By investing in peoples potential we are building sustainable communities, which again creates a better world - one child and a family at a time.  

Midlands Children Hope Project is a norwegian non-profit charity organization with the goal to give vulnerable families and children in Zimbabwe the knowledge, inspiration and motivation that they need to be able to stand on their own feet, and at the same time give emergency assistance when needed. By investing in peoples potential we are building local communities step by step by finding solutions that works for each person. Today we have 12 unique projects that you can read about below.

Through giving people the tools and knowledge that they need we’re doing charity in a new way, by giving them the confidence and selfworth to find the longterm solution which works for them. Today the project is based in Zimbabwes third biggest city, Gweru, but our ultimate goal is to be able to bring the model forward to new locations. We have separate sponsors who covers the administrative expenses, so all your donation goes directly to the project.

Zimbabwe is located in the southern Africa, and borders to South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Mosambique and Namibia. The country went from being the breadbasket of Africa, to become of the the world most poor countries with big political, economical and social difficulties in just a few decades. The difficult situation has affected the most vulnerable in the community the most - the children. The HIV and AIDS epidemic made one out of four children to be orphans. As a direct result of this the country has a lot of street children. The boys are often used by corrupt police to do crimes, while the gilrs are being owned by illegal mine workers. To make the situation even worse, it is illegal to be a street child in Zimbabwe.

Sustainable development and the UN’s sustainable goals is sentral in everything we do. To us it is about creating socially, economically and environmental friendly solutions which is building up the people and its societies, not only today, but also longterm. The most common sustainable goals in our projects are these.

13 children is on the waiting list to start school - are you our next sponsor?

One of our absolutely most important supporters are you as a sponsor! The predictability that you give the organization by your monthly donation is what is the foundation in everything that we do. This define how many children we can send to school each year, and it gives 7 amazing local zimbabwean a workplace to go to every day. This gives them the chance to take care of their own family, and make sure the ends meet.

Just now we have 13 children on the waiting list to start school, but before er can take them in we need more sponsors. Are you, or someone you know able to help? It can be 1 USD, 10 USD or a totally different number. Please sign up to a sponsor through this link.

Midlands Children Hope Project is a norwegian based nonprofit organization run by and for volunteers. We are working to give youth and children in Zimbabwe education, we have built a new sustainable orphanage for the previous street children, and we are working in the local communities to prevent more streetchildren. By investing in the people we are building communities. Today we have 12 unique projects, and 8 locally employed zimbabweans through our Zimbabwean trust, Midlands Children Hope Trust. The local ownership is the foundation to our projects, and the goal is to create a model that we can bring to new locations. 100% of the donations through our sponsorship goes directly to the projects in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is a country in Sub Saharan Africa, bordering to South Africa, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia. In a matter of a few decades, Zimbabwe went from being the breadbasket of Africa, to become a country with big political, economical and social instability. The difficult situation have affected the most vulnerable in the society the most; the children. This especially due to the HIV and AIDS epidemic, which left one out of four children orphaned. As a direct result, you can find many children in the streets. The boys are often used by the police to perform criminal actions, while the girls are owned by illegal miners. To make the situation even worse, it is illegal to be a street child in Zimbabwe.

A chance encounter between Zimbabwe and Norway would result in an organization that today is helping hundreds of people to stand on their own.

When Thomas Nordberg, Anita Svendheim and Lene Tollefsen Rodegård visited Zimbabwe for the first time in 2011 they were moved, engaged and impressed by the work Question and Happiness were doing. Together they decided that “nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something”, and the year after Midlands Children Hope Project was established as a non-profit organization in Norway with friends and family as sponsors. The goal was to coved the school fees for the children at the orphanage so they didn’t have to live with the unknown of going to school of not the next day.

The trip to Zimbabwe was full of memories, and a lot of their predictions about hunger and poorness was met. However they experienced so much more than what media is picturing. They were met by warm, welcoming people everywhere, and they saw a joy, happiness and thankfulness which they never seen before. The resut was experiences and memories for a lifetime.

