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The Rocky Point Rotary Club Proudly Supports Hope Children’s Fund as its official international project.

The The Village Beacon Record promoted the HCF Gala!

The Middle Island Community Newsletter promoted HCF this month!

Dear Supporter of Hope Children’s Fund, Greetings from the Board of Directors of Hope Children’s Fund. 2022 has been a very interesting year at the Jerusha Mwiraria Hope Children’s Fund Home. Covid took its toll on the Kenyan people as it did on all people and, as a result, we welcomed eleven newly orphaned children….

NYSUT awards Larry Hohler 2022 Community Service Award Larry was a man who took the phrase “Think globally, Act locally,” to a whole other level. In 1975, Larry and his wife Yvette spent a sabbatical leave in Meru, Kenya that changed their lives. While teaching history and English, Larry met Joseph Kirima, a student who…

Thanks to the generosity of Mike Chlystun and Dale Hohler, our children and staff at the Jerusha Mwiraria Hope Children’s Home are enjoying the addition of young goats to our livestock population at the Home’s farm.

Our 2021 5K was featured in the Port Times Record! Suffolk County Legislator Kara Hahn (D-Setauket) is a daily runner who has participated in many local races, but her effort on the Port Jefferson/Setauket Greenway on Saturday, Oct. 16 in the Annual Kenya/USA Bi-Continental race was special. For the last 17 years, Hope Children’s Fund,…

Our Gala was featured in Neighbor Newspapers, Suffolk 6 Edition, on page 7! The non-profit organization continues to help others in Meru, Kenya. Read the newspaper Printable Version

Things are looking up in Kenya. Because of the quick action of the Kenyan government last March, closing schools and churches, and limiting domestic travel, the pandemic appears to be under control; churches have reopened and the kids went back to school at the beginning of January. One of our most beloved children, Brenda Mwendwa,…