Sponsor A Child
We have seen how sponsorship changes lives as it empowers vulnerable children who otherwise face a dark future with no opportunity to break this cycle on their own.
For the many children HOHI has rescued from the sex trafficking industry, and for children living in extreme poverty with little hope of a better future, HOHI provides loving care and a range of services for abandoned or at-risk children and orphans. These services include:
- Loving 24-hour care by trained carers
- A great education (including school, trade apprenticeships, college, or university)
- Vocational training
- Computer school and vocational training
- Medical and dental care
- Food, clothing, hygiene
- A transitional process upon graduation and successfully being employed.
- Toys, play equipment, and outings
- A safe, well-furnished home
- Counselling and therapeutic care for the victims of trauma
This comprehensive care and training can break the cycle for these children by keeping them from begging or being used in child labour, and protects them from being pulled into the child trafficking industry. We are grateful for each of our sponsors, who assist these children to see a hopeful future. On behalf of each child we warmly thank you for your sponsorship.
You can join our sponsor family. Sponsor a child today.
Standards of Care
Our standards of care are encapsulated in the HOHI Twelve Essentials. We require our partnered projects to implement high standards of child safety and protection at all times. Where possible we seek to reunite children with family whenever it is safe to do so.
Our Projects
India
HOHI’s projects in India are aimed at the rescue and recovery of sex trafficking victims, and prevention of children at risk being pulled into this industry. These children must be given comprehensive care from the years of trauma and abuse they have faced, both physically and psychologically, and require a lot of love in order to rebuild their future into one of hope and opportunity.
Miraj
HOHI has supported children’s projects in Miraj for over 14 years including a girls’ home, senior girls’ home, and boys’ home for children who have have been exposed or at risk of exposure to the sex trafficking industry. HOHI has also developed a Night Creche for the children of sex workers in Miraj who would otherwise witness the trauma of their mothers work each night. This is a crucial step in breaking the cycle that they would likely be pulled into themselves. At any given time over 40 children are receiving care.
Pune
HOHI’s Pune project cares for 10 girls whose lives are also being healed from years of trauma, abuse and hopelessness as a result of their exposure to the sex trafficking industry. They now have the opportunity to break the cycle and build their own future that is successful, hopeful and free.
Bangladesh
Dhaka
The Dhaka project also helps rescue young girls from the sex trafficking industry and provides a safe house, physical and psychological healing and recovery in order to slowly build a better future that is full of hope, success and freedom.
Indonesia
HOHI supports 2 transitional homes for orphans in Indonesia. These homes are for genuine orphans, or children who have been abused or severely neglected.
Jakarta
The Jakarta orphan home commenced in 2004. It has been a small home for many years but recently thanks to a generous donation from our project partner a new facility has been built.
Medan
HOHI first became involved in Medan following the tsunami crisis of 2004. After providing thousands of relief packages a refuge was established in Medan for tsunami widows and orphans. The home was then later developed into a transitional home for children at risk. HOHI has built a large complex in Medan and we are looking forward to expanding our care for children following COVID-19.
Mozambique
Maputo
Maputo is the capital of one of the poorest nations in the world with chronic unemployment challenges. Many children have been orphaned or abandoned and many can be seen scavenging on garbage dumps throughout the day. HOHI cares for a group of 10 children, providing a safe place to live, loving care, protection, education and vocational training, enabling them to break the cycle of a life in extreme poverty and begin building a hopeful future.
Become a sponsor today
Choose your sponsorship type and frequency below. All online donations and sponsorships are processed and managed securely through Stripe.
Alternatively, you can send a one-time or recurring donation via bank transfer to the following bank details:
- Account Name: Homes of Hope International
- BSB: 062 230
- Account Number: 1032 2749
For the reference/description, please use your name and reference CHILD, for example “John Smith CHILD”.
Make a custom recurring donation
If you’d like to set up a recurring donation for a custom amount or frequency not listed above, please fill in the form below. One of our team will then send you a personalised Stripe donation link shortly.
FAQ
Why donate to HOHI?
HOHI is managed by a great team of volunteers and has only one part-time paid office administrator and one part-time project manager. With low overheads of 10% for administration and 7.5% for compliance, HOHI ensures that 82.5% reaches the children and women in need.
HOHI also provides the possibility of contact with your sponsor child through letter writing or a video connection. Some sponsors also join a team that visits the various projects.
Would my donation be tax-deductible?
Tax deductible receipts for gifts of $2 or more will be issued by Global Development Group for GDG/HOHI partnered projects. Excess funds may be directed to another approved project activity.
Homes of Hope International is a partner for Projects in India, Bangladesh, and Indonesia, with Global Development Group (ABN 57 102 400 993).
Won’t we always have the poor with us? How can my donation possibly make a difference?
The problem of world poverty is enormous and can often seem unconquerable. Looking at the overwhelming nature of world poverty can be discouraging.
However, by approaching the problem one child at a time, lives can be saved. By sponsoring a child today, you are giving hope to one person, helping take away their suffering and offering them a better life. We change the world one person at a time.
How long will my child sponsorship last?
Children will remain in a HOHI sponsorship programme until they turn 18, or are adopted, or until we find foster care for them, or until they graduate from college or with other qualifications and can be employed.
We understand that sometimes the financial situation of a sponsor changes, and they are no longer able to continue sponsoring a HOHI child. If your financial situation as a sponsor changes, we ask that you contact us as soon as possible.
Can I correspond with my sponsor child?
Your letters are most welcome. Please contact the HOHI office for more information if you would like to write a letter to your sponsor child.
Aren’t I already giving to the poor through the taxes I pay to the Australian government?
In 2026–27, the Australian government will spend about $5.2 billion on overseas aid. That’s around 63 cents in every $100 of the Federal Budget, or about 0.17% of Australia’s Gross National Income (GNI). The internationally agreed target is 0.7% of GNI, so Australia gives about a quarter of that and ranks among the lowest of the wealthy OECD donor nations.
Even if the government met that target, it would not be enough to end poverty. We need your help to break the cycle of poverty.