Lifeline of Hope dba: Orphan's Lifeline International
Saving, Rebuilding and Healing Broken Lives
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
The largest problem that directly causes a child to become orphaned is the lack of education of their parent/s. In the 3rd world and developing countries, there are millions of children born to parents who never completed a quality education, leaving them to work as laborers with very little pay to survive let alone take care of their children. Most turn to drugs, alcohol or violent crimes. In over 20 years of providing effective care through funding to thousands of orphaned children, we have proven success that quality education is the key to change. The children in our family style orphan homes are safe, nourished and healthy, all key factors in their ability to learn and thrive. We have numerous children who have gone on to college and vocational schools who are now healthy, productive members of their communities and capable of supporting their own children.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Orphan Care Homes
We provide monthly funding to qualifying orphan care homes globally. Funding is grant based and provides for daily care and needs of the home and children.
Where we work
Awards
Top Rated Non-Profit 2014
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Our Sustainable Development Goals
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Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Orphan's Lifeline International seeks to make a long term impact in what we believe is an area of need in our world that is seriously underestimated, in terms of potential negative or positive impact globally. We seek to change generations of lives that add up to tens of thousands or perhaps hundreds of thousands of lives, impacted in a positive fashion over time. The orphan children, and children living in poverty without adequate resources, are a very significant percentage of the population of young people in our global society. They are largely overlooked in terms of long term care that breaks the cycle of dependence, while giving them the skills to give back, instead of taking away as young adults. Rather than being a bandage, we seek to be a cure when it comes to these children. By giving them what they need to thrive, instead of just survive, we seek to break the cycle that causes innocent children to be in this condition in the first place.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Orphan's Lifeline uses a strategy that has worked since the beginning of time. It is simple. We provide the children with a family style home and give them everything they need to be whole persons by providing a safe home environment with proper nutrition, medical care, and quality education. Like parents, we do not just send them out into the cold hard world when they become young adults, but instead, assist them in that integration through higher education, job skills training, and ongoing support as a family that they can return to. We also seek to give them a spiritual well being.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Orphan's LIfeline has a proven track record of success with our programs. We have developed proprietary methods of funding management of the children's homes over the course of the last 20 years. These methods not only provide assurance that our mission is being met, but also provide assurance that fraud is not impacting the programs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We have numerous young adults who had spent their childhood in our homes, that are now leading successful lives in their own communities, caring for families of their own and giving back to their communities and the world.
We want to greatly expand our reach to break the cycle of poverty for more orphan children.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive, We tell the people who gave us feedback how we acted on their feedback
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
We don't have any major challenges to collecting feedback
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Lifeline of Hope dba: Orphan's Lifeline International
Board of directorsas of 01/24/2024
Mr. Gregory Timmons
Lifeline of Hope dba: Orphan's Lifeline International
Term: 2022 -
Doug Denmark
Mark Johnson
Dean Jones
Greg Timmons
Jeff Timmons
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Equity strategies
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- We review compensation data across the organization (and by staff levels) to identify disparities by race.
- We ask team members to identify racial disparities in their programs and / or portfolios.
- We analyze disaggregated data and root causes of race disparities that impact the organization's programs, portfolios, and the populations served.
- We disaggregate data to adjust programming goals to keep pace with changing needs of the communities we support.
- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We disaggregate data by demographics, including race, in every policy and program measured.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We use a vetting process to identify vendors and partners that share our commitment to race equity.
- We have a promotion process that anticipates and mitigates implicit and explicit biases about people of color serving in leadership positions.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We measure and then disaggregate job satisfaction and retention data by race, function, level, and/or team.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.