Afghan School Site Selected
Hopeful Hearts announced last month the opening of a new school for street children in Kabul, Afghanistan. The project is well under way and final preparations are being made for our grand opening in March 2009. School teachers and staff are already in place and anxiously awaiting the arrival of 100 children in March 2009. This school will provide an education opportunity for approximately 100 children. For these children it will be their first opportunity to attend a structured school program. The school will provide all educational materials, school supplies, and a hot lunch...
Read More2009 Annual Fundraiser
HopefulHearts Foundation held its 7th annual fundraising dinner on February 14, 2009. Over 330 people attended the event, “An Evening of Loving Hearts.” The event has become a Louisville tradition for celebrating Valentine’s day with dinner, dance, and silent auction. The dinner is Hopeful Hearts’ primary fundraiser throughout the year and proceeds support orphan and abandoned children in Ukraine, Afghanistan, and India. Hopeful Hearts was honored to have Melissa Swan of WHAS 11 serve as emcee, and music was provided by Kim Dunn and Double Vision. We had a very...
Read MoreThird Transition Home
Hopeful Hearts in 2008 opened its third transition home in Ukraine. The first two homes were for girls, but this one was for the boys. The three transition homes help prevent children from living on the streets by housing selected children who have “graduated” from a traditional orphanage. Although “graduation” typically occurs before age 17, orphan children are often released to the streets at much younger ages. The transition homes are operated by Hopeful Hearts (Ukrainian) employees, and Hopeful Hearts provides all living necessities for the children. The...
Read MoreBlessing Bag Project in Afghanistan
Over 1000 orphan children at a refugee camp in Afghanistan last December received a token of hope and love from America: a small blessing bag along with a warm coat, new shoes, socks, a hat, and gloves to keep warm during the cold winter. Many children in Afghanistan live in refugee camps. Children in these settings often have nothing to call their own — not even the clothing they wear.
Read MoreNithya
Written in the words of John Matthew, missionary. This is Nithya. She is from a Hindu family. This is her first year [in the girls home]. Her ambition is to be a nurse. Her hobby is reading books. - – - – - Hopeful Hearts began a sponsorship program in 2008 for abandoned girls at the Karala girls home in India, providing supplimental food, medicine, and clothing – along with teaching of Christian values. This is a glimpse of one of these children.
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