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Children’s HopeChest Swaziland and Uganda Partner’s Conference is right around the corner. If you are a Sponsorship Coordinator, Travel Coordinator or highly invested and involved with Children’s HopeChest’s ministry in either of these countries we would love for you to join us. HopeChest has experienced tremendous growth both in the quantity and in [...]

In June of this year, I joined a team from Woodmen Valley Chapel on a mission’s trip to Mstyora, Russia. After returning from Iraq in 2006, I wanted nothing to do with the rest of the world. With that mindset loneliness began to tear my life apart. Sitting in the airport on June 11th, our [...]

I have had the chance to observe poverty on all 5 major continents and now Haiti. Long considered one of the world’s poorest nations, Haiti has been ravaged by years of political corruption, exploitation,illiteracy, and now natural disaster. One of the common threads of all the people I have encountered living in extreme poverty is [...]

The staff and board of directors of Children’s HopeChest confirmed today that the ministry has two pastor scholarships available for the September 2010 mission & vision trip to Ethiopia. This note will provide you with all the details you need to apply for this scholarship, if you are interested. Please read through this information and then [...]

Working with HopeChest in Soroti, Uganda, Joseph Elotu has a passion for helping the poor, along with the practical skills and experience to make a difference.  With a degree in agriculture from Makerere University in Kampala, Joseph has twelve years’ experience in assisting the poor in improving agricultural production and livelihoods. With a deep understanding [...]

We are deeply saddened by the tragic events in Kampala yesterday. Thankfully, all of our staff is safe and accounted for. The expectation is that Uganda will continue to be an area of unrest. This unrest is primarily due to the pending national elections. However, the events of yesterday do not seem to be tied [...]

HopeChest programs for older orphans in Russia are helping thousands of young adults make a successful transition into independent life.  For this, we credit our Nadezhda Fund President, Katya Celenina. Katya has been championing the cause of orphans for 14 years.  She brings a prolific education and hands-on “street card” to her position with HopeChest. [...]

This week at the Children’s HopeChest Board dinner CEO, Tom Davis interviewed Kirby Patterson, President of Destiny Foods Direct about his new food product that will help feed orphans around the world.  When you purchase your dinner meat through Destiny Foods Direct they will donate 50$ of every purchase to Children’s Hopechest to provide food [...]

*Updated June 1st, 2010.   Congratulations to Kayla and Julie for winning one of the first released copies of Priceless!  If you did not win a book remember that Priceless is available today for purchase at books stores!   Check out the press release and Tom Davis’ special offer here:  http://tinyurl.com/26fdgqa May 19, 2010: This week Tom Davis is [...]

I was adopted from an orphanage in Saigon a week before South Vietnam fell to the communist regime. I’ve written about my adoption story here and here. And I have written about my birth mom here. In 1975 only 3,000 of the thousands of Vietnamese children living in orphanages were flown out. The rest remained in that war torn region destined to age out of the orphanage system, often into a life of crime, servitude, or the sex trade.