Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | Interview with Uganda’s Sponsorship and Communications Manager
Meeting Simon Okello is a breath of fresh air. He is loved by children at all of our Uganda CarePoints for his lightheartedness, compassion, advocacy, and many many jokes. He has been working with Children’s HopeChest for over seven years and is Uganda’s Sponsorship and Communications Manager. In this position Simon gets to know the most vulnerable children in Uganda’s CarePoint communities and manages the processes of children joining and exiting the sponsorship program.
Three Ways to Celebrate World Letter Writing Day!
Perhaps it feels so special to receive a letter because sending intentional mail hits each of the five love languages. Someone spends quality time writing words of affirmation on something physical that you can touch and open like a gift.
And how much more exciting is receiving a letter when it is from a friend overseas?!
The Mechanics of Hope: This school provides more than an education
At many Children’s HopeChest CarePoints, schools are also more than just a place to receive an education. Each layer of support offered at CarePoints builds a foundation of stability. This is especially true in Guatemala at the My Special Treasure Educational Center (MSTEC), which is a Christian school dedicated to providing holistic support for children whose parents work in the local garbage dump.
Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | Interview with Russia’s Country Director
Today on our podcast we are honored to have the woman who has been with Children’s HopeChest…before it was Children’s HopeChest! Katya Celenina has been HopeChest’s Country Director of Russia for over 25 years – from HopeChest being a seed that the Lord was watering to partnering with seven countries and serving over 34,000 children. …
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How Do You Feel About Change?
Prior to this trip we were told we’d be doing “something different.” We wouldn’t be making “Home Visits” but instead, we’d have something called “Community Time” with parents and guardians of the children at Tullo CarePoint. This was something new and totally foreign to us. To say we were disappointed is an understatement. Reasons had been explained, however, and we were all somewhat willing to “try something new.”
A Motorcycle Group and an Orphanage in Russia: celebrating partnerships of all kinds!
“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” – Albert Einstein In Russia, many children in this vast and complex country are “social orphans.” While some have lost parents due to death, many have been orphaned because of alcohol abuse, economic, or other social factors. In many areas of …
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Meet Dairyn, the Woman Leading Pueblo Modelo in Guatemala
I would like to see people living with dignity. Living with the values of the Kingdom of God, with a lot of opportunities for all and to be a model for other communities. A leafy and stable tree that produces a lot of fruit, that gives many benefits to nature, that produces life and that is a symbol of hope and rest.