As volunteers they visited different kindergartens, schools and clinics, but it was one place that stood out. In a little white concrete house in Gwerus biggest township, Mkoba, there was about thirty boys divided in four bedrooms and 14 beds. All the children were previously living in the street, and had experienced more than any child should need to. Still, the orphanage were not a sad place to be. It was full of life, happiness and joy from day to evening, and the children had big hopes for their future.

At the orphanage six zimbabweans worked every day without any payment. They also had a drop-in center in town where they gave street children their only daily meal, and the opportunity to clean themselves and relax. Often they fell asleep straight away because they could finally feel safe enough to relax. But everyday was a struggle to get ends to meet.

There were no mattresses at the orphanage, the walls were dirty and the children was sent home from school because of the lacking of school fees payments. When Anita, Thomas and Lene went back to Norway they knew they had to do something. They had experienced firsthand how little it takes to make a difference, and they created an organization back home to support the education. Three months later Midlands Children Hope Project was a reality, and together with 15 sponsors they sent down school fees for 17 children at the orphanage.

Since the first meeting in 2011 the organization has gained more sponsors, taken more children into school, and the responsibilities has grown. In 2014 we bought 5000 square meter land in Mkoba, and in 2015 we had two houses run by solar ready to move in.

Our main priority ever since the beginning, has always been school fees for the children. We feel the knowledge, motivation and opportunities the children get at school gives them the best chances to create a better future for themselves, especially in a country with 95% unemployment rate. In addition it’s important that the street children, that have lived outside the society for some time, can feel an identity to the local community, and feel good at something. Today we’re sending 140 children at school through Hope-education.

Through more than 10 years of experience the organization has three locations we’re working from:

• Drop-in center for streetchildren in the city of Gweru. Here the street children get a daily hot meal, security and care. Through different courses and training programs they gaim important knowledge which helps them build their own future. They get the opportunity to apply for startloans to setup income generating projects.

• The orphanage in the township Mkoba. Here we have two children’s homes which can house 20 children and two house mothers. The orphanage is selfsustainable with electricity and water through the solar system. We have a firepit, playground, outdoor gym and football area. In addition we also have a vegetable garden and fruit trees which makes them selfsustainable when coming to fruit and vegetables.

• Community center in the township Mkoba. The biggest ongoing project we have today is the establishment of the new community center. This will have a business center with connected sales store. It will have classrooms, offices and health care specially for girls. We will have restaurant area, community garden, seedbank and rainwater collection. In addition we will have a recycling project. Just now we’re working with Architects Without Borders and Engineers Without Borders to draw plans, to make sure we create a center which is as environmental friendly, cost efficient and sustainable as possible.

To make everything possible we have a sponsorship program where you donate an amount of your choice to the project. 100% of the donation goes towards the projects in Zimbabwe.

Through our work in Zimbabwe we want to show the following values.

Our values are important in everything we do, because we want all our projects to be as strong as they can be, and to be sustainable without having to depend on donations. To be able to do this we believe in knowledge sharing between professionals, and leading by example. Sustainability is the foundation to everything we do, and to build sustainable communities is a very important step towards creating a project which can also be led in the future. The children and the team at the orphanage has become our extended family, and we know all people personally. To see each individual person and their need is something we believe is unique with our project. We are not a standarized phrame the people need to fit into, but we’re creating the phrames as we see the peoples need.

Through our work we want to communicate the actual situation both at the orphanage, but also in Gweru as we see it. We want to show our sponsors and supporters the whole picture, by sharing the unpolished and true reality, even the less good stories. Dignity of the people in the project is extremely important for us, and we are careful with what we share to social media. All pictures are shared with the approval of the people in it.

Our values are making the foundation to how we see the new and better way to do charity, which is not focused on “us” and “them”, but rather on how people can share knowledge needed to solve the problems in the local community.

