Hope Made Real

Our Projects

Hope Made Real began in May 2006 with a single house in which one woman, Mama Arlene, began to take children in to house, feed, and educate.

We currently have many programs that are affecting lives in Rwanda.

Our Efforts

• 39 children are fully housed, cared for and given an education.
• 245 children are going to school with sponsored scholarships from the Urukundo Scholarship Program.
• 65+ goats have been purchased for local women with famillies. This greatly improves their quality of life.
• A chicken farm with over 500 chickens supplies eggs to the children and are also sold to support our work.
• A guest house is open to NGOs and mission groups who come to work at the home and other area projects. This employs locals and helps raise funds for Hope Made Real projects.

Where are the 36 children housed?

Each child has their own bed. The girls are housed in apartments with bunk beds overseen by a house-mother. The boys live in a house with four bedrooms and four bunk beds in each room overseen by a house-mother. Urukundo currently rents the homes for the children to live in, but has recently acquired land and have begun to build and move the children into cottages. The plan is to house 10 children and a mama in each home.