by Mark Ottenweller | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog, Hot News
The Greatest Mothers in the World! Kanimombo! Kanimombo! Kanimombo kakhulu! There were 150 women aged 50-80 years old and shouting and singing “Kanimombo! Kanimombo! Kanimombo kakhulu!” (Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much!). They were all singing and dancing!...
by Mark Ottenweller | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog, Hot News
Hi, We want to announce our 2016 Compassion Tour to Africa now. We are inviting donors and supporters to visit the great Early Childhood Development programs in Africa that you have supported. In June 2016 we will visit several informal settlements outside...
by Mark Ottenweller | Dec 3, 2015 | Blog, Hot News
Hope Singles Corps South Africa 2015 The South Africa trip started with a week of service in the early childhood intervention program in Johannesburg and ended with a singles conference with over 200 singles from 8 different countries. The trip was led by Dr....
by Mark Ottenweller | May 7, 2015 | Blog
Recently during our visit to South Africa we were joined by Troy Lee, a professional photographer and an old friend of my son-in-law and my daughter. You will enjoy the amazing photos that he took in Zandspruit and Diepsloot, two large, informal settlements outside of...
by Mark Ottenweller | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Hot News
Drs. Marc Aguirre and Mark Ottenweller provide technical assistance and consultation services to HOPE ’s affiliate in the Ivory Coast (IC). The US government’s Centres for Disease Control (CDC) provides funding for large scale, community-based programs for orphans and...
by Mark Ottenweller | May 7, 2015 | Blog, Hot News
I have spent several days working in the informal settlements in Johannesburg, South Africa. Wall-to-wall poverty, sewage running down the streets and shacks with dirt floors and kids playing in the streets. Recently violence has scattered across several informal...