THEIR STORIES

The boys at the orphanage have experienced more pain and difficulties than any child should ever have to experience. At the orphanage, they get the change to start over again, with the challenges and possibilities that comes with it. Here are their stories:

Wilson
I am Wilson Tshuma aged 17 years old. Currently I am doing form 3. When I first came to the orphanage I was a very small boy. Now I’m grown up. There are many challenges I faced when I was living in the streets. Some of the times I would spend a day without eating though sometimes I would manage to get food. Sometimes the bigger boys who were bullies would beat me up and take all my food. During the cold season I would face more challenges like no warm clothes, no blankets and no shelter at night. Before my parents died life was not as difficult as I experienced in the streets. It was a rural set up but it was better than living on the streets. The reason why I had to leave home was that there was no one to take care of me and I had stopped going to school whilst other children of my age from our neighbourhood were going to school. I met Mr Ndou (Question) in 2006 in the streets of Gweru and he spoke to me and I decided to go to the orphanage. I started going to school and we were eating nutritious food and the people there are so loving and caring. I feel very safe at Midlands Children Hope Centre. I want to thank all the people who support us.

Tafadzwa
My name is Tafadzwa. I am 15 years old. After my mother passed away
I stayed with my father and my stepmother. Sometimes my father would
go to South Africa and my stepmother would abuse me very badly, beating me, giving me too much work to do, and denying me food. I could not bear this anymore and I ran away and I went to stay with my grandfather. My father came back from South Africa and took me back home but my stepmother did not stop her abusive culture. I then decided to run away and I went to the streets of Gweru. There I met some street kids who I became friends with. They took me to the Drop in Centre and I met Mr Emmanuel Muchemwa who asked me some questions about my life. He took me to Mother Ndou (Happiness) who asked me whether I want to go to the orphanage. I was very happy because I did not enjoy street life. Now here I am at the orphanage going to school, having food, clothes, shelter and people that I now call my parents who cares about me. Now I can see a bright future.

Piniel
My name is Piniel. I am 16 years old. When I was living in the streets I had no decent place to sleep and I would just sleep in pavements with other street kids. I had no one to teach me about life and the good and bad things. I would do anything that I thought was alright for me and some of those things were bad. At times I was failing to control myself and I would get myself in trouble. Life was difficult in town and I cannot explain the pain that I went through at home and on the streets. I ran away from home because my stepmother was very violent and rough. She would beat me and she hated me so much. I don’t know where my mother is and my father would not defend me or protect me. The only solution was to run away from home and start another life. By then I was 8 years old. Now I am a big boy. I went to the drop in centre with other boys living in the streets and Mr Question Ndou took me to the orphanage after I told him my story. I am a happy to stay at the orphanage and all the staff members are very good and they show us love and care.

In Zimbabwe school is expensive, and one child have to pay an avarage of 400 USD each year. If the children do not pay, or get into school with a torn uniform they are sent back home. Ever since the beginning in 2012 Midlands Children Hope Project has paid the school fees for every child at the orphanage, as well as other kids from the community. 

We believe that the safety and stability this gives the children is important for the knowledge, motivation, and ability to create a better future for themselves. Even though our organization is growing every day, and we get more responsibilites to cover, the childrens education is still our number one priority. Thanks to our lovely sponsors who is donating an amount of their own every month, we can cover the school fees, uniforms and stationaries before every term. 

The number of the children we cover school fees for is increasing every trimester, and in 2024 we paid for 153 childrens education! After the covid pandemic the need for support to education is even bigger then before, and we therefore need more sponsors! 

Fill in this form or contact us at sponsor@hopeproject.no for more information about our sponsorship program. 

Remember that every little bit helps, and we have sponsors who is paying 1 USD a month! 

Together we create a better world - one child at a time!

Our orphanage is the only one in Gweru taking in street children. In 1996 the leaders of the orphanage moved into a small white concrete building in Mkoba together with a bunch of street children. Here they had a roof over their head, daily meals and opportunity to go to schools. They also had caring grown ups around them.

