor. We are happy to report that construction is underway to build a permanent building for our Children’s Hope Center deep in the heart of one of […]
Photo: Older girls from our India Girls Home are thrilled to soon have new bathroom facilities, which are due to be completed next month. We are happy to report that we’re installing new bathroom facilities on the third level of our Girls Home. When construction is completed in December, there will be 10 separate toilets […]
Photo: Part of the ‘She Has Hope’ coursework for girls recovering from human trafficking is learning advanced gardening techniques. Today we bring you news from our native team in Kathmandu, who have recently been affected by an economic blockade unofficially imposed on the people of Nepal by their neighboring country of India. They are now […]
Photo: One of our caregivers plays with a young child at our main campus orphan home. We are happy to report that our Myanmar native team has begun work to open a preschool set to launch in May of next year. While also providing valuable education to our orphan home children, the preschool will give […]
Photo: A pump will supply well water to this new water tower creating water pressure for plumbing on campus. We are happy to report that the installation of a new plumbing system on our Uganda campus is underway. We are installing a motor pump to route the water from the water well source to the […]
Photo: Profits from another abundant harvest at our fishery project will aid our orphan care and education programs in the Philippines. We are happy to report that earlier this month over 900 mature, healthy fish were harvested at our Philippines fishery weighing in at about 660 pounds (300 kgs). This is our third harvest since […]
Photo: These girls are thankful for the opportunity to attend academic classes through our Children’s Hope Center outreach program in India. We are happy to report that our Children’s Hope Center in Hyderabad, India, began its 6th school year on June 15th. 40 children rescued from child labor, ranging in age from 7 to 12 […]
Photo: Our staff goes into rural schools to train girls in ways to avoid the common tricks and traps of the traffickers. We are happy to report that we have continued our trafficking awareness counseling classes for girls ages 14-18 in about 4 different schools a week. We have been reaching 500 girls monthly through […]
Photo: One of our native team members prepares water bottles for distribution by boat to those hit hard by the floods. Today we bring you an update from our native team in Myanmar, who have been hard at work these past six weeks, responding to one of the worst flood events in Myanmar’s history. Severe […]
Photo: Children at our Children’s Hope Center in Manila are happy to be provided with nutritious meals and access to education. We are happy to report that our native team has been hard at work blessing the lives of our children on the island of Cebu for 12 years now. One way that our team […]
Photo: This week our teachers are preparing their classrooms on three campuses for the return of students from summer break. We are happy to report that the new Ugandan school semester for both our primary and high school students begins on September 7th. After a month-long holiday break, our teachers and students are eager to […]
Photo: Girls at our India Girls Home were ecstatic to be the first to try out the brand-new school bus just delivered to our India campus. Thanks to your support, and generous contributions from our donors, our new bus arrived at our main India campus last week! The 31-seat school bus will help us safely […]
Photo: A girl rescued from human trafficking is learning to make embroidered purses as part of her skill development coursework at our rehabilitation home. We are happy to report that 7 girls, ages 15-23 years old, were recently rescued from the dangers of human trafficking thanks to the courageous work of our native team and […]
Photo: Local children make their way through flood waters on the way to school. Today we bring you urgent news from our native team in Myanmar. Residents of the country’s low-lying delta region braced themselves last week as flood waters from the north began to flow into the area, pushing river levels dangerously high. More […]
Photo: Our Philippines Director’s son is excited to show the photographer the new piggery. The venture will advance sustainability goals for our local programs. We are happy to report that we have expanded our farmland enterprise in the Philippines to include a piggery, which currently houses 6 pigs. Our native team cares for the pigs […]
Photo: Part of the boarding, nutrition, and education expenses for our orphan girls are paid for by students who are able to afford tuition payments at our high school. We are happy to report that we currently have 45 paying students enrolled in our high school, and their tuition fees cover 25% of the school […]
Photo: Nepali schoolgirls gathered for a training session led by our staff. They are taught how to spot and avoid the deceptions of traffickers. In the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, sex traffickers are exploiting the devastation to snatch thousands of women for brothels across Asia. The death toll from April’s disaster has reached 7,566, […]
Photo: Students in our 5th grade class last year; now being shuttled to local government school for junior high where they face several challenges. Our orphans in India started the new school year on July 1st, but due to funding challenges, we can only provide education to our 1st-5th grade students (ages 5-12) on campus, […]
