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Why we do what we do. What is visible: Annelise, age twelve, has golden-brown curls that form a wild, tousled halo around her head. Her eyes are a soft green, and she’s skilled at pushing out her bottom lip to create the most heartbreaking pout. What can’t be seen: To survive and care…
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Why we do what we do. Diego, age eight, was living alone on the streets of Peru. By day, he begged for food and water. By night, he sought out dark corners where he might be safe from predators. Consumed by fear and a growing sense of hopelessness, he lost sight of everything…
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Why we do what we do. Gabriela is ten years old. The only life she and her three younger sisters have ever known is one of extreme poverty. A year ago, Gabriela’s parents forced her into the labor market to help bring in money to feed the family. She soon became a domestic…
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We Rescue, Love, Restore & Equip The Least of These On Giving Tuesday, our goal is to raise $5,000 to give the gift of a joyful Christmas celebration to 200+ children who live at our partner orphan care homes. Your contributions can make that happen. The Christmas feast is one of the few…
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Vinnie’s Garden was created in 2020 at the Haven of Hope Bolivia campus as a sustainability project that not only feeds fifty-plus children, teens and staff, but provides valuable lessons in reaping and sowing. The children experience first-hand the faithfulness of God’s love and provision in their lives as they harvest the rewards…
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I don’t think I can write about Emma’s experience in Bolivia without backing up to the few weeks before she left for Bolivia, and then moving forward to how mission trips like Bolivia ultimately framed her. It would be easiest to say that she was simply a great kid who loved Jesus and people, went to Bolivia, served with joy, was transformed…and then leave it at that. Nice and tidy and easy to fit onto one page. And whereas all of that is true, I don’t think it does justice to her, the beautiful kids in Bolivia, or her God. Most of us are a little bit messier than that. And so was Emma.
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Haven of Hope International launches a one-year trauma-informed certification program to set a new standard of care for the orphaned children they serve. Congratulations to the first students participating in this game-changing trauma care program at our flagship orphan care home, Refugio de Esperanza in Bolivia. Upon successful completion of this program, each…
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A lot can happen in 45 days! And it did at the John E. Halgrim Orphanage in Kenya. Alice Skaff, HOHI founder, first met JEHO directors Miriam and Peter in 2018, stopping by to visit the orphanage home on her way to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro and raise money for HOHI. Since that time,…
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Support from Haven of Hope International and The Least of These organizations provided the technology package and Internet connection service.
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Today, providing technology packages to the orphanages that we partner with so their children can participate in online learning is one of our most important initiatives at Haven of Hope.
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