Tim Bowman's PledgePage
G'day all,
In 2005 I visited an orphanage in Gong Yi, China. While I was there I meet some amazing people that are devoting their lives to improving the lives of others.
This year I'm running in the JURA marathon. A 350km, 7 day running race across Switzerland. If you would like to support me on my run and help change some lives please donate to the Home of Hope via the link below.
ABOUT THE ORPHANAGE
The Home of Hope is one of a very few foreign-run orphanages in China. Through a remarkable series of events we have been given the opportunity to love and care for the homeless children of GongYi.
ABOUT US
WHAT WE DO: The Home of Hope is one of a very few foreign-run orphanages in China. Through a remarkable series of events (you can read all about how it happened in the story archives) we have been given the opportunity to love and care for the homeless children of GongYi.
The need is great. Since January 2000 we have already located over 150 orphans, and we know there are many, many more. These little guys and girls come from all kinds of backgrounds and have experienced terrible tragedies and hardships in their short lives. Without our intervention they have little hope of a future. Their choices are very limited if they even make it to adulthood at all.
Our desire is to nurture these children in an environment that will give them the opportunity to become upstanding, productive citizens with a knowledge of right and wrong and with good character. Without our help many of these kids would never even reach adulthood; those who did manage to survive would be destined to pick and shovel coal out of the mountains or scavenge for things to sell or eat. It is thrilling to offer them a better life, and to teach them about joy and happiness and eternity.
In our current facility, the monthly cost of support for each child is approximately $85.00 US. This covers the following:
House Rent/Mortgage
Utilities
Children's Entertainment
Food
Child Allowances
Medical Care
Education Costs
Clothes
Personal Items (ie. toothbrushes, toothpaste etc.)
There are other needs that we know will develop on a continual basis; ie. maintenance costs, toys, recreational expenses, and lots more. There will also be special projects that will incur costs on a one-time or occasional basis. For instance, because of our past relationship with SIAS University of Business and Management in Xinzheng (we taught English there for two years), we are able to arrange for some of our more advanced, third year students to come and teach English, Formal Chinese and Math to the children on weekends. During the summer months we have several of the university students living here full-time and teaching the children.
YOUR HELP IS WELCOME! We don't want to make a big issue of asking for money on this website, but if you feel you would like to help us with a one-time donation, monthly sponsorship of a child, special project etc.
In 2005 I visited an orphanage in Gong Yi, China. While I was there I meet some amazing people that are devoting their lives to improving the lives of others.
This year I'm running in the JURA marathon. A 350km, 7 day running race across Switzerland. If you would like to support me on my run and help change some lives please donate to the Home of Hope via the link below.
ABOUT THE ORPHANAGE
The Home of Hope is one of a very few foreign-run orphanages in China. Through a remarkable series of events we have been given the opportunity to love and care for the homeless children of GongYi.
ABOUT US
WHAT WE DO: The Home of Hope is one of a very few foreign-run orphanages in China. Through a remarkable series of events (you can read all about how it happened in the story archives) we have been given the opportunity to love and care for the homeless children of GongYi.
The need is great. Since January 2000 we have already located over 150 orphans, and we know there are many, many more. These little guys and girls come from all kinds of backgrounds and have experienced terrible tragedies and hardships in their short lives. Without our intervention they have little hope of a future. Their choices are very limited if they even make it to adulthood at all.
Our desire is to nurture these children in an environment that will give them the opportunity to become upstanding, productive citizens with a knowledge of right and wrong and with good character. Without our help many of these kids would never even reach adulthood; those who did manage to survive would be destined to pick and shovel coal out of the mountains or scavenge for things to sell or eat. It is thrilling to offer them a better life, and to teach them about joy and happiness and eternity.
In our current facility, the monthly cost of support for each child is approximately $85.00 US. This covers the following:
House Rent/Mortgage
Utilities
Children's Entertainment
Food
Child Allowances
Medical Care
Education Costs
Clothes
Personal Items (ie. toothbrushes, toothpaste etc.)
There are other needs that we know will develop on a continual basis; ie. maintenance costs, toys, recreational expenses, and lots more. There will also be special projects that will incur costs on a one-time or occasional basis. For instance, because of our past relationship with SIAS University of Business and Management in Xinzheng (we taught English there for two years), we are able to arrange for some of our more advanced, third year students to come and teach English, Formal Chinese and Math to the children on weekends. During the summer months we have several of the university students living here full-time and teaching the children.
YOUR HELP IS WELCOME! We don't want to make a big issue of asking for money on this website, but if you feel you would like to help us with a one-time donation, monthly sponsorship of a child, special project etc.