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Source: UNESCO The Issues Overcrowded classrooms Lack of textbooks Cost of school fees and additional expenses Lack of access to water, electricity and sanitation at schools Our part of the Solution  read more..

At HOPE: Global, plans are getting bigger, our reach is growing and a significant impact is being had in nations around the world. It's been an incredible year already, and we are looking forward to what is yet to come. Upcoming plans include: 7 more volunteer teams visi read more..

"Glory be to God for His mercies are enduring. We are blessed, for He is our Lord and King for He made this country and He still owns it. May His blessing continue to flow over this land, keeping us closer and heal our deep wounds, creating a fellowship, a family, a country, and giving us one vo read more..

Written by Becca "This was a place of war". At the end of our four-day conference at Watoto Laminadera, the Head Teacher of the primary school made this comment to me. I asked him to repeat what he said. "This was a place of fighting," he said. He went on to explain that the Lord's Resistanc read more..

Written by Michelle Shaw I stirred under the mosquito net around 3am to the sound of torrential rain. Around 5:30am I woke to have a bucket bath. The rooster was crowing as I tipped half a jerry can of water into the washing bowl. During the night a frog had crawled into the jerry can so I s read more..

Today, we backtrack a bit as the girls share their journey in Uganda so far. Day 2 - Kampala Conference This is when the real fun began - the conference kicked off! New friendships between local leaders and the team began developing, and we gained a new appreciation for Ugandan schools a read more..

Our wonderful HOPE: Education team have completed their first conference with COME Uganda and have now travelled to the north of Uganda to Kitgum to work with the Irene Gleeson Foundation/Childcare Kitgum Servants (http://www.irenegleesonfoundation.com/index.php) (CKS). CKS has 10,000 students e read more..

HOPE: Education Uganda Team Update Written by Celina Mina Above: The Australian contingent of the Uganda team Hello! Thank you for following our African Adventure through this blog! Let me begin by introducing our team of 6 women - three Australians, Michelle, Karen and Rachael; read more..

Kenya...we have all heard of this great nation. Images of wild animals, safaris, and a landscape that takes ones breath away fill our minds. Though all of this is a grand scale of beauty, the people of Kenya face issues that not many of us dwell upon from this side of the world. Edu read more..

Today is International Women's Day, a day that is celebrated around the world on March 8th every year. A new report was released yesterday by World Vision - "Untying the Knot: Exploring Early Marriage in Fragile States." "1 in 3 girls living in the developing world w read more..

It was ready, set, go on the weekend as over 100 people began walking for hope! From Wyong, to Terrigal to Sutherland to Bathurst and even Noosa National Park, people joined together for the Global Walk of Hope. Early starts, walking shoes ready, beaches, ovals, parks, and lots of read more..

1 LOCAL BOY - HUNDREDS OF LIVES CHANGED Jake O’Sullivan, from the Sutherland Shire, is just your average kid at first glance. His hobbies are fishing, soccer, playing with friends, reading and helping others. It’s this last interest that led to a new fundra read more..

FRED BUYINZA Fred Buyinza is the principal of Fruits of Hope School in Rwanda, a project that HOPE: Global has partnered with over the last 4 years. Fred grew up in Uganda with his family but his home country is Rwanda, which he moved back to after the 1994 genocide. "In 100 days nearly read more..

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! We hope you've all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and New Year. We are so excited to jump into 2013, with so many incredible things planned and we hope that you'll be part of the journey. REQUEST FOR VOLUNTEERS What are you doing in 201 read more..

DAY 12 - Train teachers in Uganda in IT, Community Health & English GOAL: Train 10 Teachers COST: $45 per teacher for a 3 day conference Our HOPE: Education (http://www.hope-global.org/Current%20Projects/Education/hope-education) program exist read more..

DAY 10 Raise funds towards building an Internet Cafe at the Village of HOPE for the purpose of income generation and IT Training for the community At the Village of Hope (http://www.hope-global.org/Current%20Projects/Village%20of%20Hope/village-of-hope) in Rwanda, o read more..

Day 9 - Transport for disadvantaged students in Rwanda TARGET: Purchase a minibus to transport students to school Whilst Fruits of Hope School is flourishing and has over 300 students now, there are many more children in the community and surrounds that are not read more..

DAY 8 - Training staff to work with vision impaired students in Kenya TARGET: Train 25 staff COST: $60 per person Children with disabilities find it particularly tough to access education in developing countries. To help combat this issue HOPE: Global will be m read more..

DAY 7 - Early Childhood Education & First Aid Training at New Hope Homes TARGET: Train all staff at New Hope Homes (9 total) COST: $45 per person As part of our HOPE: Education program in 2013, we are looking to train the staff at New Hope Homes (http://www. read more..

