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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]