by Mark Ottenweller | Feb 9, 2017 | Hot News
We want to thank the 32 men and women that came to South Africa Hope Singles Corps 2016 and all the people that support our work. We worked with Early Childhood Development in the crèches and informal settlements with the local HOPE worldwide staff. In the afternoon...
by Mark Ottenweller | Nov 28, 2016 | Hot News
We entered your tin shack with fear and uncertainty! We were struck by the lack of color and light and the intense despair! We sat on small buckets in your shack and you sat on the floor with your one week old baby. No food, no kerosene, and no money! No jobs and...
by Mark Ottenweller | Sep 2, 2016 | Hot News
Last week Marc Aguirre and I traveled to Abidjan to help with the CIERA grant from the CDC which helps orphans and vulnerable children with care and support and provides HIV prevention among youth there. We are consultants under the grant and are paid to work there by...
by Mark Ottenweller | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Hot News
What has happened since HSC South Africa in November 2015? The HSC South Africa 2015 had tremendous impact during its trip to South Africa in November 2015. The team has worked hard to help the little children that they encountered in the slums and informal...
by Mark Ottenweller | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Hot News
When a HOPE worldwide Botswana staff member found Lebogang*, he and his siblings were living in terrible conditions, neglected by their mother who spent her time drinking traditional brew. Without a home, the family lived as squatters underneath a plastic tarp with no...