Childrens Hopechest, Inc.

At Children’s HopeChest, we empower orphaned and vulnerable children and their communities through relationships that cultivate holistic transformation and sustainability. We connect communities in the U.S. and Canada with communities of orphaned and vulnerable children overseas. Our unique Community-to-Community model leverages the power of relationships to see long-term, sustainable transformation occur in the lives of children and their surrounding communities.

We seek to bring lasting, positive transformation to those we serve, and in turn, our communities in North America are impacted as well. We believe holistic transformation happens when one community partners with another.

Our goal is that every orphaned and vulnerable child will have the relationship, resources, and opportunities to overcome the negative aspects of poverty and to become a healthy, independent, leader in their home culture.

o HopeChest engages churches, businesses, and other communities in long-term partnerships which:
 Empower local leaders to share the Gospel, reduce poverty, and create self-sufficiency for every child.
 Equip partnering communities to directly engage as a community in healthy international development practices.
 Address the complex causes of poverty, including material, spiritual, emotional, social, economic, and educational needs.
 Tend to the children's holistic needs for survival, community, education, and employment.
 Transform the lives of children and their communities through a focus on sustainability, independence, and long-term self-sufficiency.
 Transform the lives of the partnering community members through exposure, education, relationship, and service.

o We connect communities in the U.S. and Canada with communities of vulnerable children and their caretakers overseas. Our unique Community-to-Community model leverages the power of relationships to see long-term transformation occur in the lives of children and in their surrounding communities. Ultimately, these relationships and resources empower children and their communities to survive, thrive, and succeed. Community-to-Community partnerships allow a church, small group, social network, or business to partner with a specific CarePoint overseas. The partner becomes a virtual extension of the overseas community, and members of the partner community are able to directly sponsor individual children at the CarePoint location. When an entire community embraces the vision to support an entire community in a developing country, the concept of relationship-building moves to a whole new level.

o Our Community–to–Community model sets the foundation for HopeChest's Survive, Thrive, and Succeed approach to transformation. HopeChest partners with communities and individuals in the U.S. and Canada who commit to a long-term relationship with overseas communities. Through this long-term relationship, the elements of Survive, Thrive, and Succeed are set in motion.

o HopeChest utilizes an asset-based development approach versus a needs-based approach.

o We employ approximately 220 in-country, local staff to implement programs, monitor effectiveness, and ensure financial accountability.

o HopeChest partners with local churches and local non-governmental organizations in countries of operation.

o We are legally registered, follow local rule-of-law, and have established relationships with local, regional, and national governmental authorities.

o Our asset-based approach and programming methods provide for excellent scalability while allowing for adaptation with each community's unique attributes.

o Over 88 communities are partnered with CarePoints in five countries and benefiting 34,170 individuals (children, youth and adults)

o In Fiscal Year 2019 (Pre-Covid), 813 People traveled on 92 visits to their partnered CarePoints

o Expansion into the corporate world with the Greater Calling brand, partnering businesses that care about social responsibility with CarePoints and Programming around the world

o In Fiscal Year 2020, we launched the Friendship Model. Unlike traditional child sponsorship models, the Friendship Model gives a child voice and choice in who enters their life as their sponsor. Children can now choose their HopeChest Friends, which reframes our perspective on child sponsorship by reducing the perpetuation of paternalism

o We are still working towards releasing a community that has reached sustainability and is no longer relying on donor resources