As I read about and saw pictures of the Syrian families who were attacked by their own government with chemicals dropped from the sky, and as I reflect on the first-hand stories of terror told to me by refugee families, I can only conclude that if me and my family were in these situations I […]
Giving Refugees Hope
On January 31, 2017, Giving Children Hope shipped its 22nd emergency relief container to Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Around 50 community partners and members came together in solidarity to send off the container with prayer and well wishes. The container held pallets of blankets, winter clothing, toys, hygiene products, and medical supplies for children & […]
Aid for Syrian Refugees
Carolyn Goldman remembers watching the news coverage of Syrian children dying while making the journey to Greece and thinking, “There has to be something I can do for Syrian refugees.” She immediately started researching organizations that are working with Syrian refugees and found that Giving Children Hope was the only one that would accept physical […]
Continuing to Love Syrian Refugees
Story written by Giving Children Hope’s Executive Director, Sean Lawrence about his recent trip to Lebanon to meet with the Syrian refugees Giving Children Hope serves. Pulling off the congested highway leading through the Bekaa Valley in Eastern Lebanon, we turn down a narrow road and pull up to a store front. A faded sign […]
20th Shipment to Syrian Refugees
Giving Children Hope is proud to announce that we’ve sent our 20th shipment of relief supplies to Syrian refugees! The latest shipment left with 68,000 pounds of food on its way to Lebanon. It will be feeding families who have fled Syria with just the clothes on their back and have no connections or prospects […]
Kendrick Sampson’s Birthday
It was an exciting weekend for GCHope! In honor of his birthday, Vampire Diaries actor Kendrick Sampson wanted to do something to support Syrian refugees on the other side of the world. He decided that instead of presents this year he would ask his friends and family to donate to Giving Children Hope to provide […]
The Hope Times
GCHope’s 21st Year of Service We had just finished unloading boxes of food at a makeshift refugee camp in Lebanon, filled with refugees who had fled Syria, when a little boy stuck out his hand to ask for the empty roll of shipping tape in my hand. I handed it over to him and instantly […]
Sean’s Trip to Lebanon
“Responsible for Their Story” Written by: Giving Children Hope’s Executive Director, Sean Lawrence “Now you’re responsible for their story,” my dad said to me after my first humanitarian trip 25 years ago. We were packing up to fly home after several weeks visiting orphanages and hospitals in Vietnam, and my dad, a man who spent […]
Companies We Love
Our volunteers continue to amaze us! From packing backpacks for We’ve Got Your Back to sorting through medical supplies- they never stop giving. We are so lucky to have had 17 Nutrilite volunteers come into GCHope. Nutrilite is an active volunteer group here. Once a month, Nutrilite visits GCHope to volunteer. This week, these volunteers […]
GCHope Continuing to Support Refugees
While the crisis in Syria has slowly slipped out of the world’s focus, GCHope is still working hard to send aid to those suffering. This situation has been named the worst genocide since the 1994 Rwandan genocide, with over two million refugees displaced and more fleeing the country daily. Last week GCHope sent its eighth […]