Our Solution
Our Solution
Healthier, more hopeful lives for children with disabilities in the world’s poorest communities
What does it take for girls and boys with disabilities in the poorest countries and communities to live healthier, more hopeful lives? It requires valuing and nurturing the whole child as Jesus does – body, mind, and spirit. We’ve heard from the children we serve and their caregivers that long-term health and hopefulness require support across 5 domains of service:
Child Health
Quality, timely medical treatment
Comprehensive rehabilitation plans that celebrate each child’s unique abilities
Social Attitudes
Changing negative attitudes towards disability – in the community, church, school – all around the children we serve
Equipping at least one family member with the knowledge, understanding, and skills to advocate for their child with a disability
Self-Value
Healing the hearts of children in our programs with the knowledge of Jesus’ love and their God-given beauty, value, and potential
Equipping children living with disabilities with resilience skills
Education
Equipping and empowering parents and teachers to advocate for and support the unique needs of children with disabilities, including accessible school buildings and latrines
Financial support for tuition, school supplies, and transportation, so children with disabilities can attend school
Family Livelihood
Equipping parents with a sustainable income through vocational training, business supplies and equipment, and micro-finance loans to keep children healthy and in school
Medical treatment for caregivers that allows them to care for their families
Where We Work
Our Approach
As Christians, we believe that all children are made in God’s image. As such, all children with their unique abilities, have intrinsic value, and a God-given purpose in life. Every action and word we deliver through our programs at Hope and Healing is intended to communicate God’s love for the children we serve.
We are child-centred and believe that girls and boys with disabilities and their families are the experts in their lives, that their voices matter, and they inform our work.
Children who are loved, valued, and have a champion, particularly in their home, are more likely to live healthier, more hopeful lives.
Everyone benefits from inclusive communities, where children with disabilities and their families are included, where stigma is reduced, where children have friends, and can access the services and supports they need.
We are partner-centred with authentic, collaborative, and long-term partnerships. Partners are well-positioned to implement projects for vulnerable children because they are trusted in their communities and connected within existing networks and systems. They amplify our impact.
We strongly believe in accountability to our partners, to our donors, and most importantly to girls and boys with disabilities and their families to ensure that our work is changing hearts and lives.
Our work is rights-based and recognizes that the marginalized children we serve are too often denied basic human rights. That’s why we work within the framework of:
• The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
• The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
• The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)