What We Do:
Show Hope is dedicated to engaging the church to care for orphans and reducing the financial barriers to adoption. This means that we are actively involved in three areas:
- Adoption Aid: providing waiting orphans with loving families by financially assisting adoptive couples through adoption grants. More on Adoption Aid
- Orphan Care: participating in orphan care projects that address the holistic needs of orphans—physically, emotionally and spiritually, with the ultimate goal of helping to place the child in the best permanent situation possible, ideally a forever family. More on Orphan Care
- Getting Involved: mobilizing individuals and communities to care for orphans through our Adoption Aid and Orphan Care programs. More on Getting Involved
Show Hope Highlights:
- 2,000+ grants have been given to help set orphans into loving, Christian families
- $1 million+ a year SH gives out in grants
- 500,000+ fans reached at 150+ concerts on the three tours SH sponsored
- 600 people attended the 2008 Adoption and Orphan Care Summit
- 40 organizations and 20 churches are members of the Christian Alliance for Orphans
- 1,400+ people have ordered SH’s Guide to Starting a Church Orphan Ministry
- 900+ have downloaded the Guide to Starting an Adoption Fund at Your Church
- 35 newly established church adoption funds have received matching grants from SH
- 13 million people were reached by the Cry of the Orphan Campaign in 2007
- 30 orphans in Uganda have shelter because of SH
- 2 trips enabled SH to advocate for orphans and adoption in Honduras and El Salvador,
- $120,000 has been raised for the Mackenzie Fund, helping give needed surgeries to over 30 orphans
- 5 public, Christian concerts in China have been put on by SCC and SH
- 14 young women went to China on the inaugural Show Hope Mission Trip
- $750,000+ has been donated to Maria’s Miracle Fund
- 120 special needs orphans will be cared for at a time in the 60,000 sq ft facility Maria’s Big House of Hope
Emily