DAY 5 - CHILD EDUCATION SPONSORSHIP TARGET: Sponsor 10 children for their 2013 schooling $300 per child per year Fruits of Hope School (http://www.hope-global.org/Current%20Projects/Revival%20Palace%20Community%20Program/revival-palace-community-program) is  read more..

DAY 4 - TEACHER TRAINING IN CAMBODIA TARGET - Train 10 Teachers ($45 per teacher) Our HOPE: Education (http://www.hope-global.org/Current%20Projects/Education/hope-education) program exists to strengthen education organisations through training. The mission is t read more..

We're so excited to be launching the '12 Days of Hope' this Christmas! Join us as we spread hope globally and impact lives, simply by donating $12. DAY 1 - Fruits of Hope School Computer Lab TARGET: 25 Computers @ $800 each Today, we'd like to provide Fruits of H read more..

Can you believe there's only 2 months left of 2012?! It's been a wonderful year at HOPE: Global but it's not over yet! Read on to find out what's coming up. VOLUNTEER INFORMATION NIGHT This Thursday November 8th is our Volunteer Information Night. If you've ever wanted to join a HOPE: Gl read more..

Asia's Hope - Day One Asia's Hope Cambodia is an organisation providing homes, education, love and joy in abundance for over 200 orphans in Battambang and another 100 orphans in Phnom Penh. Pastor Savorn, the National Director for Asia's Hope, travelled with us early on Sunday morning from P read more..

HOPE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY Written by Cathy Reynolds Today has been remarkable (Thursday was our day off). Our first visit today was to "SHE Rescue", an Australian NGO, that is an aftercare facility that works in the healing of girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. T read more..

Conference One Ends In Celebration Written by Emilie Lavergne As we are closing the third and last day of conference, I'm amazed at how fast it went. Three days of teaching, of learning, of sharing, of bonding, of making new friendships. A real sense of partnership and family has ta read more..

Free to be myself... By Julie Lachapelle It's 6:30am, early in the morning, it feels like the whole city is awake already. Cars, scooters, bikes, tuk-tuks, everybody is going somewhere. Everybody is in their own world. Life is slow. Life is simple. It's day 2 of conference. As we ar read more..

The Times Are A Changing In Cambodia By Deanne Dwight & Amanda Hutchins Hope Education Cambodia Team Today was day one of Conference One at Salamon School in Phnom Penh. After a very early pick up, the team headed over to the school, full of excitement, nerves and anticipati read more..

24 Hours of Bags, History and Culture By Amanda Hutchins & Deanne Dwight Worship is a universal language - it crosses cultural boundaries; you do not have to speak the same language to worship God together. We started our day with prayer with the Good News of Jesus Christ read more..

Musanze, in North Western Rwanda, is 'Gorilla Country'. The town is a base for people who come to Rwanda to see the Mountain Gorillas in Virunga National Park. This week, it was the location of three days of Early Childhood and English Language training and capacity building in partnership with  read more..

We've had some incredibly wonderful and very busy teams over in Rwanda! Our Kings Team are now back in Australia after an amazing 2 weeks in Rwanda. Thank you to all of the Kings Team Volunteers, we trust you've had an experience you'll never forget! Our team of engineers and builders have b read more..

HOPE: Education Rwanda Team Written by Leonie Quayle We have had a full and fruitful two days based at the Kigali Institute of Education (KIE). The Early Childhood Team have concluded the final two days of the training that began last week with the Kings Team. 'What's the Time Mr Wol read more..

HOPE: Global Early Childhood & Primary/English Team Written by Leonie Quayle Ist July 2012 From various corners of the globe, we've arrived safe and well in Kigali on the 1st of July, Rwanda's Independence Day. The billboards marking the occasion around to read more..

We now have four volunteer teams in Rwanda! Teachers, builders, medical professionals and more! All doing amazing work and bringing hope to Rwanda. The Kings Rwanda team visited Fruits of Hope Academy last week. Read this incredible account of the time spent there: "Well - it's f read more..

On Sunday a team of 18 people from the Kings School community left to embark on an adventure of a lifetime in Rwanda. Tasked with the mission to listen, learn and share, the team has been planning over the last 10 months. However as Michelle Shaw, our HOPE: Global team leader pointed out, "the p read more..

Feedback from Africa! We absolutely love receiving feedback and it's always amazing to see what is being accomplished by our dedicated team of volunteers and staff when they travel to HOPE: Global projects. This is just some of the feedback received from training conducted in Kenya and Ugand read more..