Nearly 200,000 people are in urgent need of food in Turkana County, a region in northern Kenya where Bright Hope works. The people are suffering from a devastating drought. One local resident made this chilling, tragic statement to us: “I…
Have you ever noticed that in our blog posts and newsletter the “H” in the word Hope is capitalized? This isn’t a typo or grammatical error that has gone unnoticed. It is a purposeful and willful acknowledgement that Jesus is…
In Paulette, Haiti, they are struggling to find clean, fresh water. Here is one solution we are looking at to help our partner church, their elementary school and the community. https://brighthope.wistia.com/medias/nt8y3njc5s?embedType=async&videoFoam=true&videoWidth=640
One of a few defining moments in my life happened when I was 21. I was in the Philippines, in the mountain city of Baguio, and the mission team I was with was scheduled to do an evangelism crusade in…
Twenty-four-year-old Lillian had a difficult childhood. She grew up in the Huruma slums near Nairobi with her four siblings. They would walk to school each day by 6 am, being careful to avoid a dangerous local gang which would terrorize…
On a trip overseas last year, I stood in a home of a poor widow—a middle-aged woman who had lost hope because her husband had died, and she was left with three small children and no job. The pastor of…
Razia became desperate as her family slipped further into poverty. None of her children were in school, their clothes were in tatters and they had to go so far as to borrow plates and pans from neighbors just to prepare…
In honor of Bright Hope’s 50th anniversary, get to know founder Kevin Dyer as he shares about the early years, what he has learned and God’s unwavering faithfulness. What prompted you to found Missionary Enterprises (now Bright Hope)? In 1968…
For half a century, Bright Hope has been sharing the Hope of Christ in some of the poorest and most oppressed parts of the world. Here are some major milestones Bright Hope has celebrated in the last 50 years.
Dear Allies, I remember my first trip to Kenya and meeting Pastor Daniel. He picked me up at my hotel and was driving me to Mathare Valley to visit a school in the middle of a massive slum. In his…