This summer has been a powerful season of growth and momentum for Haven of Hope International’s Orphan Care Training Institute. Across the world, caregivers and directors are leaning into training, strengthening their skills, and raising the standard of care for vulnerable children. Two great milestones are taking place at Refugio de Vida in…
“Chokora,” they would say. When there is little chance for a meal, there is no chance for education, it is all about survival. And over time, he began to believe it. From a trauma-informed perspective, we understand that children like him are not choosing the streets-they are adapting to survive them. What may…
There’s a special kind of holy chaos that comes with back-to-school-forms to fill out, uniforms to size, supplies to buy, and children to encourage. But at Operation Smile Children’s Home in Lower Poonah, Williamsville, this year carries an added weight of wonder: it’s the first new school year since the home reopened and…
Just outside Nairobi, in the industrial town of Ruiru, there is a place where children who once slept on the streets are learning to carry something new: a backpack filled with possibility. Watu Wa Maana-Swahili for “very important people”-is more than a children’s home. It is a daily declaration that every child, no…
In Kawempe, one of Kampala’s most challenged communities, back-to-school season carries a weight most of us will never fully understand. For children who have lived on the street-sleeping wherever they can, eating when they can, and surviving danger that no child should ever face-school isn’t just “the next grade.” School is a doorway…
December marked a significant step forward for Haven of Hope International and the Orphan Care Training Institute to answer the demand for training. With the launch of OCTI on the SKOOL app, our training ministry is entering a new season of accessibility, growth, and long–term impact for orphan care providers around the world.…
In the heart of Kawempe, one of Kampala’s most impoverished communities, a new light is breaking through the darkness. Amid the dust, noise, and hardship of daily survival, Crosspoint International Ministries stands as a ray of hope-a place where faith, compassion, and community meet to transform lives. It was here, at Crosspoint Church,…
Haven of Hope International’s Orphan Care Training Institute (OCTI) continues to equip caregivers worldwide with trauma-informed skills designed to transform the lives of children from hard places. This summer, the Refuge of Life Children’s Home in Pucallpa, Peru, launched a 12-month Trauma Care Certification Program led by Angela Bryan, LMHC, one of HOHI’s…
When the Dean Ramsey Pennsylvania Men and Women of Action Team arrived in Kenya, something powerful began to happen. Hammers and paint brushes became instruments of hope as this incredible team kicked off the long-awaited renovation of the girls’ and boys’ dormitories and bathrooms at the Watu Wa Maana Children’s Center. We had…