Volunteer Passion. Discover Purpose. Give H.O.P.E.™

Helping Others Prosper through Empowerment (H.O.P.E.) is a program that provides educational and emotional support for children in China’s orphanages. The program actively recruits volunteers who are looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of China’s orphans.

Important Summer Update!

As a precaution to the hand-foot-mouth disease that has been spreading throughout China, Shanghai Children's Home has decided to allow only staff into the orphanage due to the threat of people bringing in the virus. As a result, we were unable to send our three scheduled volunteers to volunteer at SCH. However our volunteer's safety is our number one priority and we were happy to comply with this precaution. Our thoughts are with the children and we wish them all health and happiness as we eagerly wait to send our volunteers once again. Therefore, we will not be accepting applications for travel to China until further notice.

The good news is that we were able to send our first volunteer to Tianjin Children's Home. Rebecca Wu, is a student at Duke University who is fluent in Chinese and is participating with HOPE through Duke's Engage Project. This allows students to do community service internationally while receiving college credit towards their major. Rebecca has kept a blog of her experience and we are very proud of all that she has accomplished.

You can read Rebecca's blog at rebeccawutianjin.blogspot.com

Volunteer Trip to Shanghai

Four H.O.P.E. volunteers traveled to Shanghai, China. They returned with a sense of accomplishment and inspirational stories about their experience and the children of Shanghai Children's Home.

Read about the trip in their own words
View photos taken by the volunteers

Gladney Chinese New Year Celebration

We were honored to attend the Chinese new year celebration again this year — to see all the families and wonderful children, and to remind everyone about our mission to help those children still in China who are waiting or will never find a forever home.

View the pictures from the event
Fulfilling our Mission
Our volunteers are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of children, but often it is the children who make an impact on them.
Read about Karah's Experience

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Foundation of H.O.P.E.

H.O.P.E. operates as part of the China Initiative, a program of the Gladney Center for Adoption.

China Initiative website
Gladney Center for Adoption website

Did You Know ...

When a child reaches the age of only six years old they are considered special needs which greatly reduces their chances of being adopted.

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