From inside this bright red building at the base of the Rocky Mountains, the Colorado headquarter team of 21 people work to connect communities in North America, with communities overseas that have a high population of orphaned and impoverished children -- ultimately impacting over 34,000 individuals worldwide.
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A Personal Message from HopeChest CEO on the Past 25 Years of Community Transformation
By Ken Sparks
/ December 3, 2019
Imagine that it is late 1993, you are working for International Bible Society, and you have been dispatched to Russia...
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Five “Thank You’s” from Around the World!
By Anna Kerr
/ November 26, 2019
Thanksgiving is in two days and we want to share what we are most thankful for… YOU! It...
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The One: A reflection on Christ’s love for each of us
By Chris Anderson
/ November 19, 2019
The homemade PVC-framed curtains are up. The pharmacy is readily staffed. We are flush with physical therapists wielding braces and...
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Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | Interview with Masha on 21 Years of Empowering Orphaned Youth in Russia
By Anna Kerr
/ November 12, 2019
In 1996, the trajectory of Masha Bodrova's life changed forever. As a young girl, when other children were playing outside,...
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CarePoints are Teaching Us How to Be Good Neighbors
By Anna Kerr
/ November 5, 2019
Nuevo Reto (New Challenge) CarePoint is a ministry of hope for children who have experienced some sort of trauma, abuse,...
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Encouragement for Those Who Have Not Received a Letter
By Susan Mogish
/ October 29, 2019
We met Vitalik back on a partner visit in 2009 to Kameshkevo Orphanage. Vitalik had only been at the orphanage...
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What Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Winning the Nobel Peace Prize Means for Ethiopia, Africa, and the World
By Tesfa Tsegaye
/ October 22, 2019
The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Dr. Abiy Ahmed Ali, the Ethiopian Prime Minister. Mr. Abiy was...
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When Mothers Connect, Differences Melt Away
By Anna Kerr
/ October 15, 2019
We all have emotions and parts of us that are stirred when we see the faces of underprivileged children from...
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Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | How Music is Unlocking the Potential of Children Living in Poverty: Interview with Londiwe Dlamini
By Anna Kerr
/ October 8, 2019
Do you remember the songs that have transformed your life? The songs that have met you on dark days and...
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How Escaping a Riot Led Me to Work at Children’s HopeChest
By Anna Kerr
/ October 1, 2019
In December of 2010, I had to evacuate a large city in the middle of riot. As we drove toward...
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“God, Why Have You Sent Me Here?”
By Sarah Dovin
/ September 24, 2019
Each year that I have returned it amazes me how the children remember me! How they hold onto the memories made over just six days a year. These children love the relationship that we are building, as do I!
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The Impact of Visiting an Orphanage for 16 Years
By Patti Smith
/ September 17, 2019
Our continued presence throughout their childhood and into adulthood affords us the opportunities to see the impact all of our visits have made over time.
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Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | Interview with Uganda’s Sponsorship and Communications Manager
By Anna Kerr
/ September 10, 2019
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.
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How Village Savings Empowered These 4 Women to be Entrepreneurs
By Anna Kerr
/ September 3, 2019
What if you wanted to take out a small business loan to start a venture so you could support your family, but the banks in your local community considered your financial status too risky? What if, even if you could get a loan, the interest rate was as high as 24%?
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Three Ways to Celebrate World Letter Writing Day!
By Anna Kerr
/ August 27, 2019
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?!
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The Mechanics of Hope: This school provides more than an education
By Anna Kerr
/ August 20, 2019
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.
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Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | Interview with Russia’s Country Director
By Anna Kerr
/ August 13, 2019
Today on our podcast we are honored to have the woman who has been with Children’s HopeChest...before it was Children’s...
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How Do You Feel About Change?
By Kathy Bingham
/ August 6, 2019
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.”
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A Motorcycle Group and an Orphanage in Russia: celebrating partnerships of all kinds!
By Ed Killins
/ July 30, 2019
“Only a life lived for others is worth living.” - Albert Einstein In Russia, many...
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