Even though the old orphanage was a good place to be for the previously street children, it also had a lot of challenges. 30 children were sharing 14 beds, which made them have to sleep on turn. The house didn’t have a dining area, nor a lounge, and the children had to eat outside on the rocks. Homework were also done outside since they didn’t have lights. The outside area was so small that they couldn’t play or relax after a long school day. No closets or anything, so everything they had was placed on their beds or the floor. The small place made it impossible to take in both girls and boys, soomething that made the girls be left in the streets.

Because of the situation at the old orphanage we decided to build a new orphanage for the children. October 2014 we bought a 5000 sqm land in the township of Mkoba.

Two houses finalized!

According to zimbabwean law we had to build the children’s homes as small family units. Each unit has room for 10 children and one adult, with its own toilet, kicthen, living room, dining area and bedrooms. Two and two kids are sharing bedrooms. In August 2015 we finished he first house, and short time after we finalized it with furnitures, solar panels and solar geyser. In October 2017 we started building the second house - which was finalied in April 2018. But the official opening and moving in to the second house couldn’t happen before February 2019, because we had to wait for all papers to be approved by the governemnt.

SUSTAINABILITY

In all the work we do with all our projects we aim to be as selfsustainable and independent as possible. In collaboration with Engineers Without Borders we make sure everything is as sustainable as possible. The orphanage is working to create more income generating projects, which will make them not depending on donations in the future.

HOPE-VEGETABLE GARDEN

Our biggest goal towards sustainability is our vegetable garden. It contains two parts. One is for the orphanage to use and eat. They might also sell whatever they have leftover to be able to buy new seeds for next planting.

The other part is the childrens. They have the responsibility to look after the vegetables, harvest them and sell them. Then they need to buy new seeds and replant them. The profit they earn from this is being placed on their own account which they will get the day they’re moving out of the orphanage after turning 18 years old.

WATER

Water is hard to find in general on the african continent, and Mkoba is unfortunately the same. Because the local authority water is being closed down from time to time, they can go days without water. There might be some hours a week with water coming out. To make sure the orphanage have the much needed water we drilled a borehole. Unfortunately the borehole is half dry, so it can only be used in emergencies. The boys needed more water for the vegetable garden, so they started digging their own waterhole. After securing it it turned out really good.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

One of the biggest challenges with the old orphanage was the lack of electricity, because of all the powercuts. Often you won’t have electricity five out of seven days a week. This creates a lot of challenges when cooking for this many children. Thanks to Engineers Without Borders Norway we are running the orphanage completely on solar power. This is not only more reliable, but also more environmental friendly and cheaper to maintain.

PLAYGROUND

Since the government said that the children could not live at the orphanage without a playground, we made a fun activity out of making one. Thanks to some old tires, paint and creativity it turned out to become a quite unique playground.

FIREPIT

Because we want the kids to be able to gather from both houses, we made a firepit. Then they can sit around the fire and have supper.

FOOTBALL

Behind the orphanage we made a football court which can be used by the orphanage and the local community. We have engaged a local trainer who’s working hard to reach our big goal of one day be playing at Norway Cup.

The drop-in center is a very important place for the street children. This is where they get a daily meal, guidance and support to get back on their feet. It’s also the only place we can actively work to recruit children away from the street life. Some of the children we can reunite with their family members, but others we can help get a fresh start after being mistreated or abused at home. Others we take into the orphanage, and we give them a chance to start a new life from there. The drop-in has unfortunately been covid-closed in more than 8 months, but thanks to our Christmas campaign we managed to fundraise enough to reopen it and keep it running throgh whole of 2022.

A pandemic is always hitting the ones with less the most. The street children has had a rough few years now. Because of lockdown and restrictions related to covid we were forced to close drop in for 8 month. The street children didn’t have the safe meeting area as before. They’re being chased away from place after place, and it’s not long since their plastic houses was distroyed.

Even though life in streets is hard, children will always be children. They also need a place to relax, play games and just be allowed to be kids for a little while, and forget about the hard life they’re facing every single day. Drop-in is a place for this - a place where they can feel safe, play and have fun together, without having to worry about who’s watching them.

