In Vallegrande, Bolivia, Bright Hope supports the town’s student boarding house, a community pillar known for their Christian love and excellence. When she was 16 years old, Maria Ehny moved into the student boarding house. At first, she felt uncomfortable…
Pastor Victor leads a church in the Mathare Valley slum outside of Nairobi, Kenya. He shared with us that members of his church are scared. Mathare is already congested and it’s just unclear how social distancing is supposed to work…
Cochabamba, April 2, 2020 (updated stats as of April 7) Bolivia’s first two COVID-19 cases were diagnosed on March 11. Before that, neighboring countries were already beginning to report cases, but the Bolivian population continued its normal activities. Of those…
Over the last several months, we’ve all heard and applied many different adjectives to the unfolding story that has been COVID-19. We’ve witnessed the spread of the virus across the planet and have been affected in many different ways. New…
The number of coronavirus cases in Zambia is still relatively low, with just 16 confirmed cases to date. When asked about the impact of the worldwide pandemic on Zambia, Bright Hope Country Director Mark Brubacher shared with us their current…
“Different areas of business tend to look at the [nonprofit] field with confusion about how nonprofits actually work, whether they should be making a profit or what kind of causes they support,” says a recent article by the Forbes Nonprofit…
Julius, a Bright Hope staff member from Uganda, shares His prayer for his country and the world in general as we look for Hope and strength during the coronavirus pandemic. Please read and be comforted by the truth and peace…
Harriet faced a lot of resistance from her non-believing husband when she first joined the grandmothers’ club at Namasujju Community Church in Uganda. Her husband was constantly angry at her for attending the church, and he made it well known…
A wife. Six children of his own. Three orphans in his care. Martin has many people depending on him, but as a farmer in rural Uganda, whose only source of income was the crops he grew in his garden, the…
Bright Hope unites Christ-followers from around the world to bring hope and help to those living in some of the poorest places on earth. For 50 years, Bright Hope has been partnering with the local church to serve the extreme…