Hope Global Blog

1 LOCAL BOY - HUNDREDS OF LIVES CHANGED Jake O’Sullivan, from the Sutherland Shire, is just your average kid at first glance. His hobbies are fishing, soccer, playing with friends, reading and helping others. It’s this last interest that led to a new fundra read more..

FRED BUYINZA Fred Buyinza is the principal of Fruits of Hope School in Rwanda, a project that HOPE: Global has partnered with over the last 4 years. Fred grew up in Uganda with his family but his home country is Rwanda, which he moved back to after the 1994 genocide. "In 100 days nearly read more..

DAY 7 - Early Childhood Education & First Aid Training at New Hope Homes TARGET: Train all staff at New Hope Homes (9 total) COST: $45 per person As part of our HOPE: Education program in 2013, we are looking to train the staff at New Hope Homes (http://www. read more..

DAY 5 - CHILD EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP TARGET: Sponsor 10 children for their 2013 schooling $300 per child per year Fruits of Hope School (http://www.hope-global.org/Current%20Projects/Revival%20Palace%20Community%20Program/revival-palace-community-program) is  read more..

We're so excited to be launching the '12 Days of Hope' this Christmas! Join us as we spread hope globally and impact lives, simply by donating $12. DAY 1 - Fruits of Hope School Computer Lab TARGET: 25 Computers @ $800 each Today, we'd like to provide Fruits of H read more..

HOPE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY Written by Cathy Reynolds Today has been remarkable (Thursday was our day off). Our first visit today was to "SHE Rescue", an Australian NGO, that is an aftercare facility that works in the healing of girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. T read more..

Conference One Ends In Celebration Written by Emilie Lavergne As we are closing the third and last day of conference, I'm amazed at how fast it went. Three days of teaching, of learning, of sharing, of bonding, of making new friendships. A real sense of partnership and family has ta read more..

Free to be myself... By Julie Lachapelle It's 6:30am, early in the morning, it feels like the whole city is awake already. Cars, scooters, bikes, tuk-tuks, everybody is going somewhere. Everybody is in their own world. Life is slow. Life is simple. It's day 2 of conference. As we ar read more..

The Times Are A Changing In Cambodia By Deanne Dwight & Amanda Hutchins Hope Education Cambodia Team Today was day one of Conference One at Salamon School in Phnom Penh. After a very early pick up, the team headed over to the school, full of excitement, nerves and anticipati read more..

Musanze, in North Western Rwanda, is 'Gorilla Country'. The town is a base for people who come to Rwanda to see the Mountain Gorillas in Virunga National Park. This week, it was the location of three days of Early Childhood and English Language training and capacity building in partnership with  read more..

We've had some incredibly wonderful and very busy teams over in Rwanda! Our Kings Team are now back in Australia after an amazing 2 weeks in Rwanda. Thank you to all of the Kings Team Volunteers, we trust you've had an experience you'll never forget! Our team of engineers and builders have b read more..

HOPE: Global Early Childhood & Primary/English Team Written by Leonie Quayle Ist July 2012 From various corners of the globe, we've arrived safe and well in Kigali on the 1st of July, Rwanda's Independence Day. The billboards marking the occasion around to read more..

On Sunday a team of 18 people from the Kings School community left to embark on an adventure of a lifetime in Rwanda. Tasked with the mission to listen, learn and share, the team has been planning over the last 10 months. However as Michelle Shaw, our HOPE: Global team leader pointed out, "the p read more..

Feedback from Africa! We absolutely love receiving feedback and it's always amazing to see what is being accomplished by our dedicated team of volunteers and staff when they travel to HOPE: Global projects. This is just some of the feedback received from training conducted in Kenya and Ugand read more..

We are still in need of volunteers for our Education Trips this year. We are welcoming volunteers in all areas, but especially: Teachers – Early Childhood for Rwanda Opthamologists for Kenya Speech Therapists for Kenya * students in the final year of studies in relevant fields  read more..