A Child's Hope Foundation

Our mission is "lifting orphans from surviving to thriving." We do this through what we call the "Thrive Plan." The Thrive Plan connects orphanage directors with training, funding, resources, partnerships, and volunteers that continually help them improve on the standards of care for the children. A Child's Hope Foundation acts as the connection point for donors, volunteers, trainers, and more to assist orphanage directors in providing a family-style environment that fully supports the long-term mental, physical, and emotional health of the children.

Whenever possible, we support adoption and foster care in-country and across borders to ensure that children can grow up in families whenever possible. When this is not possible, we assist caregivers in understanding and meeting the needs of the children to amplify their long-term development and success.

We seek to partner with orphanages, offering a one year certification process that helps us work hand in hand with their leaders to lift them from surviving to thriving. Once certified, each orphanage will have access to more funding, support and credibility when seeking new partnerships with other donors and NGOs. We utilize a 15-point Standards of Care system, which is re-evaluated every six months. This is called the "Thrive Assessment." Once complete, we help the orphanage leaders to develop an Orphanage Improvement Roadmap, an easy-to-follow guide to help them increase their capacity and improve on orphan care. In addition to providing support for various projects to help them implement the steps outlined in their Orphanage Improvement Roadmap, we also work to address the needs of each child who lives in our partner orphanages. We work with therapists to develop Child's Hope Plans for each child, which often involve therapy, tutoring and mentorship to prepare them for adulthood.

Reports are provided to volunteers and donors from A Child's Hope Foundation throughout the year, emphasizing our goal of transparency.

Because we assess and certify orphanage leadership as effective, we make it easy for donors to see how their contribution makes a difference at the level of each individual child. They’re able to raise more money and get more support because donors feel confident that their contribution will be used in the best way possible.

Our certification process helps orphanage leaders better manage their resources and make necessary changes to provide the best possible environment for the kids.

In summary, we assess orphanages in 15 areas, then make a plan for which areas need the most support. Once we’ve built a roadmap of their needs, we get to work, helping them provide the transparency they need to raise funds as well as contributing some funds of our own. When they’re certified, we maintain the relationship and do everything we can to support the kids on an ongoing basis.

We currently have 11 partner orphanages, primarily in Mexico. We are also working with partners in Bulgaria, Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, and Colombia. Our certification program is progressing well under the direction of a Mexican in-country Regional Leadership Team who has assessed and created Improvement Roadmaps with most of the orphanages we've partnered with. Partnerships continue to bolster our services, particularly in areas of Therapy, Education, Caregiver Support, and Mentorship.