Photo: Our children are enjoying more comfortable living arrangements and are happy to be back in school. We are pleased to report that our Myanmar orphan home expansion project was completed at the end of May. We have 2 new rooms, which are used for sleeping and studying, and a new dining room. The 40 […]
Photo: Girls in our orphan care program are happy to celebrate the second harvest at our small-scale fishery project. Earlier this month 1,500 mature, healthy fish were harvested at our Philippines fishery weighing in at about 770 pounds (350 kgs). We sold all of the fish in the market and received a profit of $852. […]
Photo: These girls are thankful for a safe place to live, and the opportunity to attend school and receive quality nutrition and medical care. We are very happy to share a powerful story of redemption for 20 orphan girls rescued by our native team in Uganda. Our team found the girls in different villages and […]
Photo: Girls at our computer camp are happy to learn the basics of desktop publishing. A massive monsoon storm hit our main campus in India this past weekend. Sadly, our rooftop gardens were completely destroyed, several banana trees in our grove are gone, and we sustained damage to our solar arrays and electrical connections. Despite […]
Photo: Our team was the first to respond to 13 villages in critical need of relief supplies. A brave survivor of Dhumkus village seen here receives rice and lentils.
The people of Kathmandu, Nepal, continue to rebuild their lives after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck the region on April 25, 2015, which killed more than 8,800 people and injured more than 23,000. Hundreds of thousands of people were made homeless when entire rural villages were flattened across many districts of the country. A second major earthquake with a 7.3 magnitude occurred on May 12th causing significant loss of life and more destruction to homes, historic buildings, and major roads in Nepal.
Photo: Our children are happy to have new umbrellas which will keep them dry on their way to school.
We’re happy to report that our flood-proofing project for our main orphan home campus in Myanmar is now complete. This project included bringing in several tons of dirt to raise the entire level of the property along with a new brick perimeter wall to keep area rain-flow from pooling into our space. In addition to the flood-proofing project, we were able to make several repairs and improvements on the main buildings to help guard against the upcoming heavy rains of the monsoon season. This year, we are ready for the rain!
Photo: Girls at our Uganda campus are happy about the addition of the newly constructed orphan home.
We are happy to report that our children in Uganda moved into their new orphan home in March 2015. They are very thankful — it is a completely new home built from the ground up. The previous rented facility was nothing more than a skeleton of a shelter with an outdoor kitchen and outhouse — it was very small, with no power or plumbing. The new home has 10 rooms: 4 bedrooms, 1 living room, 1 dining room, an indoor kitchen, a study room, and 2 bathrooms. Currently, five orphans are living in the new home with our director and his wife — they have adopted the children as their own in addition to their three biological children.
Photo: Our girls are very happy to have the chance at an education, a luxury they did not have access to before arriving at their new home.
We are happy to report that all of our students from our orphan homes and slum outreach education center passed their exams, which means they will move up to the next grade level when school resumes in late June. We hope to expand our education programs to be a full K-12 equivalent school on our main campus — our goal this year is to add 10th grade course work to our students’ curriculum. In order to do this, we need to construct 9 new rooms, add some extra playground space, and acquire a school bus per government requirements.
Photo: Children at our orphan home were ecstatic to receive food such as protein bars, along with coloring books and notes of encouragement sent from students in the U.S.
We are thankful to report that our Executive Director, Kirby Trapolino, and our friend Cody Moore arrived safely in Kathmandu on Thursday afternoon local Nepal time after a 36 hour journey. All of their bags and gear arrived as well, containing much-needed earthquake relief supplies such as water purification gear, protein bars and other dry foods, and first aid for our orphans, our human trafficking survivors, and our native team.
Photo: Children from our Nepal orphan homes can be seen sleeping outdoors to avoid the dangers of the dozens of aftershocks that followed Saturday’s 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
We are very happy to report that all of the children, our staff, and the girls of the She Has Hope rehabilitation home are safe after the devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal over the weekend. However, critically scarce supplies are needed for our team, the children, and also for relief outreach to neighbors who were not so fortunate. Tomorrow our Executive Director, Kirby Trapolino, is scheduled to board a plane to Kathmandu with a friend who will help carry desperately needed supplies to our team there.
