Growth 2008 – 2021
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 3 orphan homes where we have provided complete residential care to a total of 165 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 14-acre rice farm, which during its history has yielded 82.6 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 1-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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Sustainability case study: How our Myanmar orphans remain well-fed and cared for despite shutdown of all banks in coup fallout
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 […]
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Top 10 reasons we are feeling hopeful: several positive updates from India, Uganda, Nepal, the Philippines, and Myanmar programs
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. […]
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Myanmar: 32-ton rice paddy harvest yields 4.5 tons of consumable rice, other byproducts; new facility groundbreaking; team responds to military coup fallout
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 […]
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Year-End fundraising goal met and exceeded; new Myanmar home, education center funded; emergency response fund equipped for 2021
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 […]
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Annual Report reveals almost 1 million meals served, 23 tons of food harvested, 1105 scholarships granted
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 […]
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A tour of gratitude through our programs around the world reveals hope and smiles in the midst of pandemic trials
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 […]
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Asia Society interviews our Founder & Director about the origins and history of She Has Hope
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. […]
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41 Tons of food delivered to struggling communities in the wake of COVID-19 lockdown-related economic losses, 180,000 meals served; story of one widow saved from starvation
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 […]
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Executive Director reports on Peace Gospel’s response to COVID-19 crisis; many stories of hope in the midst of struggle; financial crisis looms but we stand ready to serve
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 […]
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Myanmar rice harvest yields 4.6 tons to feed orphans; funding received to install community water filtration system
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 […]