Hope for Life

Mission:

Providing youth with holistic, family-centered, and trauma-informed interventions to escape homelessness and achieve a flourishing future with their families.

Vision:

Youth empowered to escape homelessness and holistically thrive with strengthened families.

Background:

Hope for Life was born out of a collaboration and friendship between four Rwandan and American women in 2009 who desperately wanted to see children move off the streets.

Today, that collaboration continues with a focus on local Rwandan leadership and holistic interventions.

In 2010, Hope for Life Ministry became a registered nongovernmental organization in Rwanda, and in 2017, Hope for Life became a 501(c)3 nonprofit in the US.

Current State of the Union:

Hope for Life is the primary NGO referral partner for the Rwandan government. We are in negotiations to establish another 60 beneficiary services to HFL. We are currently providing medical care, mental health counseling, education, food, clothing, and vocational training for our youth. We are providing the same for our caregivers, in addition to parenting workshops, fiscal savings programs, job placement and training, and microfinance loans to start independent businesses.

2023 Program Highlights:

• 397 individuals impacted with community based rehabilitation services (265 direct & 132 indirect beneficiaries).

• 60 homeless youth rescued from street life and re-connected with families.

• 98 Caregivers empowered through various workshops on parenting.

• 55 Community Leaders trained in Child Protection and Case Management for homeless youth.

• 55 Community leaders trained on the basics of community-based counseling and providing psychological first aid to homeless youth and their families.

• 87 youth were successfully reintegrated into their district school for the academic year 2023-2024 through HFL support. They received educational support - school uniforms and school feeding fees covered.

  
  

  
  

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