Photo: Children from our main campus orphan home are happy about the prospect of flood-free living and fewer mosquitoes.
Tomorrow is World Malaria Day, so we are thankful to bring you good news of how we are fighting this disease to protect the health of our children in Myanmar. In the past we’ve held campaigns to provide mosquito netting for our orphan homes in India and Uganda. This year our fight against malaria turns toward Myanmar. In 2014 there were over 300,000 confirmed cases of malaria in Myanmar, so our effort is urgent. In January plans were laid for a flood-proofing project to be completed in time for the coming rainy season which begins in late May.
Photo: Girls rescued from child labor are so grateful and happy to get to go to school and receive after-school care.
We are happy to report that our Children’s Hope Center in Hyderabad, India, is nearing the end of its 5th school year since we began operation in 2010. 48 children rescued from child labor were enrolled in school this year — they studied their native Telugu and Hindi languages, English, math, science, social studies, and computer education. We received new desks and computers at our Hope Center, offering the children more resources as they pursue their education. They are taking their final exams right now, and all are on track to be promoted to the next class level next year. The children really enjoyed the school year, and are looking forward to spending time with their families this summer.
Photo: Students from our girls home are happy to pose in a celebratory coconut harvest photo before heading to school. Our new coconut grove has matured, now with 145 trees yielding coconut harvests 3 times annually — we reap a harvest of 1,400 coconuts per year. The younger coconuts are used in the children’s diets […]
Photo: One of our farmland staff tends to turkeys which are providing nutritious protein in our children’s diets and generating funds for our programs. Our Uganda farmland enterprise has recently expanded to include a turkey house project which currently consists of 8 turkeys in 2 turkey houses. We are breeding the turkeys and expect them […]
Photo: Our faithful farmland staff cares for our goats and a variety of crops.
We are happy to report that we’ve planted 3 new crops at our farmland enterprise: onions, tomatoes, and green beans. We eagerly await a plentiful harvest of onions, tomatoes, and garlic next month, and we look forward to a harvest of green beans in July. Other forthcoming harvests will be eggplant in August, and potatoes and spinach in December. All of this is great provision from God as the produce from our farmland stocks our orphanage pantry with nutritious, organic ingredients for the children. It also supplies our human trafficking rehabilitation home with fresh ingredients for their meals.
Photo: Girls from our India Girls Home send donors their love and gratitude for the new solar water heating system!
We are happy to report that a solar water heating system has been installed at our main India campus, and with the main solar panel system back online after recent construction, the campus can now function completely from solar power during the frequent outages. Winter is almost over in India, but there are still some chilly mornings ahead relative to their tolerance, so it is a blessing for the children to have warm water this month as opposed to the cold water they were bathing with during chilly mornings.
Photo: The garden is flourishing with fresh vegetables such as carrots, celery, and mustard greens.
Unfortunately, our main campus orphan home in Myanmar was robbed this week in the middle of the night. The thief took our camera, a cell phone, a purse with cash, and our laptop computer. In total we lost about $3,000 worth of goods and cash. Asking our local director for comment on the news, he replied, “Although we are saddened to lose important items that we use in our work, we forgive the thief.God knows all and will set things right. We are praying and trusting that God will restore what was lost.”
Photo: Children in one of the newly renovated classrooms are happy to not have to worry about dirt floors turning muddy during the rainy season.
Thanks to a recently successful fundraiser, our Kampala Children’s Hope Center has been undergoing renovations and improvements to prevent flooding and provide adequate shelter for the students during the rainy season. The improvements include upgrading from dirt to concrete floors, a new roof, permanent chalkboards, and other repairs and upgrades to the perimeter of the facility that will prevent flooding and keep the children safe. Renovations will be complete in just 2 weeks time.
Photo: Thanks to profitability at our farmland, our program provides this young scholar with everything she needs to attend a local school.
We are happy to report that due to recent improvements at our farmland enterprise — a new fishery, a second fishery pond for fingerlings, and a new storm-proof hen house — we have yielded better results in our production levels. Among the things that the farmland’s profits support is our children’s outreach program, which is now helping to put 60 children in school. They receive scholarships in the form of school supplies, uniforms, backpacks, and whatever else they need to meet the local school enrollment requirements.
