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Next business training session for widows
School is soon back for students across Canada and in Chipata, Zambia, Project HOPE partners Geoff and Martha Muvumbo will be once again offering business education training for widows in their community. The popular week long sessions give women the ability to learn...
Gay Lea Foundation Grant Takes Tanzania Project to the Next Level!
Project HOPE is thrilled to share that the Gay Lea Foundation has approved a grant of $25,000 for our Tanzania Agricultural Project. The grant will enable Project HOPE to implement Phase 4 of the project which will include the training of the next cohort of widows and...
Finally seeing the new Quarry School Wall in person…
Our last visit to the Quarry School was four years ago. Once again, the world lockdown prevented annual check-ins but in April 2023 Executive Director Christopher Graves made it back to the school and for the first time got to see the amazing construction project of...
Saikalo School New Site Project Visit
It took some doing but after a flight from Lusaka to Mbala then renting a car and driving five hours over very inhospitable roads, we made it to Kasama, Zambia to visit the Saikalo School. The staff and students were enthusiastic about our return after a long hiatus...
Tanzania Agricultural Project Visit
After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, Project HOPE Executive Director Christopher Graves returned to Tanzania for a check in visit with project manager Titus Mashala and his community care team. Early on a Saturday morning, after a Lake Victoria ferry crossing from...
Gather in the Village Eventful
It was a great morning gathering as we welcomed friends of Project HOPE 'in person' after a three year hiatus. The event began with a live video link to Chipata, Zambia with Geoff Muvumbo, Project HOPE's partner in the Eastern Province, sharing updates with the crowd....
How to order “Walk the Villages”
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An exciting development!
HOPE-filled Christmas Campaign Underway
This Christmas you can touch the life of a vulnerable widow or orphan by giving to our annual campaign. There are several gifts you can give that will make all the difference in the world. For our donors, check your mailbox for our annual package. Our donation page...
Programs Starting to Return
Slowly, with pandemic conditions becoming part of daily life, our projects are resuming outreach services to their vulnerable communities. While coping with COVID is a challenge there as it is here in Canada, the need to re-engage with those who are struggling most...
Harvest Season has Arrived!
The second phase of the Tanzanian Agricultual program is nearly complete with a good harvest, including sweet potatoes. Pictured is project leader Titus Mashala, who has been hard at work mentoring widows and orphans to realize this harvest. The second phase also saw...
November 2021 Calendar of HOPE
2021 is quickly slipping by and the ability to fly to Africa to visit our projects continues to be a challenge as the pandemic has not abated to the extent that the cost of travel and COVID protocols makes a trip viable. In the interim, we are grateful to Geoffrey...
October 2021 Calendar of HOPE
October 2021 brings another planting season for our projects. Last year, to manage the significant rise in food costs at market for our widows and orphans, we began renting plots and supplying seed and fertilizer for our vulnerable communities to grow their own food....
September 2021 Calendar of HOPE
After a successful launch in 2020 plans are in motion to once again plant crops to help feed widows and orphans. Not only does the effort help alleviate the impact of the significant price of food but also gives those who are vulnerable the chance to become self...
August 2021 Calendar of HOPE
After a successful spring harvest, maize is ready to be shelled. Widows and helpers tackle the task in Chipata under the supervision of Geoff Muvumbo, project manager in this part of Zambia. Donations to Project HOPE facilitated the renting of farmland and planting of...
July 2021 Calendar of HOPE
The work in Liberia continues as Fred Varnie, our project partner, cares for widows and orphans who have significant needs. Fred shared news in the past few days of a widow, Esther, that he purchased medicine for that she critically required. In this basic hospital...
June 2021 Calendar of HOPE
Critical care continues at the Saikalo School in Kasama, Zambia, where each day all students receive a meal. During the pandemic the school has had to scale back its class sizes to meet guidelines. Meal service has not stopped as this much needed resource is a...
May 2021 Calendar of HOPE
Our May 2021 Calendar of HOPE features one of our orphans. Our project partner, Geoffrey Muvumbo, recently shared an update about this young man who is supported by Project HOPE: “Reuben was hospitalized for about a week due to a snake bite a few weeks ago....
April 2021 Calendar of HOPE
The work continues by all Project HOPE partners as vulnerable people are served through this ongoing pandemic. Our faithful project managers are caring for those who have no other resource or advocate. As the photograph depicts, vulnerable people includes men and...
March 2021 Calendar of HOPE
We are getting close! Crops are maturing and we are anticipating a good harvest in Tanzania. The first phase of this new project is coming to a close and we are looking to have significant research done to inform our next steps in this exciting venture. Titus Mashala...
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