In September of 2018, a simple question by Serghei Mihailov, our Country Director in Moldova, turned this 65-year old idea and the entire HopeChest world upside down.
Read More
Your Top 5 HopeChest Blogs of 2019!
By Anna Kerr
/ January 7, 2020
Every Tuesday we publish a new blog post on our website. That's 52 stories of hope and transformation a year! Check out five of last year's best blogs.
Read More
We Asked 5 Partnership Leaders to Tell Us About Transformation in Their Communities
By Anna Kerr
/ December 31, 2019
We asked five of these HPLs to share, in their own words, how they have seen transformation in both their home community, and the CarePoint community that they partner with.
Read More
This Mother’s Dreams are Fueled by…Eggs!
By Anna Kerr
/ December 23, 2019
In a community where most children have to work in fields so their family can get by, Maria has bigger dreams for her children.
Read More
Build Relationships. Break Poverty. | Six Quick (But Powerful) Stories of Transformation
By Anna Kerr
/ December 17, 2019
We use the word "transformation" a lot here at HopeChest. In this episode, we unpack what that word means, and how HopeChest staff see transformation in their work.
Read More
Celebrating Colorado Gives Day from Our Barn Headquarters!
By Anna Kerr
/ December 10, 2019
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.
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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,...
Read More
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,...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
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...
Read More
“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!
Read More
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.
Read More
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.
Read More
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%?
Read More