Photo: These brave survivors of human trafficking are happy to be learning a new skill in their seamstress class as part of our rehabilitation program.
We are happy to report that we recently received three girls at our rehabilitation home who were rescued from the perils of human trafficking in Delhi. The Indian police, in conjunction with our partner child advocacy group, rescued them after they had been missing for three months. Now they are safe, receiving counseling, room & board, medical care, literacy classes, cooking classes, and acquiring craft-making, seamstress, and gardening skills through daily coursework offered by our full-time teachers.
Photo: Bo (pictured at front) is thankful for her new sisters at one of our orphan homes, and the opportunity to attend school.
We are very happy to share the powerful story of 9-year-old Bo who lost her father and became an orphan, but now lives a happy life full of redemption and hope at one of our Myanmar orphan homes. Her father died of a serious illness, and her mother was too poor to buy her clothes or send her to school. Bo was starving and often cried because she could not attend school with her friends. One day her mother met a woman who told her of our orphan home. Knowing that she could not properly care for her, she gladly sent her to live with our family.
Photo: Children in our primary education program are thankful and happy for new uniforms!
We are excited to report that our students in Uganda, ages 4-13, recently received new school uniforms. This generous donation was made possible by Paratus Classical Academy in Houston, TX. The children and parents of Paratus wanted the delivery of the uniforms to coincide with Christmas cards made by the students as well as money they raised for a small Christmas party for the children in Uganda.
Photo: Thanks to profits from our newly expanded fishery enterprise, our students will be better equipped at the start of the next school year.
Our facilities in the Philippines were rocked by tropical storm Seniang which hit the islands at the turn of the new year, leaving the region with 54 dead and 260,000 affected. It was a powerful storm spawning calamitous and deadly mudslides in the vicinity of our main campus. However, our elevated location just outside of the local town spared us from fatalities and severe damage to our girls home, 2 fishery ponds, hen house project, vegetable gardens, and banana grove. By God’s grace we are recovering well from the minor damage our facilities received.
Photo: Our girls are thankful for a harvest of radishes, a healthy ingredient for their meals.
We are pleased to report that the last phases of the harvests for our 14-acre farmland, and the on-campus ground level gardens and rooftop box gardens are going very well. The latter two projects are an effort to introduce more fresh organic vegetables and herbs into our children’s diets at the Girls Home and Boys Home, beyond the lentils that our farmland is already producing. There have been heavy rains lately which may affect the yield of these harvests, so our native team in India asks for your prayers.
Photo: Girls in our Nepal rehabilitation home learn to make friendship bracelets as part of a skill development program to help them gain economic independence.
We are happy to report that our native “border awareness team” rescued three girls from the Nepal-India border last week thanks to their vigilant watch, working in tandem with border police. The girls were going to India with a man who said he was their friend, though they had only known him for 2 weeks. Our team kept the girls at our border safe house for 2 days, called their parents, and sent them back home where they are now safe and sound. Their parents are very grateful to us for saving their daughters from the dangers of human trafficking.
Photo: Saroj* (pictured at center) is grateful for his family at our India Boys Home.
We are very happy to share a powerful story of 11-year-old Saroj who lost his mother and his father and became an orphan, but now he lives a happy life full of redemption and hope at our Boys Home in India. Today he shares his story in his own words:
“My father is a lorry driver, he got married, and his first wife was died because of jaundice and liver problem. Before she died she gave birth to 2 girls. After his first wife died, he married my mother, she gave birth to 2 boys. I am the eldest son to this mother, and she gave birth to my younger brother. After him she was died because of cancer.
Photo: One of the joyful women our farmland employs. Her job gives her hope and purpose knowing that her wages are helping provide for her family, and that the farmland she works for is also helping others in need.
We are happy to report that the third harvest at our Myanmar rice farm was a success. The crop yielded approximately 13 tons of rice at the 12 acre farm. This is a decrease from last year’s harvest due to unfortunate heavy rains during planting season that affected our yield significantly. Even so, we are thankful for a good harvest that will feed 100+ orphans and the staff in our 4 orphan homes, and also dozens of indigent elderly widows under our care.
