About us
Who we are
Home of Hope Orphanage is Incorporated under the Trustees incorporation Act and is authorized by the Malawi Government to provide residential care to vulnerable children.
Home of Hope is a member of CONGOMA, the council for Non-Governmental Organization of Malawi and of NOVOC, the Network of Organizations for Vulnerable and Orphaned Children.
Home of Hope was founded by Rev Thomson Chipeta, a retired church minister who began taking vulnerable children into his home. As numbers grew the local CCAP church donated land to build a permanent home for these children. Many children come to the orphanage as motherless and fatherless one-day-old babies. They are usually brought by aging grandparents who can not afford to buy baby milk, and who will have to return to working in the fields to provide for the rest of the children in the family. Some of these children are fostered back into the community with the orphanage providing formula milk and clothing.
The rest of the children live at the Home, placed in family-style groups with foster mothers who have dedicated themselves to raising the children in an atmosphere where they will come to know that God loves and cares for them. Each day begins and ends with prayers. Food is cooked over wood fires. The children attend school and help grow staple foods such as maize and beans. The home also keeps chickens, bees and has several fish ponds.
Many of these babies would have died without the faith and dedication of the staff at Home of Hope, but despite all their efforts, the Home still has to find money to buy food and medicines and to pay school expenses. Many donors have contributed to the work since it began in 1998, but there is no secure, long term funding. The staff continue in faith, in Rev Chipeta’s own words, relying on a “fax line” to heaven when urgent needs arise – J333 – the Bible verse where God says: “Call to me and i will answer you….” (Jeremiah 33:3).
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Our approach
Our Mission
Our mission is to make sure all our children and young people get the love and support they need, whatever that maybe.
- An adequate nutritious diet, clothing and a home
- Educational opportunities
- Spiritual nurturing and psychological counselling
- Skill training to promote an independent life
- Encouraging the children to know that God loves and cares for them
Our Vision
We are building a world where no child or youth feels alone and gets all the help they need.
A home which contributes to the welfare of needy children by improving their physical, social, psychological and spiritual well-being.
Protection For Education
Protection for education is a dedicated project that aims to make and provide free sanitary pads, underwear, soap and toiletry bags to the girls at Home of Hope, in order to keep them in education each month. Founded with immense compassion and a burning desire to make a difference, our journey began with the understanding that lack of access to sanitary pads leads to increased school absenteeism among girls’, hindering their educational progress. And we sell some as a fundraising project.#GoWild#YouGotThis#YouDoYou#KeepingGirlsInSchool!
Our Purpose and Goals
Our purpose is rooted in the belief that every girl should have the opportunity to complete her education without any barrier’s. By providing free sanitary pads and utilizing the proceeds from our sales, we strive to empower girls and enable them to focus on their studies.
- Ensuring access to sanitary pads for our girls at Children’s Home.
- Reducing school dropout rates among girls due to lack of menstrual hygiene
- Promoting awareness and education regarding menstrual health and hygiene.
- Establishing partnership and collaborations to expand our reach and impact.
- Teach the girls how to make the sanitary pads and to use the sewing machine’s.
Our Offering
Protection for education offers high-quality, eco-friendly reusable pads made from locally sourced fabric.
Our pads are designed to provide maximum comfort and ensure optimal absorption, allowing girls to confidently attend school without any interruptions.
Our Partner’s
Raising Malawi
Founded in 2006 by Madonna. Raising Malawi is dedicated to addressing the most critical needs of vulnerable children. At Home of Hope, Raising Malawi supports the facility’s health clinic, primary and secondary schools, emergency and long-term housing and wrap around services for vulnerable children’s residents to ensure they receive the holistic care required for health and well-being.
Malawi Orphan Fund
Malawi Orphan Fund is a UK based charity set up in 2005 by Rosemary and Martin Lowdon that both financially and prayerfully supports the Home of Hope children’s home. General financial support of Home of Hope and sponsorship programs are their primary support. Since then, they have grown to be one of the two largest donor organization to Home of Hope.
ST. Andrew’s Church
Through the efforts of one of St. Andrew’s member’s, they have come to be involved in the support of the children in a desperate situation. Funds from their congregation and many other Canadian individuals and groups are transferred directly into the accounts of Home of Hope. They have made the arduous journey to the orphanage to lend a physical hand, to witness the great value of the donations and to share this wonderful work.
https://www.standrewsbrantford.com/
Neno Macadamia Trust
Neno Macadamia Trusts’ mission is to help build a sustainable future for Malawi small holder farmers. Since 2015 Home of Hope have been working with Neno Macadamia Trust to develop sustainability initiatives, with particular guidance from Ken of the Highland Macadamia Cooperative Union Ltd.
https://www.nenomacadamiatrust.org