Last December, The Netherlands’ Embassy in Kampala announced a grant award of $11,000 to build a boys dormitory at House of Hope. Congrats to House of Hope for securing its first local grant award for a much needed larger and safer environment for over 45 boys at the project. We look forward [...]

Congrats to the Boona-Baana Center for celebrating 10 years of helping Tanzanian children in need.  Brooke and Marco send the following news from Dar es Salaam:

At the Green Door Home, a new school year started at the beginning of January and the children are really growing up. We thank everyone involved in this [...]

With commitment from World Action’s Board Members, House of Hope was able to hire its first full-time fundraiser. Ronald Amanya is a recent graduate of Makewere University in Kampala, one of the oldest and most prestigious Universities in Africa. While attending University on an awarded scholarship, Ronald volunteered as a [...]

We are very pleased to introduce Zoe Wakoff as our newest board member.  Zoe is a dedicated supporter of House of Hope, first volunteering at the project in early 2009. She became committed to helping House of Hope find a sustainable solution to meet its food costs, and as a result, [...]

For the next three weeks World Action will be fundraising to ensure that every student at House of Hope receives three nutritious meals per day. Our goal is to sign up 25 new monthly donors at $25 a month, which will help us meet nearly half [...]

We are happy to share the wonderful news that thanks to the very determined and dedicated work of volunteer Zoe Wakoff, House of Hope has purchased land for the farm and is making progress towards getting the land up and running!

The primary goal of the Farm [...]

House of Hope has a new borehole (water well) to provide fresh water. House of Hope is located in a region of Uganda that has faced severe drought in recent years, and the children and staff have been reliant on limited water from rain catchments and water holes miles away.

Thanks to a generous donation and [...]

Adam Rabinovitch recently joined us as our new Development Manager. Adam is volunteering in this position as he launches his new career in global social enterprise and non-profit management. He brings to the position a wealth of experience in client relations and business development with a background in the international private health care field. Adam [...]

Nourish strives to eradicate poverty by engaging students and empowering communities. This summer, Nourish students from the University of Tennessee Knoxville and the University of Georgia chapters will be spending eight weeks volunteering at House of Hope. The students have been fundraising to build a new classroom for students and will help to get the [...]