Photo: The garden at the home provides the girls with nutritious organic vegetables such as these radishes, rich in vitamin C, harvested last week.
We are grateful to report that we received three teenage girls at our rehabilitation home this week who were rescued from human trafficking. Nepal police, in conjunction with our partner child advocacy group rescued them from a brothel in northern India where they had been held against their will for over a year. Now they are safe, receiving counseling, room & board, medical care, literacy classes, cooking classes, and acquiring craft-making, seamstress, and gardening skills through daily coursework offered by our full-time teachers.
Photo: A boy admitted this week was treated for a major foot wound, now well on his way to recovery.
In very encouraging news coming from our Uganda team, we are happy to report that our recently expanded rural clinic has been busy at work serving dozens of community members weekly. Just this past week our team was able to save the life of a little boy who suffered a major foot wound. Although the boy lost his big toe we were able to stop the bleeding and treat the wound which otherwise would have likely become infected, a very high risk situation where other modern medical services are non-existent.
Photo: After several hours of netting and dividing, harvest yielded over 2,700 mature fish.
We are thankful to report that over 2,700 mature fish were harvested at our Philippines fishery weighing in at about 1,000 pounds. This yielded a significant profit as fish are in high demand in the market. We expect harvest rates to increase since these fish were in the breeding stage. We have both fingerlings and medium-sized fish in the pond that were separated and then returned to the pond during harvest. Thus another harvest of the medium-sized fish is expected in about 3 months, and then another harvest of the fingerlings in 6 months time — this productive cycle will continue from this point forward.
Photo: Children pause to give thanks for the provision they never take for granted.
Thanks to support from our generous donors, along with profits from our farmland enterprise, our native team recently added a dining room extension onto one of our four orphan homes in Myanmar. The new dining space allows the children to have more room and eat at proper tables. This is a blessing to the children as they used to spread out on the floor of the home and eat wherever they could find space. Other improvements were also made to the kitchen: a new fan to keep our faithful cooks cool, a new wok, new pots and pans, and an additional stove.
Photo: Children on our main campus were happy to celebrate the completion of construction on the orphan home. We’re happy to announce that the Uganda orphan home construction project is now complete. The project was funded at the turn of the year, official ground-breaking occurred in January, and the basic structure and roof were in […]
Photo: Some of our students seen here enjoying the tranquility of our on-campus vegetable gardens, banana grove, and fishery pond. We are happy to report that construction is underway to build a fingerling pond at our fishery on the island of Cebu. This additional, smaller pond will enable our native team to raise the young […]
Photo: A girl at one of our orphan homes is happy to have access to clean water. We are thankful to report that we have a new reverse osmosis water purification system at our main orphanage campus in Myanmar which enables our local team to save thousands of dollars on purified drinking water. But not […]
Photo: Children at our India Girls Home are thankful for a bountiful banana harvest! We are happy to report that plans are underway to cover every available square foot of the main India campus with gardens, including a rooftop box gardening project. These projects are an effort to introduce more fresh organic vegetables and herbs […]
Photo: Workers employed by our 6-acre farmland are happy for an abundant harvest of leafy greens. We are thankful to share the good news that our native-led team has been hard at work on our organic farmland to diversify the types of crops we grow. In addition to our original crop of potatoes, we now […]
Photo: Susma (18) is a happy graduate thanks to a scholarship provided by our farmland profits and donations to the program. We are happy to report that 5 more children were enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center education outreach program in the slums of Kathmandu, Nepal over the summer. That makes a total of 25 […]
Photo: Students happy about the farm-fresh eggs produced on campus!
We are happy to report that improvements have been made to our hen house and fishery projects on the island of Cebu which have increased production levels. The old hen house was made of wood which rotted easily and was prone to destruction by moths. The new hen house is made of steel, round bars, and G.I. pipe — a very strong structure which can withstand collapse when there is a typhoon. Our new hen house holds 185 chickens — currently yielding 150 eggs per day which are sold for profit and also are used to support the nutrition of the students and children in our outreach programs.
Photo: Students enrolled in our slum outreach program are happy to use new computers which aid their school work.
