Updates

Last year was unreliable, unpredictable and unfamiliar to say the least. God met us in the chaos of the season and your STEADFAST support helped children and families be RESILIENT. Because of God’s provision through you, we had so much to be thankful for in 2020. We witnessed the miracles of finding family, restoring relationships,

This year Child Hope launched a new program – Transition Support Services (TSS). The TSS program works with orphanages in Haiti to help them transition to family-based care. Child Hope will provide coaching, mentoring, and technical know-how to organizations aligned with our belief that children have better outcomes when raised in families instead of orphanages.

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/