We are thankful for you

Did you know Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November and that was set by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939 but where did it come from? Many opinions abound but the accepted account is this; in 1621 the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.
Of course, this was the time of giving thanks to God by the pilgrims and to “the creator” by the Wampanoag. The Wampanoag are one of many Nations of people all over North America who were here long before any Europeans arrived, and have survived until today.

Thanksgiving is a rare holiday in the world. Canada and the USA are the two countries that celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday in a form that we would recognize.
Most of the sixteen countries where we have projects do not celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday. However, Star of Hope staff and the children in our projects take a moment to be thankful for each sponsor, donor, and prayer that provide hope. So if you are a donor or a sponsor we say thank you from all of our hearts.
If you are not a sponsor why not become a Lunch Buddy today and help feed our kids lunch at school. CLICK HERE

Easy as 1 2 3 "Thanks"

Follow us as we visit the kids and see the presents be delivered from one of our many projects. This Time it is 2020 Christmas in Marigot haiti. Enjoy!

With 20,000 kids we sure need your help to give just one present.

Join us to pick yours at www.starofhope.us/shop

Star of Hope is a 52-year mission organization with children at the center. Make a decision to help one child.

In October, we were excited to reopen schools for the second term of the school year.

Our children were back to school after a one-week short holiday with their friends and family at home. We thank you for your continued generous support for the education and feeding program of 1400 children living in destitute backgrounds in our communities here in Kenya.

God bless you. Because of you, 1,400 children across our three school projects in Mikindani and Jimba villages have benefited from quality primary education and school feeding program. 9 vulnerable youths have been trained in Tailoring, dressmaking, and Embroidery at Star of Hope Training Institute Mikindani.

To read all the highlights of the months of October/November 2021 click below.

Star_of_Hope_Kenya__OCTOBER_2021_REPORT.pdf

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Follow us! Meet the kids of Osae Krodua, Ghana.
At Christmas time, the children will enjoy a Christmas party, a present and usually something nice for their families too.

With 20,000 kids on our Santa list, we could use a hand up this Christmas, enjoy the video and then consider a gift on our shop.  
Click here: www.starofhope.us/shop

Hello and Rich Blessings 

We are thrilled to bring you the Star of Hope Giving Guide.

By participating in this “Pay it Forward” gift program, you can be a “Star of Hope”. Give children and families a bright future. Together, with your help, we can impact lives around the world.( In a hurry? Print the Christmas guide - or- Go to Web Shop.

Star of Hope works with local people groups in 13 countries to identify the greatest needs. Your donations will purchase real gifts, from goats to books, and everything in between to fill those needs.

“I have seen with my own eyes the positive impact your generous giving has had on the families and communities we serve,” states Maria Presson. “I had the privilege to travel to Haiti this year. While there, I met many children and families who are blessed to be recipients of Star of Hope’s support, thanks to donors like you. It is a blessing that the education programs and the “pay it forward” program are helping. They will continue to give hope, by changing lives both now, and in the future.”

When our "Star of Hope local teams" deliver these life-changing gifts to children and families, we personally witness the hope and gratitude in their eyes. Together we can create real change in the lives of children, families, and communities through your generous contributions. Thank you for giving hope, prosperity, and a future to so many in need.

Blessings and wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday season.

Print the Christmas guide now. - Thank you. 

Print the smaller guide now. - Thank you

Maria Eriksson Presson 

PS. PLEASE Help me distribute the 2021 2-part catalog to like-minded people, save or print from this link:

Print on letter duplex color or B&W

Christmas-Giving-Guide-2021

Print on legal duplex color or B&W

Fold and combine - or send to your printer!

Here is a mini 2-up Christmas bulletin insert for printing:

2021 Churches Bulletin Insert small

Print  instructions mini:

Here is how, print in color or B&W, duplex flip on the short edge should be used if you can, then each letter-size sheet will have 2 mini catalogs.

The size is perfect for bulletin inserts at church too. No worries, If you have no duplex then just print as is, and that works well too.

I think it is such a blessing to send a small gift to those who are in need this Christmas.

Need help or want printed copies, call us at 866 653 0321 

The online version is also open for all at www.starofhope.us/shop

God Bless you and yours!

GO TO THE SHOP

The loaded backpacks made it!

Report from Tony in Haiti:

The distribution of school backpacks with materials in Cavaillon went well. It did transpire during a very intense crisis-ridden time.

