Hope for Children Ministries, Inc. is a Christ centered, non-profit organization. Our desire is to live out 1 John 3:18: “Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.” This shapes our vision to bring healing through Jesus Christ, body, mind, and spirit, by providing basic needs in the short-term, with the long-term goal of becoming self-sufficient. Working in the community, within the families of the poor and vulnerable, we seek lasting life change and HOPE.
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Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. -1 John 3:18
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- Basic Needs: Food, Clothes, Shoes, School Supplies
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- Child Sponsorship: School Fees, Uniform, Supplies & Meals, Medical Insurance, Hygiene Supplies, Community Development
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- After-school activities: Bible Lessons/Discipleship, Rwandan Dance & Song, Football, Tailoring Course
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- Parent’s Training & Development: Bible Lessons/Discipleship Training, Parenting & Life Skills, Agriculture, Tailor Course, Traditional Handi-Crafts
– STORIES FROM THE TEAM –
Hope for Children Ministries (HFCM) brings teams of ordinary people who end up doing extraordinary things as they step out of their comfort zone and bring the love of Jesus to kids and parents who desperately need it.
Growing RELATIONSHIPS
Returning to Rwanda, one could wonder if our short time last year had made an impact on the lovely people in Nyamata. To our delight, the children and parents were as excited to see us, as we were to see them! We even heard some of our names being shouted as we came upon the Hope for Children Ministries office!
Names have been CHANGED! 
“Ned” and “Sal” were hanging out with the kids that had gathered. The two men had high-fived and fist bumped with all of them, and so they decided it was time to come up with something else.
One of the two decided that teaching them “pull my finger” would be a great way to build relationships. Soon there was more tooting and giggling going on than you could imagine!
Truthfully, the laughter and joy of these children and grown men was like music to our ears, and I’m guessing to God’s, as well. The smiles on their faces tell a huge story—laughter really is a universal language!
What a WEEK! 
Our focus was the children who are part of HFCM. We sang songs, taught about hygiene, how to say “NO” to drugs, shared the gospel making paper airplanes, and many children received Christ for the first time! We also handed out school supplies to over 600 children! It was a highlight to see how excited the kids were when they received their school supplies. The smile on their faces said it all! Without school supplies they don’t go to school, which means no quality education and less likely to get a good job in the future. It’s crazy that school supplies can make such difference in their lives.
