Growth 2008 – 2023
We first partnered with our Myanmar native team in 2008 when we launched our orphan care program, which over the years has grown to encompass 4 orphan homes where we have provided complete residential care to a total of 221 orphans and employed 12 staff members. We also operate a small vocational training school for orphans who have graduated from our programs to ensure that they are equipped with skills and knowledge that will support them in their future careers.
In 2010, we purchased our 12-acre rice farm, which during its history has yielded over 104 tons of rice. We are very thankful for this consistent crop that has provided a key staple in the diets of our orphans, staff in our orphan homes, and several widows our team cares for. Our orphans also benefit from a one-acre, on-campus farmland that provides nutritious vegetables for their meals. In addition to the farmland, our native team draws funding from a small-scale purified water bottling business that is providing affordable safe drinking water to the local community. Through these efforts, with your support, we are offering hope and empowerment to the people of Myanmar.
Read recent stories of impact from our Myanmar programs:
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July “Doses of Hope”: our Myanmar rice farm shows your support in action by providing over 720,000 servings of rice for our orphans and staff
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 […]
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June “Doses of Hope” highlights results of our scholarship campaign breaking the cycle of poverty one student at a time
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 […]
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Over 300 students prepare for back-to-school season in The Philippines, Myanmar, and India; 13 girls in India have the opportunity for a college degree
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 […]
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Annual Gala celebrates 30 years of work, raises 11.6% of annual budget in one night
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 […]
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Roundup of miraculous “Doses of Hope” from around the world reveals major milestones accomplished in our programs
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 […]
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Abundant results of year-end fundraising campaign for Uganda program and emergency fund thanks to outpouring of donor support
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 […]
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Top ten field-submitted photos of 2022 highlight what your generosity has achieved for women and children under our care
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 […]
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2022 Impact Report highlights over 850k meals served, 1393 scholarships saved children from hazardous child labor or trafficking
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 […]
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2022 year-end goals to help fulfill long-awaited needs in Uganda program, restore emergency fund to respond to urgent program needs
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. […]
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Urgent security situation in Myanmar underscores critical need for proactive measures
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 […]