Protests are happening all over the nation. Dangerous armed gangs are operating in the open all over the country. It was a blessing we all made it here.

Due to all the unrest, we made the program short and effective. We gave 710 kits (backpacks and supplies) to children of two local groups. The first, "Lights for Living", on Saturday 16 at 4:00 PM, and another group of 700 children of "Pyramid Production" organization on Sunday at10:00AM. We will come back for children in the other areas later this month.

Think about driving through all the dangers to get the kids a backpack.

Next thought, for 28 years, Star of Hope has distributed Christmas presents to needy families.
For those who give out, Christmas presents it is a very nice tradition. For those who get them, it is much more than that. In many families, Christmas Eve is not the highlight of the year. The highlight is the moment they receive the Christmas present from you.

Some people dream of getting a Christmas present from you!
Spread the Christmas light where it is darkest!

Give a Christmas present on our webshop.

The goal is to get loaded school backpacks to 3000 kids in Cavaillon! 

Tony Bboursiquot's report from Haiti 

As planned, we are now ready to carry out the second humanitarian intervention in Cavaillon with school supplies to help 3000 children who are going back to school.

This intervention will help them get back to school by providing them with a complete school kit consisting of a backpack, 9 notebooks, 2 pens, 2 pencils, a pencil sharpener, an eraser, a ruler, and a set of geometric instruments. Each kit costs an average of $ 30; this is the cost that we bear for a parent affected by the earthquake who has only one child to send to school but for those who have several children they will benefit several times more from $ 30 for assistance.

Without a doubt, this is one of Star of Hope's humanitarian aid that they are most hoping for. We initially thought to provide a larger school kit estimated at $ 48 but since the funds available are less than we expected, we had to reduce the content to lower the price of a kit to $ 30
The 3,000 backpacks and 3,000 school supply kits that we ordered a month ago from our supplier were delivered today.

Loading

Backpacks before they are loaded

These school kits will be transported in a large truck to Cavaillon (today) Friday, October 15 to be distributed to the children of parents who were victims of the earthquake of August 14. These kits will be given to 3,000 school-age children in emergency aid to facilitate the sending of children by parents to start off the school year. The school year started on October 4 in the South of Haiti. We had to give this emergency aid last Saturday but as the delivery arrived a week late, we had to postpone the date of this intervention to Saturday of this week.

But nothing says that this will be easy or even possible because it is always dangerous to cross Martisant by vehicle or on foot in order not to be a victim of acts of kidnapping, looting, theft, or murder. The armed gangs occupy the exit of Port-au-Prince to the south as reported before. Once again, I ask you to pray for the safety of the driver and the school kit truck to arrive safely in Cavaillon on Friday, October 15th.

We will welcome three groups of children in three different distribution points, a group on the sports field at Passe-Clos on Saturday 16th, a second group on another field at Matineau on Sunday 17th, and a third group in the schools of the sector on Monday 18th. All the students live in close proximity to Cavaillon.

Planning Cavaillon

Planning at Port-au-Prince

With the help of two local associations, a program rich in dance, songs, games, and welcome will be organized on this occasion for the children who are all traumatized by the frightening and disastrous effects of the earthquake of August 14th. As the sports fields are very sunny, we will set up tents to accommodate them in the shade. we are not going to put them online as we had done for the parents, they will be received in an appropriate and attractive environment for the children.

The third humanitarian aid intervention will be the second round of food package aid that will take place on the first Saturday of November. The last humanitarian intervention effort will be the housing project, we hope that the funds will be available for this project which is the most important project of the overall humanitarian plan that we have proposed for funding.

We work with a group of architects who are experienced in building rural houses that are more weather resistant. If the funds will be approved for the last intervention in Cavaillon we will delegate the task of execution to this group of architects so that the project could have a better impact on the life of the population of the district and of those who will benefit from it.

Thank you for your help and prayer and special thanks for the fundings
that we are using to carry out 3 first priority emergency humanitarian interventions (food package 2 times and back to school kits supplies)
Tony Boursiquot

The goal as in earlier distributions (above photos from earlier) is to make the kids happy, feel loved and have the equipment they need to learn.

Tony Boursiquot

End of Report 

What a report, please pray for the team, men, and women to be safe during the trip.

Tony talks about the need for more school supplies and that is something we are working on now. 

However, more food packages are needed too. The kids need to have good food to learn. Below you can give one food package if your heart or your mind makes a decision to help.

We are asking, can you help just one family?