The House of Hope (HOH) runs shelters that provide safe and free accommodation for parents and family members who must travel long distances so their child can undergo life-saving treatment for their health issues. Many of these families come from poor rural areas and, without HOH they would be forced to sleep on the streets—exposed to danger, exploitation, facing the risk of losing what little they have.
Families sharing their meals together
Thankfully, a local trust generously covers the significant medical expenses for each child’s treatment. While the children receive care, HOH offers their families not only a place to stay but also daily meals and vital emotional support. It is often a time of deep anxiety and sorrow, especially in the tragic cases when a child does not survive. In those moments, HOH staff provide compassion and comfort to grieving families.
Mother and child provided with food
On behalf of the House of Hope (HOH) team I would like to say, “Thank you to everyone praying for and supporting us financially. It has been a blessed journey for us over the past years.’” MT – Director & Co Founder.
The leaders of the HOH are very experienced in caring for children in a variety of ways for over 20 years. MT says,
“My wife and I have clearly known that God called us to this kind of service; to help the poor and needy children where we can show and bring the love of God to them.”
From their early twenties this couple have faithfully pursued their vision with great success. In years past they took a number of orphaned children into their own home and raised them. These are now grown up and living active and productive lives. A Day Child Care Centre for local children was also established and ran successfully for several years as well as specific outreaches to families in their locality.
Beyond the City
Reaching beyond the city into remote tribal villages the leaders of HOH have been teaching people about the basic and crucial necessities of hygiene and cooking.
Children at risk in need of care
Many tribal people live in poverty and their poor living conditions along with a lack of knowledge leads to the compromised health of the children. The children suffer with various ailments, teeth problems, skin issues, intestinal disease, etc, which most are preventable with good hygiene practices. Lack of clean drinking water also contributes to the health issues facing the villagers.
The program has included community cooking demonstrations that provide special meals while showing them how to prepare nutritional meals along with good, clean and hygienic food handling practices. Through this type of support the hope is that it will aid to improve the overall health condition of the families and their children, thus preventing sickness and improve their health.
Marriage & Family Support
Seminars on marriage and family is another essential service being undertaken in a number of the regional areas. There are regular requests to run these important seminars in the remote communities.
The founders and leaders of the HOH have displayed faithfulness, efficiency, sacrifice and hard work over many years of ministry. They are well credential with a stable marriage and successfully raising their own children, who are now young adults.
BHI is honoured to be supporting and associated with this dedicated team and proudly endorse their work and leadership.
For this crucial ministry to continue; the work of caring for these children they need our support in prayer and finance. Your financial support is invaluable and will help enable the House of Hope to continue to impact lives for many years to come. Please consider a regular monthly or fortnightly gift.
