Stories

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.

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

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

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

Year-End goals seek to make substantial improvements to Myanmar and Uganda programs, establish emergency response fund for 2021
Photo collage: We have big news about upcoming plans to improve our orphan care programs in Myanmar and Uganda, as we celebrate all that we have accomplished in responding to the pandemic economic crisis. We are happy to announce our year-end goals which will help us fulfill many long-awaited needs in our programs along with

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

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.

20 Recent graduates from Nepal ‘She Has Hope’ trafficking rehabilitation home and trade school receive small business grants to start their tailoring businesses
Photo: This brave survivor recently completed her tailoring certification and has now started her new business thanks to the support of our donors. We are happy to share the great news that we have a new class of graduates at our ‘She Has Hope’ rehabilitation home and trade school in Nepal! We are so proud

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

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