Champions

In our global community of Child Champions, there are those who go to the front line like the Hope Center directors, teachers, and social workers, walking the miles with kids in hard places. Then there are those who work tirelessly behind the scenes — they may not be in the spotlight, but they are there, loving and caring for the children. Take a moment to meet some of them today.

When a Hope Center in the Dominican Republic partnered with students from a local university to help kids learn how to keep their teeth healthy, they didn’t know they would also spark a big dream for one girl living in poverty.

Newly registered kids sometimes feel anxious when they step into a Hope Center for the first time. Here’s how two amazing Child Champions at a Hope Center in Malindi, Kenya, help them adjust.

Child Champions of Visions of Hope Christian School sacrifice time with their own families and the comforts of life in the city to raise up future leaders from the Palaw’an tribe in a remote, mountainous area of the Philippines.

A Child Champion and a medical camp at a Hope Center in Malindi help a little boy get the correct diagnosis and medicine just in the nick of time.

A former fisherman is helping a severely impoverished and marginalized community in the Philippines change their mindset by teaching the Word of God and getting their kids into a Hope Center’s child development programs so that they may at last dream big about their future.

Child Champions in the Dominican Republic organize health care clinics in vulnerable communities so kids in hard places can survive – and thrive.

Child Champions in Kenya come together under the scorching sun to rebuild the dilapidated house of a sponsored child in Turkana.

Child Champions in Honduras find an innovative way to help kids in poverty who risked falling behind in their academic studies due to school closures caused by the pandemic.

Hear from the hearts of Child Champions about what motivates them to serve kids living in poverty.

A year-and-a-half ago, I was going through a rough and dark place in my life emotionally and facing a lot of problems in my family. I remember, even without being a believer back then, I cried out to God.

A Child Champion overcomes educational barriers to advocate for and equip kids in Kenya.

A Child Champion at OneChild’s Floating School in Cambodia has overcome poverty and encourages children to dream big too.

A young woman in Cambodia dedicates her life to teaching kids in her village how to read.

Child Champions in Kenya are tackling damaging messages about menstruation, helping girls afford basic supplies so they can stay in school, and designing bathrooms at Hope Centers to help girls thrive.

Mayra graduated from OneChild’s program in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with a clear understanding of her purpose. Now a college student, she shares what sponsorship meant to her and why she is giving back at her Hope Center as a Child Champion.

Josela Lopez, Field Communications Specialist in Honduras, interviewed Melissa Franco, a doctor in charge of kids’ health at OneChild Hope Centers throughout the country, to learn more about how she helps answer the call to poverty by supporting kids there.

A OneChild doctor and his team in the Dominican Republic are saving precious lives of children living in poverty.

How a Dr. Keeps Dominican Kids Healthy

Miriam Awar keeps a tidy stick hut in Lotubae, Turkana, where she lives with her husband and cares for her grandchildren, including 10-year-old Apua.