H.O.P.E. Program Information
Overview & Mission: The Who, What, Where, When and How
Helping Others Prosper through Empowerment (H.O.P.E.) is a program designed to provide educational and emotional support for children in China's orphanages. The program actively recruits volunteers who are willing to make a difference in the lives of China's orphans.
Our mission is to enrich the lives of the children through the work of the volunteers whose main objectives are to assist in the daily activities of the orphanage and to empower the children with the English language.
This is an ongoing program that continues to grow and find new ways to Help Others Prosper through Empowerment, or in other words, to give people H.O.P.E.
Foundation of H.O.P.E.
H.O.P.E. operates as a part of the China Initiative, a program run by the Gladney Center for Adoption. Through this special partnership we are able to build upon the strong relationships with the orphanages.
China Initiative
The China Initiative is a special effort by the Gladney Fund to finance humanitarian assistance for children in Chinese orphanages. The mission also includes providing post-adoption support to families with children from China, adoption education, and helping to fund the China program of the Gladney Center for Adoption. It is a bold endeavor to benefit children in Chinese orphanages, children who have been adopted from China, and adoptive families. It is also an extraordinary opportunity to strengthen the bond families and children feel to China. The China Initiative was conceived and founded by families with children from China.
The Gladney Center for Adoption
Gladney opened its doors more than a century ago as one man's mission to find appropriate homes for children. Today, the Gladney Center for Adoption is an international leader in adoption services, placing more than 26,000 children in forever homes. In March of 1994, Gladney's first internationally adopted child came home to the United States from Shanghai, China. Since that time, hundreds of children and hundreds of parents have become Gladney China families. Gladney is also dedicated to developing humanitarian programs, such as H.O.P.E., for the children still living in orphanages.
Related News and Other Information
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