Visit: African Leadership Development (ALD)

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HOUSES OF HOPE exists to build, staff, equip, and support orphan homes in order that they can become self-sustainable environments. HOUSES OF HOPE provides what we agree should be available to every child: a loving home, clothing, food and someone to care for them.

The HOUSES OF HOPE take children in who have been affected by HIV/AIDS, abuse, poverty, and sadly, sometimes all three. These children are either orphaned or abandoned and do not have a safe place to go. Social workers, police officers, or community members will often bring children to the HOUSES so that they will have a safe place away from the streets. Each of the HOUSES OF HOPE are all built on church grounds and affiliated with the local church so that the children have a built-in community of people caring for them. Each congregation has committed themselves to caring for these children and through contributions largely from the US, provide for all their physical needs and spiritual nourishment.

Born out of a vision to see African churches caring for the growing number of AIDS orphans, African Leadership Development (ALD) partnered with World Orphans to see the first orphan homes in Temba, South Africa, become a reality. As the need has continued, ALD has completed another House of Hope in Mamelodi, South Africa and one is currently being finished in Whunga, Zimbabwe. Another orphan home is being started in Masvingo, Zimbabwe and should open before the end of the year. Negotiations are also underway for the development of a home in Ndanga, Zimbabawe.

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