Happy ThanksGIVING Tuesday!

Dear Friends of Hope,

Like most of you, thankfulness seems to feel different this year. We have experienced such a tumultuous year and though that isn’t waning necessarily, only shifting, gratitude is brimming over. Gratitude for those we love and who love us, for food and health, and for the possibility of HOPE in the midst of it all.

Particularly, we have collectively experienced gratitude for our nation’s teachers who continue to strive towards keeping our kids and our country grounded. Those of you managing education at home I’m certain are feeling this deeply.

Each year at The Hope Project we send our teachers and staff a monetary gift to help them celebrate the holidays with more ease in Liberia. Our Liberian staff is what keeps the HOPE in The Hope Project.

Be watching for GivingTuesday, an opportunity to participate in bringing joy to those who give themselves tirelessly to the future of Liberia.

Grateful for you. Grateful for them.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Liberia Stands With US.

We have gone a little quiet (intentionally) while America voted and in the noisy aftermath.

We have been warmed by so many of our students, alumni, and staff in Liberia reaching out to say they are thinking of us all here in the United States during the elections and the pandemic. Liberians understand political turmoil and the devastation of an uncontained virus all too well.

If we have learned one thing collectively, here and abroad, we are each other’s safety nets.

It's all about the numbers. 33,550. 5,000. and 58...

Sometimes the work we do together feels small, yet important. It can be stunning in its beauty and weight. Speaking of weight, did you see the poundage of rice that was supplied? 

Many of you, our partners in Hope, did this. Read on to learn how your gifts have had an immediate and life-saving impact.

Together, we are the Hope Project.

33,550 Pounds of Rice

Due to the generosity of 62 people, we opened a temporary community hub at the school, supplying the school families and the surrounding community with emergency food (33,550 pounds of rice!) and sanitation supplies.

5,000 Masks

Our Hope partners have not only provided masks for Hope International students but the communities surrounding our school. Our senior students and principal Joseph Cummings distributed 5,000 masks that were made onsite at Hope International’s sewing lab, with funds that you generously gave.

58 Quarantine Kits

In response to the urgent needs of the community, our Liberian partners assembled Quarantine Kits. Each Quarantine Kit provided a household (4-6 people) with a 2-week supply of rice, cooking oil, sanitation supplies, and masks. 58 families had their basic needs assured for two weeks. In a country where things are uncertain, at best, this is beautiful, tangible, and essential.