We are excited to share the good news that the computer lab at our Children’s Hope Center in Hyderabad, India, was recently refurbished to include 3 new computers, new desks and tables, and educational charts and videos. There are currently 48 students enrolled in our program, and the upgrades to the computer lab greatly benefit their studies after school. Our electricity connection is still working, which is a great improvement from our previous usage of lanterns and a small generator. This doesn’t solve everything, as electricity only flows a few hours a day, but the children are overjoyed to have access to technology which empowers their pursuit of education.
Photo: Our primary school students are thankful for a new building which makes learning much more enjoyable: concrete floors, a sturdy roof, and permanent chalkboards are big improvements from their previous makeshift facility.
We are happy to report that the new Ugandan school semester for both our primary and high school students started on September 8. After a month-long break, our teachers and students were eager to return to the empowering pursuit of education. Our primary school students (ages 5-11) are learning math, English, science, social studies, reading, writing, and the art of handcraft. Our high school students (ages 12-18) are learning English, math, geography, history, agriculture, physics, chemistry, fine art, biology, politics, commerce, and entrepreneurship.
Photo: Orphan girls once trapped in child labor and extreme poverty are thankful to be free and safe at the newly expanded Girls Home.
Thanks to profits from our native-led farmland as well as donations from our generous donors, enrollment is up at our India Girls Home by 29 new girls who were rescued within the past 2 months. We are also happy to report that the Girls Home has recently expanded to include a new space which comfortably houses 40 orphan girls. The other 30 girls live in the existing space, and all of the orphans are cared for by 5 loving women and widows who live in the Girls Home and serve faithfully.
Photo: Orphan girls rescued from extreme poverty are happy with a bountiful crop of organic vegetables!
We are happy to report that our native-led farmland in Nepal yielded an abundant harvest of vegetables two weeks ago. The harvest produced 22 pounds of eggplant, 17 pounds of green beans, and 15 pounds of tomatoes. Our native farmers also harvested pumpkins, which are a special treat as pumpkin leaves are considered a delicacy in Nepal. Our farmers are also growing corn right now — they expect 1,320 pounds of corn at the time of its harvest.
Photo: A local woman is happy to work at our farm, which provides for her and her community in an empowering way.
We are pleased to share the good news that preparation for the rice harvest is going very well, according to schedule. There has been more heavy rain and flooding than this time last year, but reports from the field tell us that they expect the weather to clear up and provide excellent conditions for the harvest in late November or December. At this point in the process, 1-2 women are preparing the field for planting, working 8 hours a day. They are healthy and happy to work on the rice farm as it provides a staple in the orphans’ and the community’s diets. Our native team in Myanmar is able to serve almost 300 meals each day to orphans and staff in four different homes in the country.
Photo: Orphans once trapped in extreme poverty and child labor are now free and thriving in their new environment.
Thanks to profits from our native-led farmland enterprise, along with donations from our generous donors, we were able to expand the Nepal orphanage to include a new Boys Home to better serve the girls and boys who are growing to need their own space. The new home, which houses 9 boys ages 9-14, includes two bedrooms with 3 bunk beds in each room, a changing room with a bathroom, and a study room. The boys moved into their new home in June and have been very happy there during study time and bedtime.
Photo: Girls rescued from human trafficking are learning valuable skills which will allow them to stand on their own as they’re restored to a life full of hope.
We are happy to share a miraculous report from our efforts to fight human trafficking in Nepal. This week a 16-year-old orphan who had been living with her uncle had gone missing. Someone in her native village contacted our local team, knowing they work on the border looking for trafficked girls. They provided her photo, and our team kept an eye out for her at our border kiosk from which we look for suspicious activity and distribute trafficking awareness pamphlets.
Photo: Children at our elementary school are excited about the new building under construction!
We are happy to report that our new primary school in rural Uganda is now fully funded thanks to our generous donors, as well as profits from the farmland. Construction of the new building is almost complete, which is creating a lot of excitement amongst the 200 children enrolled in the school this year. The old building has dirt floors, wooden siding, and a shoddy roof, and floods easily. The new building is a great improvement with an elevated foundation to prevent flooding, and a sturdy roof that will shelter the children even in the heaviest of rain storms. The funds have also provided benches and permanent chalkboards.
Photo: Girls at one of our orphan homes are excited to start the school year with new uniforms, purchased with profits from our native-led rice farm and piggery projects.
