CHARIOTS FOR HOPE INC

Though operating holistically healthy children's homes Chariots for Hope seeks to provide hope and opportunity to the vulnerable and orphaned children in our care. This includes meeting more than just the basic needs of life. In our homes, children receive social, emotions, physical and spiritual care as well as access to education that goes far beyond primary school. Children in our homes are able to attend high school, trade school and even college as a part of our program. By investing deeply in their lives we believe we have the opportunity to break the cycle of poverty from which they came.

We're committed to investing deeply into every child in our care. This begins by hiring high quality, well trained, passionate staff at each home. Our staff members set the tone at every home. It's important that every home operates like a family where children are known as individuals and always feel loved and safe.

Social & Emotional Health: To invest deeply we need to go deeper than basic needs. Our staff receive training each year to grow their knowledge and expertise in caring for the social and emotional health. This has included training specific to trauma, counseling, and understanding teenagers. Each home also has a social worker on staff to help children through difficult situations.

Education: Education is foundational to our children's future success. Each home employs a tutor to assist our children in their learning. Our children also have access to education beyond primary school. We dedicate a large portion of our annual budget to education, ensuring our children can attend school to the highest level for which they qualify. This could mean trade school, college, or even university.

Health & Nutrition: It's important that our children are physically healthy. Our homes serve nutritious meals 3 times a day and have access to health care should they need it. Our baby homes have nurses on staff to attend to the children and provide preventative care. Any child with health concerns, physical or mental, is treated uniquely for their specific needs.

We accomplish our goals through our 8 homes, two of which are specifically designed to care for babies from birth to 5 years old. Chariots for Hope has over 100 staff members on the ground in Kenya pouring into these children.

In a decade of existence Chariots for Hope has seen considerable progress in our organization:

- Increased staff at every home to better care for children
- Updated facilities at every home to ensure children are safe and have quality living conditions
- Addition of nurses and tutors at every home
- Higher percentage of children qualifying for higher education
- Children attending private schools in ares with poor public school education