VOH Mwanza Receives a Generous Donation: This Week at Villages of Hope

Check out what’s been going on this week at Villages of Hope-Africa! *** VOH-Mwanza Receives Generous Donation! Children pose with staff as Village of Hope Mwanza receives a large donation of rice, sugar, corn flour, cooking oil and biscuits from one of the big local fisheries of Lake Victoria. What a blessing to see the [...]
VOH Malawi Welcomes Triplets: This Week at Villages of Hope

Check out what’s been going on this week at Villages of Hope-Africa! *** VOH-Malawi Welcomes Triplets! Meet the new triplets at VOH Malawi! Here’s a picture from when they first arrived from the hospital having their first check up – we are happy to say they are all healthy! *** VOH-Mongu Preschool Welcomes New Students [...]
VOH-Burundi Welcomes 16 New Children in February: This Week at Villages of Hope

Check out what’s been going on this week at Villages of Hope-Africa! *** VOH-Burundi Welcomes 16 New Children in February Village of Hope Burundi received 16 new children in February 2013! Here is Dennis Wiebe, Canadian Director and Berchimas Jean, English Teacher, welcome Ariella into VOH. *** VOH-Chongwe Children get Weighed and Measured Weight gain [...]
VOH Kitwe Students Excel in their Exams: This Week at Villages of Hope

Check out what’s been going on this week at Villages of Hope-Africa! *** VOH Kitwe Students Excel in their Exams The results from recent government exams in Kitwe have just been received and we are very proud of how our students have done. The Grade 7 class had an 82% pass rate, the grade [...]
VOH-Africa Expands to Tanzania: This Week at Villages of Hope

Check out what’s been going on this week at Villages of Hope-Africa! *** Villages of Hope Expands to Mwanza, Tanzania We are pleased to announce that as of January 1, 2013 Starehe Children’s Home in Mwanza, Tanzania has joined the VOH family! In addition, VOH-Africa welcomes Rich Mittelstaedt, who has lived in Mwanza since [...]

Villages

We have villages in seven locations throughout sub-saharan Africa in the countries of Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Each village provides nutrition, education, healthcare, and shelter. Our Locations Click the links below to be directed to each Village’s page. Burundi Kenya Malawi Chongwe, Zambia Kitwe, Zambia Mongu, Zambia Zimbabwe

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Blog

Our blog offers an inside look at the day-to-day life and functioning of Villages of Hope. Here you will read about the children, staff, and the current happenings at each village.

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Donate

Thank-you for your interest in supporting Villages of Hope-Africa! Villages of Hope operations can’t happen without your support. Donations can be made by cheque or through our PayPal account. Below you will find information on how to make a donation and some suggestions of ways you can help financially. To Donate via Cheque Please [...]

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About Us

Villages of Hope – Africa is a Canadian charitable organization registered with the CRA (Registration #84950 3073 RR0001).

Programs

VOH-A provides education, nutrition and healthcare to children in need throughout Africa. We also provide shelter for children who have no place to live.

Mission, Vision Values

THE MISSION of Villages of Hope-Africa is to bring lasting hope to children at risk so they can embrace adulthood as independent and contributing members of society.

OUR VISION at Villages of Hope is that all children are loved and cared for.

Locations

We are currently located in 5 countries throughout Africa: Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

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Our Programs

Education

According to UNICEF’s 2008 state of the world’s children, “Most children whose parents are ill or deceased have their education interrupted”. UNICEF also states that “Orphans are less likely to be in school and more likely to fall behind or drop out, compromising their abilities and prospects”. Adult literacy rates in many sub-saharan countries are [...]

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Nutrition

UNICEF states that “In HIV/AIDS affected households lacking community support, food consumption can drop by more than 40 percent, putting children at higher risk of malnutrition and stunting”. Villages of Hope Africa provides nutrition every day to over 2000 orphaned and vulnerable children through our school programs. Eighty-five percent (85%) of these children come from [...]

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Healthcare

According to UNICEF, “Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS are disadvantaged in numerous and often devastating ways. In addition to the trauma of witnessing the sickness and death of one or both parents, they are likely to be poorer and less healthy than non-orphans. They are more likely to suffer damage to their cognitive and emotional development”. [...]

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Shelter

By every measure, children in Africa orphaned by AIDS and other poverty related issues suffer tremendously, with little hope for their futures. The daily heroism of Africans of all ages is no match for the cascading effects on communities and homes when millions of parents are incapacitated or die. We want to do our part [...]

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