Updates

In December we transitioned 8 children from the orphanage back into the care of their families! We coupled the farewell party with our Christmas party, which was a fabulous way to send off the children. Here are a few highlights from recent reunifications: Child Hope helped Rosaline, a mom, find housing over the summer. Our

Our social workers traveled to Jeremie (6.5 hours from Port au Prince) with two objectives: to visit another orphanage that is interested in learning more about family-based care, and to find extended family members for siblings living at Maison de Lumiere. The orphanage in Jeremie recently learned that many of the children in their care

This week Spencer sat down with the hosts of the Think Orphan podcast to share his personal journey of caring for orphaned and vulnerable children at Child Hope. He also discussed our organization’s transition from institutional care to family-based care. Please give it a listen! https://thinkorphan.com/2020/10/13/spencer-reeves-episode-155-transitioning-from-orphanages-to-families/

This year five of our boys turned 18 and graduated out of the orphanage. Before we said goodbye, we had a huge party to celebrate them, complete with speeches, laughter, food, and dancing. These young men have really blossomed and it was so much fun to throw a party in their honor. They deserved it!

This month, five of our older boys will be graduating from the orphanage and we are excited to share that all of them will be living with family. So much work goes into preparing them for this transition – family tracing, assessments, parenting classes, mental health evaluations, and more. It is great to see that