What We Do
Our programs are focused on holistic change. Rather than simply providing for immediate needs, we seek to give resources and services that can change lives and break cycles of poverty, drug addiction, and child abandonment.
Training Center
Our training center in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan provides vocational training, computer classes, and language classes for widows, single mothers, and the poor youths in the area so they can find better jobs and provide for themselves and their families long-term.
To support our training center, donate here and choose “Hope Training Center”.
Relief Services
Many times people find themselves in an emergency. They can’t pay for medicine, shelter, or food, and find themselves on the street or close to death. We identify those people who are in need of immediate support and give them what they need so they can get back on their feet and long-term needs can be addressed.
To help people in immediate need, donate here and choose “Relief Services”.
Current Relief Services Needed for Shekeba
Immediate Need for Relief Support
Shekeba is a 28 year old Afghan Refugee woman living in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. She is a single mom with the sole responsibility or raising and providing for her 2 young children. She was jobless and living in a small apartment with a roommate when she first heard of the SOC sewing training course. She was concerned about meeting her basic needs like rent while attending the program, but she registered herself in the course hoping it would bring her a skill to gain valuable employment to support herself and her children for the future. Since SOC paid her rent for one month, she was able to complete the 70 hour training course and was hired by the tailoring company. She has begun to earn a bit of income, but since the pay is per piece of clothing completed and she is still working to gain enough experience, she needs financial help to continue to pay for the basics like rent, food, kindergarten fee, clothes, transportation and other things. We are seeking a sponsor to provide relief aid for 6 months at $100 monthly.
Child Sponsorship
Thousands of children in Central Asia are abandoned and working on the streets, and find themselves addicted to drugs. For $39 a month you can provide the resources for a child to be rescued out of a dangerous situation, rehabilitated, and given what they need to be healthy, in school, and full of hope. We do ask that everyone who chooses to sponsor a child commits to doing so for a minimum of one year. Once you donate, we will contact you with details.
To sponsor a child and provide hope for children like Samim and Sair, donate $39 here and choose “Sponsor a Child”.
Summer Camp
Every year we run a summer camp for orphans in the Bishkek area. They are given the opportunity to develop their communication and leadership skills, play fun games, learn English and about American culture, and make new friends.
Programs in the USA
Our US-based programs will help incoming foreigners (immigrants, refugees, temporary workers, and migrants) adjust to life in their new multi-cultural communities. We will provide free or low-cost English or other language courses. We are currently helping 25 refugee women with free English courses in the apartments where they live. These courses will help them to communicate and thrive in their communities.
We hope to help with translating and completing the necessary paperwork; for example, applications for food stamps, low-income housing, etc. We will also assist them in finding and using local community resources like hospitals, libraries, assisted living and similar.
