The Bukedea CarePoint in Uganda is making leaps toward sustainability with an aluminum saucepan project! This project focuses on local...
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Takitsi’s Story: Singing about Hope
By Jennifer Vines
/ November 7, 2017
In 2012, my friend Alli and I visited Swaziland for the first time. Our trip was mainly planned to see...
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Obwobwo’s Project Coordinator- Interview with Ezekiel
By Anna Kerr
/ October 31, 2017
Have you ever wanted to know about the daily lives of our in-country staff? We conducted a series of interviews...
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The Importance of Praying for Your Sponsor Child
By Anna Kerr
/ October 24, 2017
Directing prayers and encouragement to one specific child is one of the many ways that you can care for your...
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Joy Down in My Heart
By Laura Diaz
/ October 17, 2017
It feels impossible to express the joy the children of Ethiopia gifted me. It feels impossible to express the courage...
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Kostroma – Interview with Yana A.
By Anna Kerr
/ October 10, 2017
Our passionate staff in Russia are absolutely integral to our success in the three regions that we serve. Each of...
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Mushroom to Grow in Murole, Uganda
By Anna Kerr
/ October 3, 2017
CarePoints transform lives and generations of individuals. Orphaned and vulnerable children are embraced at CarePoints, and so are their guardians!...
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Where I Find Hope and Redemption
By Jason Jones
/ September 26, 2017
When our children are born, our hopes and dreams for them are born in us as parents. We imagine getting...
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Challenging America’s Perception of Poverty
By Rick Wright
/ September 19, 2017
In a recent New York Times article, “Drought and War Heighten Threat of Not Just 1 Famine, but 4,” Jeffrey...
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Staff Member Climbs Kilimanjaro!
By Anna Kerr
/ September 12, 2017
Leona is our Accounting Manager, and this month she is climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest summit in Africa. Leona is...
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Our Role as Storytellers
By Stephanie Mutert
/ September 5, 2017
Each of the stories we tell chaotically, yet perfectly, merge into God’s Story. It is just a matter of making...
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What is Holistic Transformation?
By Tom Jennings
/ August 29, 2017
Our mission at Children’s HopeChest is to glorify God by releasing the potential of orphaned and vulnerable children and their...
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Interview with Sanele Magagula
By Anna Kerr
/ August 22, 2017
Our in-country staff truly make an impact in the lives of the children they serve. Transformation could not occur without...
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Education for Every Child
By Anna Kerr
/ August 15, 2017
List in hand, I marched down every aisle at Target, my eyes darting between the colored pens and bright pencil...
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Bandzile the Defender
By Anna Kerr
/ August 8, 2017
Bandzile, 19 years old, was born in Manzini, Swaziland and now lives in the Mpholi community and attends the Mpholi CarePoint. He grew up with an experience that is, unfortunately, very similar to many of the children whom our CarePoints serve. When he was a small boy, his father died, and his mother struggled to provide for him.
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Kostroma – Interview with Natalia V. and Maria F.
By Anna Kerr
/ August 1, 2017
Our in-country staff are remarkable and talented individuals. Without them, transforming the lives of vulnerable and orphaned children would not...
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Asset-Based Development
By Tom Jennings
/ July 25, 2017
An organization’s poverty mindset makes a monumental difference in how they approach communities. One of the most significant ways that...
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Seven Students’ Reflections on a Mission Trip
By Anna Kerr
/ July 18, 2017
Children’s HopeChest provides the opportunity for schools to partner with communities around the globe. Through HopeChest, students can build friendships...
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How HopeChest Trips Are Unique
By Ryan Hewitt
/ July 11, 2017
We had been looking forward to this week ever since the official “Launch” of our school’s partnership in September. It...
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The Swaziland “Shepherds” Who Are Changing Lives
By Shane Kinne
/ July 5, 2017
Two weeks ago was Father’s Day--just on the heels of returning from my third trip to Bhalekane CarePoint in Swaziland. Father’s...
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