SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR – June 9-16, 2012This trip is family friendly for children 10+. Spend time at Exodo, a Christian orphanage where the focus is on restoring children by providing them a safe environment where they can go to school, receive psychological counseling (if needed), learn about God, and be loved by house parents. One portion of the team will be doing maintenance projects for the orphanage such as painting, landscaping, and remodeling while the other portion will be hosting a Vacation Bible School that includes facilitating crafts, Bible teaching, games, and worship. This trip is done in partnership with Hands of Hope Adoption and Orphan Care Ministry.
Cost: $1,750Application deadline: March 1st, 2012 Click Here for More Information
La Entrada, Honduras – August 4-9, 2012This trip is family friendly for children 14+.Partner with Tree of Life as they prepare to open a new orphanage for Kindergarten through 6th graders in order to educate, disciple, and teach them practical life skills which are essential to children when they age out of the orphanage system. The team will assist with work projects such as painting, construction, and computer set-up at Tree of Life’s 7-12th grade school called Plan Escalon and assist students at the school in passing out food and supplies in one of the remote villages of Honduras. This trip is done in partnership with Hands of Hope Adoption and Orphan Care Ministry.
Cost: $1,450Application deadline: April 15, 2012 Contact: Suzy Roth - suzy@gracehandsofhope.org
Welcome to Hands of Hope
Adoption & Orphan Care Ministry
Knowing that God has a heart for orphans, our mission is love orphans focusing on adoption and care for those who will never be adopted.
We aim to educate the Christian community on God’s heart for orphans and their needs, motivate them to help orphans in need of families and care, and support those families who are in process of, or have already adopted. Explore our site to see how you can help bring hope to orphans worldwide.
Did you Know That...
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Orphans and widows are mentioned more than 60 times in the Bible.
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The number of orphans has grown exponentially over the last 17 years from about 15 million in 1990 to 143 million in 2007
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80% of new orphans can be directly attributed to the spread of AIDS
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90% of orphaned children are not adoptable, but 100% are "careable"
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