Stories

Cebu, Philippines: Thanks to the generosity of our donors along with recent improvements and ongoing successes at our farmland, at-risk children are experiencing life transformation

2018-09-25

Photo: These children are thankful for our outreach program where they enjoy Bible study, fun games and activities, and fresh-cooked meals and snacks every Saturday. Today we want to share some encouraging news from our farmland enterprise on the island of Cebu, Philippines. In August we sold one mature pig at market which gave us […]

Myanmar orphan homes suffer from flooding, severe flu outbreak, persevere with hopes of upcoming expansion; stories of two orphan rescues

2018-09-22

Photo: Our orphans are happy to receive various supplies for school and hygiene needs, generously provided thanks to donors like you. Today we bring you an update from our programs in Myanmar. Our 6 orphan homes were recently affected by flooding due to heavy rains that began during the first week of August. The flooding […]

Orphan girl overcomes all odds to graduate high school with honors, now attending nursing college; 10 girls graduate from trafficking rehabilitation home to start new businesses

2018-09-15

Photo: These girls are happy to have graduated from their skill development coursework in which they became proficient in many skills such as tailoring. We are happy to report that in June one of our orphans, 17-year-old Laayra*, graduated from our orphan home in Nepal with some of the highest exam scores of all 26 […]

Recent Uganda farmland harvest yields 3 tons of beans, 5.7 tons of corn; story of one woman’s hope found from near-death to empowerment in our women’s catering business

2018-08-29

Photo: Students at our rural boarding high school are happy about the abundant corn harvest! We are happy to report that our native team harvested 5.7 tons of corn at the beginning of this month which we will use to supplement our primary school’s and high school’s students’ meals. They enjoy the corn as well […]

‘She Has Hope’ home begins tailoring skill development program; Hope Center school continues to persevere under challenging circumstances

2018-08-11

Photo: Students at our Children’s Hope Center School are happy to receive three meals a day and access to a free education. Today we bring you some important updates from our work in Kampala, Uganda. First we take you to our Kampala ‘She Has Hope‘ rehabilitation home, modeled after our Kathmandu, Nepal, rehabilitation home, both […]

India school year off to a strong start, new playground and other campus improvements complete; six girls graduated now in college

2018-07-28

Photo: One of our newly rescued orphans is thankful for the new playground equipment on our campus which provides a fun break from her schoolwork. In June we had 40 children re-registered in our on-campus primary school for the new semester. After going through the registration process per new government requirements, our native team accepted […]

Cebu, Philippines farmland now harvesting nearly one ton of coconuts quarterly; after-school care program helping students stay successfully enrolled in school

2018-07-21

Photo: Our director’s sons are happy for the great coconut harvest this month. Today we want to share the good news that our coconut harvest this month was abundant — we gathered 580 mature coconuts and sold them at market for $54, which helps to supplement our Cebu programs since we harvest our coconuts quarterly. […]

First graduate from our Nepal orphan home finishes at top of his class, shares story of his journey in his own words; rehabilitation home sees abundant garden harvest

2018-07-16

Photo: Our Nepal orphan home graduate, Divsimar. Today we are overjoyed to report that one of our orphans, 18-year-old Divsimar*, recently graduated from our orphan home in Nepal with the highest exam scores of all 26 children in his 10th grade class. Because Divsimar is 18, the government requires him to move out of our […]

127 children from Myanmar residential orphan care program successfully enrolled in school; 7 orphans rescued, now safe at our homes

2018-07-10

Photo: The children were ecstatic to receive all that they needed to be re-enrolled for another school year. We are happy to report that all 127 of our Myanmar orphans started back to school in June where they are studying their native Burmese language, English, math, geography, history, physics, chemistry, and biology. Thanks to your […]

Top Kampala University offers our rural high school students full scholarships; passion fruit business success, bean farm harvest, other harvests continue to feed 670 students and staff

2018-07-04

Photo: Students are excited about new opportunities and advancements being made at our main campus boarding high school. Today we are happy to share good reports from our programs in rural Uganda. Our 300 primary school students (ages 3-12) at our campus in Mairinya have been studying diligently since the new school semester began on […]

Manila Children’s Hope Center enjoys summer sports camp festival, beginning of school year off to a strong start with tutoring program

2018-06-27

Photo: Students from our after-school care program recently enjoyed multiple days of games and activities ending in a big sports festival with several teams arranged by color. We are happy to report that our Manila team organized a VBS-style outreach program on April 18-22 for 50 of the children enrolled in our Children’s Hope Center […]

India campus prepares for back to school, several campus improvements underway; story of one girl’s 8-year path to high school graduation and move to college

2018-06-16

Photo: Girls living at our India Girls Home are happy that new playground equipment is being installed along with several new security measures as the new school year begins next week. As our native team strives to meet new government requirements for properly registering all the children on our India campus, we currently have 40 […]