Orphan Care
Dono-Manga
One way that Hope Springs International is able to make a difference in Chad is through Orphan Care.
AIDS, war and lack of health care resulted in many orphans who were living in the streets of Dono-Manga. A decision was made in 2010 during our first visit to launch a program caring for orphans. We started with 27 orphans. Today the numbers have exceeded 125.
Along with the basics of food and water, we were able to make education possible through these sponsorships.
The school began with children meeting in thatch huts for classrooms. But due to the generosity of our donors a total of 7 school buildings have been built each containing two classrooms. In 2022 three additional school buildings with two classrooms each are being built and will bringing to total number of buildings to 10 providing 20 classrooms.
With clean water and medical care now available, the children are thriving! Clean water was also available in abundance so children no longer had to spend their day searching for water and for the first time in their lives they had the time and opportunity to go to school. The school opened in 2011 with 40 students and soon doubled, then tripled in size until today 1,350 children are receiving primary, secondary and senior secondary education.
Our school has the highest ranking in the state and is the only school in the southern part of Chad to offer French, English and Bible.
