Transitioning children from orphanages into loving families
The influential and prominent Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO) has honored Child Hope International for our work! CAFO reviewed the proposals of 99 organizations pursuing innovative family care options for vulnerable children and Child Hope International was one of six awarded a financial grant and special recognition! This grant will be used to support our Family Hope program as we work …
We have very exciting news to share with you. Echeline has been reunified with her mom. Here’s how this amazing story happened. Echeline came into our care in 2012, when she was three years old. When we asked where her parents were, we were told that they had died in the 2010 earthquake. Haitian social services is understaffed and underfunded, …
Our social worker, Vladimir, has identified a few children who are good candidates for family reunification, and over the next six months, we hope to begin placing children back in their family’s care. This is the culmination of two years of extensive family tracing, evaluations, supervised visits, overnight trial visits, counseling sessions, and much prayer! During the reunification process, Vladimir …
Over the past several months Abigaelle, our Future Hope Manager, has been meeting with many of our graduates who are pursuing their education goals. Child Hope has helped them with creating a plan, and we are so excited to be able to support the education expenses of 9 graduates this year! For the 2018/2019 school year, we have one graduate …
Our children and staff have been busy this summer! Some of the activities included: -Ti-Junior & Keso graduated from Child Hope -3 older kids had summer internships -Pool party -STEM camp -Typing lessons, cooking lessons, and guitar lessons -Camp in a Box -Ambassador’s Soccer Camp –Partner’s Worldwide workshop on Business Formation -Visit to the Coast Guard Additionally, 9 children spent …
I’ve made many memorable trips to Haiti, but this month’s visit was unforgettable and through the week I became even more encouraged that God supports our efforts. In the midst of civil disruption we experienced God’s provision first-hand. I was looking forward to the fun of our annual “Camp in a Box.” Within hours of our arrival in Port Au …
Clairmond & Daniel, two Child Hope graduates, have finished their last year of high school! It is estimated that only 30% of children in Haiti attend secondary school, and even less than that go on to graduate Philo (13th grade). We are so proud of the hard work these young men have put forth over the years, and were excited …
Since early this spring we have been working with The Chance to Dream on providing therapy to the children. In that time Stefana and Linda from The Chance to Dream have led five group therapy sessions. The kids really enjoy these sessions, and have expressed how much fun they are! Last month Stefana, who holds degrees in both psychology and …
In March our kiddos had their annual deep cleaning at the dentist. Some of our children had cavities or other minor concerns and went back last week for fillings and follow ups. We’ve noticed some pretty bright smiles in the past month! The children also got caught up on vaccinations that they needed. We believe one of the ways to …
With each group of graduates, we always marvel at how quickly they grew up! Ti-Junior has been with us since 2011, and in those past seven years we have seen him work hard to become the man he is today. He is a young man with a very gentle spirit. You can often find him making our youngest kids laugh. …