We are happy to report that around 100 children from our orphan homes in Myanmar went back to school this month, which is an increase in enrollment from last year. They were happy to receive backpacks, new uniforms, writing books and pens, shoes, and umbrellas — much-needed items for school that they would not have otherwise, as they come from backgrounds that would never have afforded them such opportunities. Their education is made possible by profits from our 12-acre farmland and piggery project along with donations made by our orphan sponsors.
Photo: Students happy to show you a harvest of eggs yielded from our farmland enterprise!
Thanks in part to profits from our farmland project, 400 impoverished children received backpacks and school supplies, enabling them to enroll for the start of the Filipino school year, which began this month. These school supplies are items their families could not afford — supplies they must have in order to attend local schools. The children and their parents were overcome with joy.
Photo: Girls rescued from human trafficking, now safe at our rehabilitation home receiving training in embroidery and other skills as part of their path toward recovery and empowerment.
We are thankful to share that last week, two 16-year-old girls were rescued from the dangers of human trafficking. The trafficker took the girls from their village in the Nuwakot district and kept them in a lodge in Kathmandu, where they were forced into prostitution against their will.
Photo: A girl rescued from extreme poverty is happy to show us her new uniform and backpack. She’s ready for school!
We’re happy to report that children of the Thapathali slum colony in Kathmandu, Nepal, recently received new backpacks, uniforms, and education scholarships, which have enabled them to attend local schools in the city. Focusing our efforts on getting them into school is a key component in breaking the cycle of extreme poverty, and gives them great hope and an opportunity to change their lives. Our education program, now in its second year, is growing and these achievements are a significant step in the process.
Photo: Girls at our orphan home find joy in the loving environment that’s given them a new hope.
Recent developments at our Uganda orphanage home have left our faithful native directors in a bind. They’ve adopted several children as their own, providing what little space they have in their tiny rental home. These children all have their own amazing stories of survival in the midst of the AIDS crisis, most of their parents falling victim to the disease and left without much hope for survival.
Photo: One of the orphans plays in the rice straw from our recent harvest.
We’re very pleased to report that the second harvest at our Myanmar rice farm was a huge success. The crop yielded approximately three tons of rice per acre at the 12 acre farm, or approximately 30,000 KGs. We’re extremely overjoyed with the result. It’s a vast increase over last year’s harvest thanks to improved efficiency, higher quality fertilization and better irrigation techniques employed by our native team.
Photo: Girls rescued from child labor and malnourishment are now safe and thriving at our orphanage home in Kathmandu.
This year in Nepal, thanks to your support, we’ve been able to rescue 3 more orphans from child labor, bringing our enrollment up to 23 children. Orphan children in Nepal are some of the most at-risk children on the planet, with the human trafficking crisis striking deep into the heart of this nation that is considered the poorest in all of Asia. Over 30% of Nepalese live on less than $12 per month.
Photo: A widow being cared for by our native team is happy to receive fresh groceries and clean water as she recovers from Typhoon Haiyan.
Our native team is coordinating local relief efforts in response to one of history’s most powerful storms ever recorded. The storm made a direct hit across Cebu Island, where several of our programs are based, including our main campus. Rather than take a broad approach, we’ve instead opted to care for 21 families and 16 widows severely affected by the storm, so we can more effectively ensure a long-term beneficial use of relief funds.
Photo: Children at our main Uganda campus were among those gathered for a very special presidential visit.
Our Uganda campus, located in a remote part of southeastern Uganda, experienced a very rare and special visit. The President of Uganda and his entourage landed their helicopter in front of our campus, local leaders gathered to greet him, and our high school choir presented him with a set of cultural songs and choreography. Our native staff, teachers and the students were all elated by the honor of his visit, an experience they will never forget.
Photo: Orphans rescued from child labor and extreme poverty, now happy and enjoying daily fresh-cooked meals made from organic ingredients grown on our own farmland.
In Nepal our native team is equipped with a farmland consisting of a goat house and terraced fields where they grow various vegetables, potatoes and herbs. The most recent crop they’ve experimented with is corn. Their recent 1000 lb. (450 kg) harvest of corn will not only feed the children but also the goats at the goat house, further improving the profitability of the operation. The farmland yields a consistent delivery of fresh, organic vegetables and herbs used in the cooking at our orphanage and human trafficking rehabilitation home.
