Hope For Children Ministries

In 2024 the Child Sponsorship Program brought quality school education to approximately 207 children in three pre-school classes as well as grades one thru twelve. This program helps each child to grow and develop mentally physically and spiritually. School fees transportation school day meals uniforms school supplies and hygiene supplies are provided for each child as well as health insurance for their entire family. Sponsorship also covers the administrative costs of the program including one full-time employee of HFCM-Rwanda who oversees and coordinates the program in Rwanda. In additional fifteen full-time teachers are hired for the school as well as school office personnel providing employment for native Rwandans. Associated with this program are opportunities for child sponsors to provide support for the childs family and one-time gifts such as birthday cakes and presents clothing and shoes food for the family art supplies soccer balls chickens goats cows solar lighting mattresses blankets towels and many other items.

We train and bring teams from the USA for short-term mission trips to Rwanda to teach and train over 1000 children and their families including 400 plus parents. They bring lesson materials to disciple educate and care for them as we build relationships. Life skills are taught such as learning the importance of good hygiene understanding the dangers of drugs proper nutrition simple farming sexual purity to reduce teen pregnancy parenting best practices early childhood development practices and family planning. Discipleship is designed to help develop and grow the children and their parents in their relationship with Jesus Christ. Lessons are reinforced with visual aids art projects games songs and puppets. In 2024 there were 12 separate mission trips. Teams often bring donated items to bless the children and families who are held in the grip of poverty. These include clothes shoes school supplies soccer balls and nets and other fun items.