Organisational Overview
Hope for Orphans International is a New Zealand, Registered Charitable Trust.
In 2014, HFOI was formed to create a difference for children in Uganda, who had suffered abandonment, abuse or those who lacked the necessities of life.
We seek to serve our mission through our Ugandan Foster Home and Community Outreach Programmes.
Our Foster Home
Our Ugandan Foster Home is located in the Village of Masaka.
Under the direct care of Foster Home's parents, Steven and Priscilla, are seventeen children. Many who have been orphaned and some who have been subject to neglect and mistreatment.
The heart of the Foster Home Programme, is to provide these children with a safe, loving, Christian family home. One that meets their physical, educational, medical and spiritual needs.
One that they feel they belong to and one that provides them with a firm foundation to support their future.
Our Community Outreach Programme
Our Community Outreach Programme enables us to reach and work with children and families in the villages, surrounding our Foster Home. We tailor our support to the child or the families' circumstances.
Some children are found in unsafe conditions. In these cases, we work with the local probation teams to rehome them into suitable Foster Families. We focus on the child's restoration and work alongside them and their new families, to ensure their full needs are met.
Other children are already living in loving families but lack the necessities of life. In these circumstances, we work in partnership with their caregivers to facilitate access to education, nutrition and medical care.
Our Community Programme aims to uplift families towards self-sufficiency and connect them into community supports.
Meet our Two Teams
OUR NEW ZEALAND TEAM
The Board of our New Zealand team is responsible to the Charities Services of New Zealand. The members all hold the same vision and are passionate about the work that we do.
Check out some of our team members below:
AIMEE MACKEY
Aimee is the founding Director of HFOI.
She felt a strong calling by God and has seen HFOI grow exponentially since.
She lives in New Zealand, where she works as a Pediatric Nurse. She regularly travels to Uganda with her husband Josh and children.
BECKY WALFORD
Becky is our Sponsorship Programme Co-Ordinator. She lives in New Zealand where she works as an Early Childhood Teacher.
She visited Uganda with HFOI in 2017 as a volunteer. She fell in love with the children of Uganda and became a child sponsor upon her return. She joined our team in 2019.
OUR UGANDAN TEAM
In 2018, we registered a Community Based Organisation in Masaka, Uganda; to function under the New Zealand umbrella. This was to enable effective running of our Foster Home and Community Outreach Programmes.
The Board of this CBO consists of Ugandan individuals with a passion for children and experience in child welfare and protection.
Check out the profiles of some of our Ugandan team below:
DORCUS KABEGA
Dorcus currently holds the role of Secretary of the CBO.
Dorcus is a qualified Early Childhood teacher, a mother and has a passion for children.
She is also a graduate of the HFOI Sponsorship Programme and spent time in the Foster Home herself.
STEVEN AND PRISCILLA SSEBUNYA
Steven and Priscilla are our Foster Home parents. Both serve selflessly in this role.
They raise their biological children alongside our Foster children and treat each as their own. This Christian couple also work in children's ministry and Priscilla is a qualified teacher.
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