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Caring for orphaned and vulnerable children through family-based living environments, discipleship and education, empowering future leaders to build healthy communities.

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When Restoring Hope was full of close to 100 cute, little kids, ages 5 – 12, starting 10 years ago, many early supporters were asked to help fund projects like painting the churches providing care to these children, or asked to provide some school uniforms and Christmas gifts.  The tradition of new clothes given to the […]

Christmas Clebrations, In the Field

December 20, 2022

Christmas Celebrations 2022

Orphan Sunday Recap Caregivers explained about the vision and future goals for Restoring Hope’s programs for children and families. They spoke about how we are growing and finding success. There’s been feedback that the communities are benefiting from the impact of the work with children and families also. In addition, the child’s life is transforming […]

Fundraising, In the Field, Prayer, Stories

November 30, 2022

The End of 2022

A Visit to Restoring Hope on the Ground in South Asia My wife and I lived in South Asia working with orphan care startingin 2011. We thought it was a one-two year commitment, but then we fell inlove with these orphaned and vulnerable kids whom we were indirectlyserving through local leaders and staff. For the […]

In the Field

November 18, 2022

The Fruit in Its Season

The college students are all grown up! Taller is the first and most noticeable change. When we take a deeper look at the past, we can see the drastic changes today. Nearly 15 years ago as an organization bringing up children in safe homes with pastors, today we reunified 550 children to live with biological […]

Education, In the Field

November 8, 2022

A Deeper Look at the Past…Today!

Have you been to South Asia? It’s a remarkable place and now you will have the chance to see it through the Director’s 2-week trip. He will be taking “live” video you won’t want to miss. How to Watch, and Be (Virtually) a Part of This: 1.  Click here to join 2.  Provide your phone number […]

In the Field, Prayer

November 2, 2022

See The Work On The Ground

A LIFE IMPACT STORY FOR SPORTS DAY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH Khajal* loves reading books, but she came from a family of field laborers who had not been educated past 5th grade. When her father died, she and her mother were left unprotected and unprovided for. Her ambition to become a teacher and break through family […]

Discipleship, Education, Family, Family Reunification, In the Field

August 10, 2022

Student Story: Khajal* on Sports Day

A LIFE IMPACT STORY FOR SPORTS DAY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH Thampan’s* parents were both field laborers and sadly, his father took his own life, which left the family in a hard position to make ends meet. His mother left him to be raised by his grandmother and then she remarried another man (it’s stigmatized to […]

Discipleship, Education, Family, Family Reunification, In the Field, Stories

August 10, 2022

College Student: Thampan’s* Story

A LIFE IMPACT STORY FOR SPORT’S DAY ON SEPTEMBER 10TH Saramma* has a younger brother and when her father suddenly died from a heart attack, the family was left in crisis. Both her parents were laborers who worked in the fields and this meant the responsibility to look after her younger brother fell on Saramma. […]

Discipleship, Education, Family, Family Reunification, In the Field, Stories

August 9, 2022

Advocate for Saramma* on Sports Day