Growth 2008 – 2021
Our two native teams in The Philippines are located in Manila and on the island of Cebu.
For over 10 years, our native team on the island of Cebu have been working to make a lasting change in the lives of those affected by extreme poverty. Our work of reaching orphans and at-risk children suffering from the effects of extreme poverty is being sustained and multiplied by a widely diverse farmland enterprise. The farm produces several tons of produce annually. In its lifetime it has produced over half a million eggs, over 17 tons of coconuts, and a steady flow of fish, bananas, vegetables, along with profits from a goat and pork stockbreeding enterprise.
Profits generated from the farmland, combined with your donations, allow us to operate a girls home and two “Children’s Hope Centers.” The “Hope Centers” are after-school care programs striving to ensure that children stay successfully enrolled in school, offering free tutoring, fresh meals, and school supplies. One is in Manila, the other on our main campus on the island of Cebu.
Our Cebu team also operates a program that is equipping at-risk women and their daughters to avoid the perils of human trafficking by fostering their creative skills in craft-making small businesses. Some of their creations can be found at SheHasHope.org. Sadly, the island of Cebu is a major trafficking hub in Asia. With your help, we are able to spare women and girls from being susceptible to traffickers on the island who lure impoverished women with false promises of good jobs abroad only to become slaves once they leave the country.
Read recent stories of impact from our Philippines programs:
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5th Annual Taste of Hope Gala moves online to become global virtual event; donate any amount to get your ticket today, support our human trafficking response programs
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 […]
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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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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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Cebu, Philippines team faces theft amidst turbulent COVID-19 lockdown; responds to food crisis by sharing farmland surpluses with community in need; Hope Center students celebrate 100% pass rate
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 […]
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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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Cebu: Story of one impoverished girl’s transformation at orphan home; education and farmland programs news roundup
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 […]