To be a street child in Zimbabwe doesn’t have an age limit, and we also have babies being born and raised in the streets today. The reason is that street girls are often owned by illegal mine workers who’s mistreating, abusing and raping them, just to dump them when they end up pregnant. It’s a brutal, but unfortunately true reality, and these girls need Drop-in more than anything. They need it to create a safe environment for their babies, and they need it to create a better life for themselves with the startloan to start their own businesses.

We are so thankful to everyone who contributed in our Christmas campaign, which we think is the most important we’ve ever had. These children deserved an opportunity to create a better future for themselves, and we are happy to finally be able to give them this again!

The Hope-families is a project we started to help vulnerable families create a better future for themselves. More than 72% of the population in Zimbabwe is living in absolute poverty.

The idea behind this project came when we visited the Majasi-family who lived in the rural areas just outside Gweru. The first time we got to know this family was when Lene and one of our MCHP-sponsors, Therese, visited them in 2014. They met a small mud hut where 10 people lived. There was no food, torn clothes, and children had big open wounds on their body because of the lack of hygiene. Thanks to a donation from Therese and Kurt, Anita could go back a week later with clothes, food and clean the wounds. We bought equipment to start a vegetable garden.

Today this is one of our biggest role models, and also our main contributor when coming to vegetables at the orphanage. They are 100% selfsustainable with everything except school fees. Last year they harvested more than 1,25 ton (!!) of maize and 8 20 liter buckets of peanuts, in addition to other vegetables. The family went from not knowing what to have for dinner the same day, to plan for next years harvest even before planting this years. The children are awarded prizes for being best in class and best in school. Their oldes son, Solomon, is taking an agricultural course which has benefited his family a lot.

Each Hope-family gets a startloan of 100 USD to start their own project. In 2017 we started out with 10 Hope-families, and in 2021 we had 40 Hope-families.

Because of the covid pandemic only a few of the 40 families has actually received their startloans. This is because the pandemic forced us to stop all our projects, and focus on giving out emergency packages with basic food, soap and other things when the country went in total lockdown.

Despite them not receiving startup loans yet, the families has been working with what they have. This lady has not only got herself broiilers, but she also have layers. In addition she sells vegetables. She is one of the families who does not receive emergency packages anymore because she’s able to sustain herself.

In January we started a brand new training program for the Hope-families. In the four weeks program they will learn everything from entreprenourship, innovation and budgeting to marketing and future planning. We’re hoping this will make them better off to succeed even more with their businesses.

Together with a very generous donation from Empower and Vestre for about 5.000 USD for this project we’re going to test out paying back through plastic collection for recycling. We’re excited to see this.

All the families has already improved their living conditions through this project, only by being given a chance and motivation to start.

Do you want to support this project? Click the donate button below.

Together we can create a better world - not only one child at a time, but also a family at a time! 

There is thousands of children running around in the streets of the township of Mkoba playing. Many of them are attending one of the local schools, others cannot afford the school fees, which is always increased. Through our HOPE-class we are reaching out to the kids in the local community with weekly lessons by professional teachers both from the local community, and the rest of the world. Our aim is to create positive, fun and knowledgable classes where the children get motivation, knowledge and skills they need to grow up to become good citizens of the community. By including the local community we also make sure that our street children becomes a greater part of it. In 2020 we have 65 children in the HOPE-class.

Do you want to help out? Maybe you would like to become our next intern? Read more about the internship here. 

The HOPE-girls is a newly released project that aims to help the street girls create a better future for themselves. The street girls are often from a very complex and difficult life situation, and we have been longing to find a way to help them. The initial plan was to build a house for the girls at the orphanage. This has turned out to be much more difficult than expected. First of all we are not allowed by Zimbabwean law to keep girls and boys together, and second of all most of the girls have their own babies. After we got to know the girls we also realised that building them a house would not really help them - just because of their very complex situations. The HOPE-girls was created to meet the girls where they are, and see the needs they see themselves. After working with the girls and their business plans for some time, we gave 5 of the girls the chance to start their own businesses. Because we think the risk of the girls not making it is quite big, we started low. They got a startloan of 50 USD each.

