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Education
Provide access to Christ-centered education for orphaned and vulnerable children.
ABOUT HOPE FOR THE DESTITUTE
Bringing Hope. Changing Lives.
Caring for widows and orphans in Kisumu, Kenya through education, shelter, spiritual care and community support.
WHO WE ARE
A mission built around hope and opportunity.
Hope for the Destitute is a nonprofit organization in Kisumu, Kenya that provides educational support for orphaned and vulnerable children and shelter for needy widows.
Many children are orphaned as a result of the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS and are left in the care of elderly relatives who have little or no source of income. Because education is not free in Kenya, many students struggle to access it.
Without access to education, families can remain trapped in unemployment, illiteracy and poverty from one generation to the next.
Hope for the Destitute exists to help break that cycle by providing educational access while nurturing children spiritually through Lutheran teachings and devotions.
Kibos Hope AcademyEducation, care, faith and opportunity.
OUR PURPOSE
What drives the work
The mission reaches beyond education by supporting the physical, spiritual and community needs of children, widows and local families.
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Spiritual Care
Nurture children and adults through chapel, Bible studies, pastoral care and Lutheran worship.
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Physical Care
Help meet basic needs through daily meals, access to medical care and safe living conditions.
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Community Transformation
Serve children and adults, especially elderly community members, through practical and spiritual support.
OUR BEGINNING
A story that began with one family's journey.
Hope for the Destitute was started in 2005 by Rev. Joseph Ochola Omolo and his wife Ruth.
Dr. Ochola Omolo grew up as an orphan in Kisumu, Kenya and struggled to receive an education. Through philanthropic donors in the Lutheran Church, he received an education and became a pastor in the Lutheran Church.
His own experience shaped a vision to give orphaned children and low-income families access to education and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Dr. Omolo currently serves as Archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya, which is in table fellowship with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
Meet Our LeadershipFAITH & COMMUNITY
Serving the whole community.
Hope for the Destitute also welcomes members of the wider community to Sunday Lutheran services where people gather to hear God's Word and receive the Sacrament.
The organization supports worship, fellowship, catechesis, baptisms, confirmations and adult conversions while encouraging people through the Gospel.
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Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress.
James 1:27
OUR LOCATION
Serving families in Kisumu, Kenya
Kibos Hope Academy and the other programs of Hope for the Destitute are based in Kisumu, Kenya.
Kisumu, KenyaKibos Hope Academy and Hope for the Destitute community programs
Contact UsJOIN THE MISSION
Help create opportunity, dignity and hope for children and families.
Your prayers, generosity and partnership can help support the mission in Kisumu.