Pastor Willis, United Hope International—KENYA
CONTACT
EMAIL: info@unitedhopeint.org
WEBSITE: http://www.unitedhopeint.org/
PHONE:
+254 721 153 952
+254 722 309 325,
+254 733 651 498
+254 721 153 952
+254 722 309 325,
+254 733 651 498
United Hope International is a non-profit Christian-based organization in Kenya aiming to demonstrate God’s love and win souls for Christ.
The Lord has used us to impact and make a positive, lasting difference in many lives. We have an established Children’s Home with a capacity of about 100+ orphans, and we support many more under home-based care in the community. Ephesians 3:20 says that God is able to do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine, and we’ve seen this as we continue to expand by the Lord’s grace in our children’s program, our widows school & Church. God has been faithful in providing for their needs.
We are located in Kisumu County, an hour drive to Kisumu Town. I, Pastor Willis, grew up here along with my wife Maureen and our three Children (Britt, Shammy and Cindy). We were called to help these people and to be Jesus’ hands and feet.
God started this adventure to support His children in this area with us way back in 2008. The pictures tell some of the story…and seeing them growing into teens and adults and nurturing their spiritual talents are our biggest blessings.
God also provided the vision and resources for us to start a primary school, Transtar Comprehensive Academy, which has been running for the last 18 years. Today we provide quality education for a population of about 270+ (Yes- we LOVE kids!). We also focus on the widows in our community who have been abandoned due to deaths from the long running AIDS epidemic. We reach out to many more children and widows weekly who are under home-based care.
Having had to struggle for my own education (Pastor Willis), we also felt the need to seek sponsorships for continuing education for secondary students. You may be interested to know that like many Kenyans, I had to leave school several times due to lack of money. My parents were primary school teachers and their combined salaries of US$105 monthly were not even enough to cover our family meals. I was blessed to meet a Good Samaritan (a widow – Greta Lindsay) who provided the money for me to finish a degree at Africa International University (AIU). AIU is a chartered Christian university started as Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) in 1983 by the Association of Evangelicals in Africa. After graduation from AIU, I acquired my second degree at Great Lakes University of Kisumu.
By the way, our school building is also the setting for our weekly Church services that draw believers and worshippers from our surrounding community.
Like all Christians, our lives have never been the same since the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ came into our hearts and led us into this amazing adventure. You know how amazing that is—thrilling!
Among the programs that God has entrusted us with are these:
The Children’s Home Our support includes housing, food, clothing, parental guidance and discipline, medical care and education.
Transtar Comprehensive Academy for grades K thru 8. Transtar Academy is a mission school within United Hope International, providing quality education to about 270 children from both the Children’s Home and the surrounding community. We have 16 teachers, and the community children’s families pay tuition that covers somewhat more than half of the teachers’ salaries. We support the remainder of the expenses and building costs.
Widows’ Comprehensive & Compassionate Support Program for clothing, food, housing repair, medical care.
Street Children Outreach & General Child Advocacy
United Hope Christian Fellowship Church
Clean Water Mission Our mission to improve access to clean potable water for the surrounding community has resulted in the formation of Jacob’s Streams Water Company Limited. Jacobs Streams Company is a bottled water, income generating project within United Hope that treats & purifies water using state-of-the-art technology & reverse osmosis machinery. We now bottle for sales to boost and complement some of the income needs, first for the Orphanage and eventually for all of our ministries.
Thank you and we all anticipate to Partner with you!!!
The Lord has used us to impact and make a positive, lasting difference in many lives. We have an established Children’s Home with a capacity of about 100+ orphans, and we support many more under home-based care in the community. Ephesians 3:20 says that God is able to do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine, and we’ve seen this as we continue to expand by the Lord’s grace in our children’s program, our widows school & Church. God has been faithful in providing for their needs.
We are located in Kisumu County, an hour drive to Kisumu Town. I, Pastor Willis, grew up here along with my wife Maureen and our three Children (Britt, Shammy and Cindy). We were called to help these people and to be Jesus’ hands and feet.
God started this adventure to support His children in this area with us way back in 2008. The pictures tell some of the story…and seeing them growing into teens and adults and nurturing their spiritual talents are our biggest blessings.
God also provided the vision and resources for us to start a primary school, Transtar Comprehensive Academy, which has been running for the last 18 years. Today we provide quality education for a population of about 270+ (Yes- we LOVE kids!). We also focus on the widows in our community who have been abandoned due to deaths from the long running AIDS epidemic. We reach out to many more children and widows weekly who are under home-based care.
Having had to struggle for my own education (Pastor Willis), we also felt the need to seek sponsorships for continuing education for secondary students. You may be interested to know that like many Kenyans, I had to leave school several times due to lack of money. My parents were primary school teachers and their combined salaries of US$105 monthly were not even enough to cover our family meals. I was blessed to meet a Good Samaritan (a widow – Greta Lindsay) who provided the money for me to finish a degree at Africa International University (AIU). AIU is a chartered Christian university started as Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (NEGST) in 1983 by the Association of Evangelicals in Africa. After graduation from AIU, I acquired my second degree at Great Lakes University of Kisumu.
By the way, our school building is also the setting for our weekly Church services that draw believers and worshippers from our surrounding community.
Like all Christians, our lives have never been the same since the Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ came into our hearts and led us into this amazing adventure. You know how amazing that is—thrilling!
Among the programs that God has entrusted us with are these:
The Children’s Home Our support includes housing, food, clothing, parental guidance and discipline, medical care and education.
Transtar Comprehensive Academy for grades K thru 8. Transtar Academy is a mission school within United Hope International, providing quality education to about 270 children from both the Children’s Home and the surrounding community. We have 16 teachers, and the community children’s families pay tuition that covers somewhat more than half of the teachers’ salaries. We support the remainder of the expenses and building costs.
Widows’ Comprehensive & Compassionate Support Program for clothing, food, housing repair, medical care.
Street Children Outreach & General Child Advocacy
United Hope Christian Fellowship Church
Clean Water Mission Our mission to improve access to clean potable water for the surrounding community has resulted in the formation of Jacob’s Streams Water Company Limited. Jacobs Streams Company is a bottled water, income generating project within United Hope that treats & purifies water using state-of-the-art technology & reverse osmosis machinery. We now bottle for sales to boost and complement some of the income needs, first for the Orphanage and eventually for all of our ministries.
Thank you and we all anticipate to Partner with you!!!