Vulnerable Children Archives

12 Days of Giving (Day 9)

Clean Water, Sustainability, Vulnerable Children

On the 9th Day of Giving, I chose to recognize these important water facts and their meaning as well as take action. Do you recognize protecting young girls is connected to clean water access?

Jackeline is a lot like the teenagers that might be in your house... But hiding behind her smile and young age is wisdom and a story that no one should ever have to go through...but there is also hope. Jackeline Soila’s story is one of…

A student at Lenkai Christian School. He is Just One!

You Can Make a Difference

Education, Just One Africa, Vulnerable Children

So much is possible when we choose to invest in the life of another person. We believe that each child is important and has value. What if you could change the story of just one child? Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used…

Trauma Therapy Training with Kutoa Project

How Transformational Change Happens

Partners, Vulnerable Children

As we learn more about the communities we are serving in and all that our partners are challenged by, we came to understand a huge need for trauma-informed training for the school staff at Lenkai Christian School and caregivers at Hope Beyond…

First Aid Arts

Hope Beyond Trauma Therapy Training

Education, Partners, Vulnerable Children

One of the important programs that our partners have been building is focused on trauma therapy and counseling for the children rescued from early marriage, FGM, trafficking, and abuse. We fundraised for the land and home which is now Hope…

Just One Africa Clean Water Filters in Kijabe, Kenya.

It’s these Types of Solutions that make Big Impacts

Clean Water, Just One Africa, Vulnerable Children

The solutions to human trafficking can be surprising. In a little town near the Kenya-Tanzania border, we spent a few days with our rescue partners who use clean water to fight trafficking. And it’s working. It’s the sort of solution…

The Churchill's and Olhava's in Kenya on an Experience Trip in 2017

Opportunity and Hope for the Future

Clean Water, Experience Trips, Sustainability, Vulnerable Children

I am so grateful for the experience I had with Just One Africa in Kenya last month. My wife and I led a group from our church to join Just One for two weeks in Kenya. Our church had previously given to some projects of theirs over there…

Thank you Simple Charity!

Clean Water, Education, Sustainability, Vulnerable Children

THANK YOU Simple Charity and so many others! Here's a quick update from the field (at Hope Beyond in Kimana, Kenya) on what your incredible, generous, continued partnership has made possible! Hope is here, giving some precious lives the…

I CAN make a difference for the ONE

Sustainability, Vulnerable Children

I can't make a difference for every child, but I CAN for the one right in front of me. - Ruth Soukup If we have learned anything from our time serving in Kenya, it is this truth. While our desire is to help as many vulnerable children as possible,…

JUST ONE little girl who finds joy in simple things

Education, Vulnerable Children

This sweet girl is Teresa, an orphan, whose parents were murdered in front of her and her sister due to post election violence several years ago. She lives with Momma Phoebe who cares for dozens of vulnerable children in Bondo, Kenya, on the…