The first few days all the girls were busy working, but after a while several of them started relaxing and making up excuses for not working. After a while the truth came; they were broke.

Even though three of the girls did not succeed, two of the girls have shown an incredible achievements since they started, and they have been working day and night. In only 6 weeks these two girls managed to tripple their assets in their stores. They also managed to get themselves a place to stay, and are now paying their own rentals.

In 2020 we have 15 successful HOPE-girls, and they now have their kids in the MCHC-preschool. This is good for the kids, but also for the girls as they can focus more on their businesses.

Do you want to help one of these girls? Contact us at sponsor@hopeproject.no

In 2018 we will create HOPE-entreprenours. This program aims to assist the families with bigger business plans with our professional network. We want to provide them with all the help and assistance they may need to success with their own businesses.

In this way the HOPE-entreprenours will create local work places, economical growth and sustainability. 

Do you or your company want to help out? Contact us at info@hopeproject.no

Our next big goal is to build a community center in the heart of Mkoba. The thought is that all our projects will run from here to keep it separate from the orphanage. We’re looking into buying a new land - this time more in the center of Mkoba, so it is easily accessable from every part of Mkoba. The projects will be tailored to help the local community. 

At the center we will have a business center with a sales area and second-hand shop. We will have classrooms, offices, and a health station tailored for girls. We will have a dining area and restaurant which will be run by our Hope-families and others. We will have a community garden, a seedbank and rain water collection. Lastly we will also have the recycling project. With the help from Engineers Without Borders Norway we’ll run the center purely on solar energi.

In a country with more than 95% unemployment rate it’s not given that you get a job even with a good education. This is why we want to teach people the tools they need to stand on their own. The main focus at the community center will be helping people to help themselves, and the goal is that the people coming here will get help to start their own businesses, and sustain themselves. In this way we’re not only improving their personal economical situation, but we’re also helping the whole community by stimulating the economy and make sure we get creative and innovative thoughts out there.

GUESTHOUSE

Eventually we want to build a guesthouse. This will also create more work places, and will also be an income generating project. We’re also looking into land areas for this. Our sponsors, interns and other visitors will of course be welcome to stay here.

The HOPE-internship was released in 2017 to share knowledge and experience through cultural meeting between the kids at the orphanage, the local community and the people in MCHP-network. Our aim is that our projects are having the highest standard and the newest information within all feelds. We wish for the kids to grow up in a sustainable and environmental friendly project, with good role models in their lives. MCHP is working to improve these values, and offer a new and different internship by sending highly qualified people to the project. These people are to share their knowledge and experience to the best for the project, as well as getting unique experiences in return. We wish for the internship to be as valuable for the ones travelling, as for the ones receiving the help on ground. The basic ideas of the HOPE-internship is as following:

• The internship is a unique offer in an ocean of opportunities. Sharing of knowledge and finding a common ground for learning and developing for both parts is in center - not to get a new profile picture at Facebook. 
• Interns will only be sent to the project if MCHP and MCHC find important tasks that can fit their knowledge and experience. This is to secure both the interns and the children to get most out of their stay. 
• Interns will be closely picked based on their motivation, experience and what they can offer the project.
• The cost of this internship is much lower than other internship programs because we believe that knowledge is far more valuable than money! 

Do you have knowledge or experience that can be valuable for any of our projects, and interested in experiencing the life on a different continent? Contact us at intern@hopeproject.no

Read more about our internship here.

Zimbabwe has gone from having the best health care system in Africa, to the opposite today. They people who doesn't have funds to pay, will not be treated. Our orphans has grown up without having money to cover for their medical needs, which means they often have to walk around in pain for a very long time. We think it is important that the kids get treated as soon as the problem occurs, to avoid pain and complications. This is why we support the orphanage with USD$ 100 every month to cover the most critical needs. 

