Hope for Haiti’s Children — Organization Profile
Hope for Haiti’s Children, also known as HFHC, is a Christian nonprofit based in Cincinnati, Ohio, serving children and families in Haiti. The organization strives to demonstrate Christian compassion to poverty-bound Haitian children and their families, providing opportunities for children to become leaders in their homes, churches, and communities.
The organization’s core focus is helping Haitian children grow spiritually, academically, physically, and socially through Christian education, sponsorship, healthcare, food, orphan care, and leadership development. HFHC’s work is shaped by a desire to serve vulnerable children in practical ways while helping raise up future Christian leaders in Haiti.
Hope for Haiti’s Children serves Haiti, working with Haitian churches, schools, staff, and local Christian professionals. The organization states that its Haiti work is locally operated by trusted Haitian Christian professionals and is recognized by the government of Haiti as an official non-governmental organization, Espoir Pour Les Enfants d’Haiti. Its U.S. office in Cincinnati, Ohio supports donors, sponsors, churches, volunteers, and ministry partners.
The organization operates through several connected ministry areas. Child sponsorship helps provide tuition, school supplies, uniforms, healthcare, and special gifts. HFHC also supports children’s education and schools, orphan housing and care, medical missions, Christian leadership youth camp, crisis relief, and Project Hope 2030. Its food and water efforts include school lunch support and hunger relief, while Christmas Joy Boxes provide simple gifts and encouragement for children in Haiti.
A distinctive part of Hope for Haiti’s Children’s ministry is combining child sponsorship, Christian education, healthcare, nutrition, orphan care, and spiritual training into a long-term path of leadership development. The ministry seeks not only to meet immediate needs but also to help children grow into leaders who can bless their families, churches, and communities. Its school partnerships and youth leadership programs reflect this emphasis on long-term formation.
People can engage with Hope for Haiti’s Children by sponsoring a child, giving to the Children’s Food Fund, supporting Project Hope 2030, packing Christmas Joy Boxes, attending events, giving online, subscribing to updates, joining church-based efforts, or praying for the children, schools, staff, and churches served through the ministry. Supporters can also manage sponsorships online, explore legacy giving, and follow HFHC’s news and social media for ministry updates.
Key Links
- Website: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/
- Our Mission: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/who-we-are/our-mission/
- Our Team: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/who-we-are/our-team/
- What We Do: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/what-we-do/
- Education & Schools: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/what-we-do/childrens-education-and-schools/
- Sponsor a Child: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/sponsor-a-child/
- Project Hope 2030: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/project-hope-2030/
- Children’s Food Fund: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/childrens-food-fund/
- Donate: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/give/
- Contact: https://hopeforhaitischildren.org/contact-us/
Contact Information
- Email: in**@*******************en.org
- Phone: 866-314-9330
- Mailing address: 12020 Southwick Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45241
Socials
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hopeforhaitischildren
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hopeforhaitischildren/
- X: https://x.com/hope4haiti
- Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/hopeforhaitischildren
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/hope4haitischildren/featured
Leadership
- Ken Bever — Founder/President
- Tonya Kennedy — Executive Vice President
- Rob Long — Vice President
- Sid Gray — Director of Finance & Administration
- Charlayne Boyd — Office Manager
- Steve Cooner — Development Director
- Amy Hughes — Sponsorship Manager
- Meredith Hutchens — Camp Coordinator/Media
- Lori Payne — Child Sponsorship Assistant
- Jennifer Rice — Accounts Administrator
- Ann Robinson — Director of Marketing
- Melissa St. Clair — Administrative Assistant
- Phil Walker — IT Manager
- Rachel Wilkie — Executive Administrator
- David Browning — Board Chairman
- Julie Georges — Board Vice Chairman
- Kent Blake — Board Secretary Treasurer
- Cedric Boyd — Board Member
- Adelle Casey — Board Member
- Doug Freede — Board Member
- Josh McKeel — Board Member
- Alan Reed — Board Member
- Bruce Zupa — Board Member