Photo: Children on the island of Cebu who are among the estimated 500,000 now homeless.
Thanks to a steel-reinforced rebuild of our Philippines main campus two years ago after a similar cyclone nearly destroyed our entire facility, our native team remained safe and dry during one of the strongest storms in recorded history. This allowed for our team to be among the first responders to the heartbreaking devastation the storm left in its path. Our team is headquartered on the island of Cebu, one of the most severely affected islands in the path of the storm.
Photo: Thanks to your support, his mother earns a good income through our crafts business program, ensuring his proper nutrition and a brighter future.
Now in the third year of our craft-making business empowerment program in the Philippines, we continue to see great progress and success among the women enrolled. We originally trained 25 widows and single mothers in various weaving skills. Of the original group, 19 have remained in the program and are seeing significant income generation, and a handful of new trainees are quickly seeing success as well.
Photo: Boys at one of our Myanmar orphan homes are happy to receive new school supplies purchased with profits from our farmland enterprise!
In Myanmar, our farmland enterprise efforts are empowering orphans who have come from child labor situations. Recent profits from our rice farm and piggery ventures provided the orphans with new school supplies and umbrellas for the rainy season. It’s this model of sustainability in action that makes our programs more than just a rescue operation.
Photo: Human trafficking survivors at our rehabilitation home have learned how to make clothes for our orphans! The shirt she’s wearing is one of the items they’ve learned to make.
Creating a cycle of hope. The young women of our human trafficking rehabilitation home, mostly teenage girls, are being equipped with many skills, one of which is seamstress work. It occurred to our Nepal director one day as he was preparing to buy new clothes for the orphans that the girls should spend some of their class time trying to make the clothes.
Photo: Once trapped in lives of child labor with little hope, now rescued, safe and thriving at our India Girls Home.
Problem: Almost 50% of arranged marriages in India involve girls under the age of 18. Motivated by extreme cultural pressures, relatives of our Indian orphan girls try to claim legal rights to withdraw the girls from the orphanage as early as age 12 or 13 so they can arrange for their marriages.
Photo: These orphan girls recently rescued from child labor situations are now safe, and well on their way to recovery at our India girls home.
For nearly 20 years now, our India orphan care program has been rescuing orphan girls from human trafficking and child labor situations, rehabilitating them in a safe environment provided by a loving staff, and restoring their future to a bright path ahead with a solid education. In response to increasing reports of abductions and missing girls, we launched a recent campaign to find orphan girls in child labor or bonded servitude situations.
Photo: With your support, we’re helping children of this slum colony overcome extreme poverty in a way that’s sustainable and empowering.
In a slum settlement positioned on a flood-prone riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, there is now great hope for 45 children. These children would never have had such hope before. It’s the hope of a better life—of a life with much less risk of human trafficking or child labor. Our program, modeled after our "Children’s Hope Center" in Hyderabad, India, is offering children of this colony nutritional support and the supplies and fees they need to enroll in local schools.
Photo: Rescued from human trafficking, she’s now safe at our rehabilitation home where she’s learning how to make clothes and crafts to gain financial independence.
Thanks to recent donations along with profits from our native-led farmland enterprise in Nepal, we were able to double the amount of sewing machines in our seamstress classroom up to 12. We were also able to finally outfit the crafts and knitting classroom with desks and benches. These major improvements will greatly aid in the learning process as the girls work through the courses.
Photo: These children were among the hundreds who came for a free checkup at our newly expanded medical center.
Thanks to a local government grant along with profits from our farmland enterprise, your donations were doubled to allow for the construction of an expanded medical clinic on our Uganda campus. Land we purchased last year was used for the expansion. The facility now includes several examination rooms, offices, pharmacy stock room, and a 10-bed outpatient clinic.
Photo: Boys at our primary school enjoy a good education and nutritious meals made from ingredients at our nearby farmland.
At our primary school in rural southeastern Uganda near the Kenya border, every school day over 200 children gather. It’s the only school easily accessible in the area. Here they receive nutritious meals and the loving instruction and care from our dedicated teaching staff. However, we are overwhelmed with the numbers of children, each class having about 35-40 in attendance.