Stories

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

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

Executive Director reports on his recent site visit to Uganda programs; reveals business model’s profits are now covering 40% of in-country budget
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

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

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

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

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

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.

Presenting our inaugural “Child of the Year” profile to help better acquaint our donors with the children our programs benefit
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

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