Recent News

Waste Not Want Not

The Point Hope Foundation is looking for good quality gently used school supplies to send to the schools serving the children of the Buduburam Refugee Camp.  We are accepting donations of pencils, pens, paper, rulers, crayons, and other art supplies.

If you would like to donate items that your children or students are no longer using, please send them to:

Point Hope Foundation
5936 California Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98136

Help the children of Buduburam improve the quality of their lives by giving them the tools they need to explore their creativity and improve their writing skills.  It may not seem like much to you, but it will mean the world to my youngest friends in Ghana.

Thank you!
Delilah

The Concert For Point Hope

On May 28th, India.Arie and Five For Fighting's John Ondrasik joined Delilah, America's most popular nighttime radio host for a special concert to benefit Point Hope, a voice for the forgotten Liberian orphan refugees of Ghana, West Africa. All proceeds go toward the work of Point Hope in Buduburam, on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana's capital city, where 20,000 displaced orphans from neighboring Liberia struggle to survive amidst the squalor of poverty, disease and malnutrition.(pointhope.org)

During the show a brief Point Hope video was presented along with an opportunity to make a donation.

Point Hope's mission is to provide long-lasting solutions that will benefit the forgotten children, and to be their voice, saying "Don't forget about me; I am a person too."

Point Hope from Jeff Richards on Vimeo.

New Carpenters, Ready to Work

On Wednesday April 8, 2009 nine young men became the first graduates of Point Hope’s carpentry course.  The year long course taught the students the basic carpentry skills including lay-out, cutting, design and construction, joinery, sanding, finishing and simple upholstery.
Click here to read more about our latest graduates!

First Class of Women Graduates!

The very first class of our Women's Empowerment program has just graduated. A large group of women now possesses the knowledge and know-how to support their families by selling hand-made clothes.
Click here to read about the Commencement celebration.

Living Waters is a Success: An Update

Less than a year ago, we celebrated the very first drop of fresh water to be delivered into the empty buckets of the needy, courtesy of your donations and our efforts.  At that time, we only had two fetching stations up and running.  Now, we have over 15 operational fetching stations, servicing over 125 acres of the camp, and several board memebers recently returned to the camp to see what effects the water project has been having.
Click here to read about the most recent developments!

Hungry Children Are Being Fed!

Thanks to a wonderfully generous holiday season, we have been able to distribute a great deal of food to the refugees of Budburam.  Many families that may have otherwise gone hungry will now to be able to fill their bowls. 
Click here to learn more about our Feed A Child initiative.

Empowered Women Return Home!

Four mothers from our Wome's Empowerment program have indicated to us that they are ready to return to their native homeland, Liberia. These women and their families leave Buduburam armed not only with new skills, but also with supplies we have provided them so that they can put those skills to use in their new communities.
Click here to learn more about Women's Empowerment!

New Computer For NEWAT!

With the help of your charitable donations, we've been able to provide the refugee camp's neighborhood watch force (NEWAT) with a new computer setup, including a printer, scanner, and photocopier.  This machine will help NEWAT to collect and distribute information about dangers to the community in a highly visible manner.
Click here to learn more about NEWAT!

The Water Is Flowing!

Our initiative to bring water to the thirsty refugees has finally met with some success. This was no small feat, as we had to construct a water tower, install underground piping, and negotiate with the Ghana Water Company, just to get the water there in the first place. In May 2008, the first regular flow of water from the water tower we built was made available to the refugees via two operating spigots. More help is needed.
Click here to find out more about our success.