We also have an emergency fund of USD$ 400 available in case something major happens. 

We can cover these needs thanks to our sponsors who every month support the project with an amount of their own. 

Do you want to contribute? Contact us at sponsor@hopeproject.no

Trash and plastic is a big threath in Zimbabwe, and we want to do what we can to help on the situation. Together with good help from Engineers Without Borders Norway, we’ve started the project “From waste to value” where we’re trying to turn trash into value. We are teaching about how plastic and trash in general can be recycled into a new life, how it can become a sweather, shoes or other things of value. The goal with this project is that we will have our own recycling station where we can turn plastic to water buckets, chairs and other things you can use.  

For now the covid has put the project a little bit on hold, but we’re hoping to kickstart it again very soon. Just before the pandemic we arranged two big clean-up campaigns where we collected more than 600 kg of trash just around the orphanage. Last December we had planned for a big clean-up week with schools, neigbors, Hope-families and the orphanage. Unfortunately the restrictions forced us to cancel, but we will do it as soon as it’s possible.

Together with the help from Empower and Vestre we will try for the Hope-families to pay back their microloans by collecting and recycling plastic. We are so excited to see how it will work.

With more than 95% unemployment rate in the country chances to find a paid job after you finish education is low, unless you can create your own workspace. It’s nice to have a good education, but without a paid job in the other end it doesn’t really help even though you have a nice title and diploma.

Through the whole education program we try to teach, motivate and show the children that the knowledge they gain is what will make them able to stand on their own feet in the future, even though they might find someone to employ them. We encourage the kids to do vocational training or courses like agriculture, mechanics, carpenter etc where you can create your own workspace without depending on others to employ you.

The Majasi-family is our golden example to the fact that you do not need a fancy diploma to succeed. When we first met them back in 2014 we were not even sure the family of 10 would make it. They didn’t have anything, and they lived in absolute poverty. Today, this family, who’s now 12 people, are doing so well. They’ve become one of our greatest role models. Last year they harvested more then 1,25 tons (!!) of maize, more than 8 20 liter buckets with peanuts, in addition to other vegetables. All the children are going to school, and are coming home with prizes and diplomas as the best of the class, or the best of school. Their oldest son, Solomon, started a three years course in agriculture, and are soon to be done. To see how this family has grown and developed by using the knowledge from Solomons course is purely amazing. Now they are planning to make this years harvest even better then last years.

Of course it will always be students who does exeptionally good in school, and who wants and should study further. Someone wants to become pharmacists, like Brain, or doctors, like Joy. As long as they have enough points and really want to work for we’re really cheering them!

To be able to study at university they need to get a minimum of 12 out of 15 possible points. If they don’t have this they’ll still be able to do courses. Both courses and university students can apply to get 50% of their school fees covered from year to year. They need to pay back the loan with 5% interest over 5 years after ending their education.

The reason why we have these requirements is that the kids should learn how it is to loan something, to plan for paying back, and last but not least to make sure even more children will be given student loans. By adding the 5% interest we are hoping that this project will sustain itself after a while, so that one students repayment will go to the next one.

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Our organization is founded on individuals with a passion and drive for the street children in Gweru. As an individual you can either join our sponsorship program me and donate a monthly amount of your own preference which will go towards covering the children’s school fees, medical needs and other critical expenses. You can also give a once-off donation that will go to the building of the new orphanage, or towards something more specific if that is in your interest. All donations can be given easily and safely through our PayPal account you can see at the right corner of this page (select currency and press «Donate»).

Start your own project
Throughout the year we support a wide range of people in putting up their own fundraising events and projects for the new orphanage. This can be schools, sports teams, friend groups and businesses. We help you set your own project into life! All MCHP sponsors get their name on the sponsor board at the orphanage, as well as our newsletter that comes out every three months with updates from the project and the situation at the orphanage.

Contact us on info@hopeproject.no for more information.