OUR PROJECTS

Bringing HOPE for Today and Eternity

Through all of our projects, HOPE comes alongside like-minded and gospel-centered local organizations and partners with them to serve underprivileged and underserved populations, sharing the good news of Christ in the process.

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Youth Sports Camp in Rural Virginia

HOPE launched the Youth Sports Camp program in 2021. This weeklong summer camp for at-risk middle school students in the Big Stone Gap area of Virginia is conducted in partnership with International Sports Federation, a fellow nonprofit specializing in mobilizing volunteers to take the message of the gospel to the world through sports. ISF brings a team of experienced instructors in various sports such as archery, fencing, basketball, flag football, pickleball, and track and field, and conducts an exciting week of sports rotations and camp games. HOPE facilitates the planning, logistics, and administration of camp, raises the funding to cover all costs so that every student attends free of charge, and coordinates local church, community, and volunteer support.

Each year, many students make life-changing decisions for Christ through the camp, and local church partners follow up with each of these students and their families to provide ongoing support. The past two years have demonstrated that even one week of fun, friendship, sharing Christ, and having someone invest in their lives can make a difference for these youth!

Sustainable Gardening and Safe Housing in South Africa

In South Africa, HOPE works through a local NGO partner to construct and plant sustainable vegetable gardens for food-insecure families living in rural villages. The trench gardening technique HOPE uses was developed locally to improve the composition of the soil, utilize readily available organic fertilizer, retain moisture, and produce a high crop yield from small plots of land. In 2022, HOPE planted a large community garden that will produce enough vegetables to feed approximately 40 families in the Matiwane township. HOPE has also constructed and furnished new homes to replace dilapidated mud-brick dwellings for two impoverished families in dire need of safe shelter.

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Education and Health Services for Schoolchildren in Romania

In Romania, Hope partners with Project Ruth, an established NGO in Bucharest that has served the disadvantaged Roma population in the Ferentari district for the last 30 years. HOPE provides funding for four vital programs, Intervention Services, After School Care, Mobile Library, and Childhood Nutrition, for a total of more than 150 students at the Ruth School.

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Intervention Services

Employs a dedicated social worker to provide case management and intervention services to students at risk of educational abandonment.

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After School Care

Provides tutoring and homework help, STEM activities, technology education, creative play, and social and life skills instruction to 50+ elementary students.