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Orphanage New Boys’ Dormitory completed
A new beautiful home on the way! That’s right; the new boy’s dormitory at Nazareth Children’s Home is nearly completed. The boys are so excited and can’t wait to wake up in the smell of fleshly painted rooms in the new home. The house is fully roofed, windows and doors are installed. It is still […]
Women Empowerment Program Inspires Hope
56 women recently received seed loans to plant for the season. At harvest, they return a certain percentage of their produce and these seeds are then passed on to another woman/family in the following season. The programs enable families to grow enough food for consumption and sell off the excess for income to support their […]
John Mary and Laura attended the Clinton Global Initiative Conference
John Mary and Laura Collins (Villanova U) represented URF at the Clinton Global Initiative University second annual conference on Feb 13-15 at the University of Texas at Austin! The conference is organized by the Clinton Foundation under the facilitation of President Clinton. Over 1000 student participants from across the globe made commitments to address national […]
Enrollment doubles at Hope Academy
Hope Academy enrollment doubles from 64 at end of 2008 to over a 125 students at the beginning of 2009 academy year which started on February 02. Boys: 74 and Girls: 51. Teachers: 12. The number of orphan students needing sponsorship also increased. However, if we can get sponsorship for teachers, it allows to accept […]
