Evidence shows that educating girls and giving them equal employment opportunities dramatically reduces poverty. In many of our project areas, equality for girls is a long way off. one of our priorities is to address this gender inequality for the benefit of all children and future generations.Â
Stories of Hope - The lives we’ve changed

Anil is a young boy from south east Sri Lanka, who used Hope for Children's support to better his education.
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Fathima lives in Northern Sri Lanka with her husband and two children. Find out how leasing a cow changed her life.
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Darshan is an 18 year old boy, who against all odds, achieved a great education with financial support from Hope for Children.
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Abdul is the son of a commercial sex worker in Mumbai and now that he is receiving support, he is able to pursue his education, regardless of his family circumstances. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Renu is a worker in a rural mother and child care centre (Anganwadi), and because of her determination and love for the people in her community, she is working to transform the sanitation and hygiene practices of the population. Read her Story of Hope here..
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16-year-old Archit is visually impaired but has an extremely bright mind. With the right tools and support, he has shaped the way to a successful and happy future. Read his Story of Hope here...
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13-year-old Grace has seen a great deal of hardship in her young life, but with the necessary help she was able to improve both her and her family's situation. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Radhika is a passionate and ambitious girl from Nepal. To achieve her hopes for the future, she is challenging the barriers faced by her gender in her society. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Kafil is a quiet, respectful 9 year old boy from Tanzania. He used to live in a happy family with his mother, father, and elder sister, attending school every day. But a tragic loss meant he found himself on the streets at just 8. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Hadija is a 10 year old girl from northern Ghana. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Tharaka is a courageous 13 year old boy from northern Sri Lanka. His early years were happy ones, living with his mum, dad and older sister, although their remote village was constantly under threat from the civil war. Tragically, when Tharaka was just 3 years old his house was hit by mortar fire. Read his full Story of Hope here...
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Joselito is a hardworking, determined 15 year boy from Manilla in the Phillippines. Read his full Story of Hope here...
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Namelok is a proud mother of four from a Maasai tribe in the remote Longido District of northern Tanzania. She owns her own shop and a small guest house, but life was not always so good for Namelok. Read her full Story of Hope here...
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Rashmi is a young girl from a remote area of Sri Lanka called Buttala. She is 13 years old and thanks to Hope for Children, she has discovered a passion for education that just a few years ago was not even a possibility. Read her full Story of Hope here...
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Busara is a polite 11-year-old girl from Tanzania, who is always smiling despite having experienced an extremely difficult childhood. Read her full Story of Hope...
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Ibada is a courageous 14-year old boy from Arusha in northern Tanzania. Read his story of hope here...
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Meet Arjun, is an incredibly brave 10 year old boy from Mumbai, India, who has faced both danger and adversity in his early years, but is still persevering to create a life away from poverty for him and his mother. Read his full Story of Hope...
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Derrick is a courageous 16-year old boy from the slum of Namuwongo in Uganda. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Winnie is a loving 40-year-old mother from a Maasai community in the Longido region of Tanzania. She used to live happily with her husband and 4 daughters, making a living from the family’s 8 acres of land and the livestock they reared on the land. Read Winnie's Story of Hope...
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Wilson is a brave, caring eleven year old boy who, despite facing great adversity in his life, believes that he will create a future for himself one day. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Isabel is a thirteen year old girl who lives with her 3 siblings, and her mum and dad. Her dad works construction when he can to support Isabel and the family, although often finds himself out of work. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Kobe is seven years old and lives with his mother, Faith and his brother, John in Kenya. He loves football, music, reading and doing spelling exercises. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Samson is a friendly eleven-year-old little boy from Tanzania. For most of his childhood, Samson lived with his parents and little sister, Winnie, in Namanga in the north. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Ibrahim is a bright, caring and ambitious young boy. He dreams of becoming a nurse or a doctor when he grows up, so that he can help sick people in his community. Listen to his Story of Hope...
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Mariam is a tenacious, playful 10 year old girl from northern Ghana, a remote part of the country that is vastly less developed than the South. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Allan is a 13 year old boy from the slum of Namuwongo, Uganda. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Mary is an amazing 11 year old girl from the slum of Namuwongo, Uganda. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Ben is a smart, determined 17 years old boy who lives with his 7 siblings and parents from the slum of Namuwongo, Uganda. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Juliet is a caring, driven 18 year old girl who lives in the slum of Namuwongo, Uganda. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Mo is an amazing 10 year old boy from northern Ghana, a remote part of the country that is vastly less developed than the South. Read his Story of Hope here...
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Meet Prossy. She is a quiet, loving and studious 18 year old girl from Uganda. She used to live in in central Kampala with her mother, Christine, her father, and her 3 siblings. Read her Story of Hope here...
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Caroline is a loving, proud woman and mother to 3 children – 1 boy and 2 girls. Read her Story of Hope...
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Naim is a lively and bright 10 year old boy from northern Ghana, and most importantly, a big football fan. Read his Story of Hope...
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Caden is a bright 15-year-old boy living in Manila in The Philippines. Read his Story of Hope...
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