Hope in Action Funds Summer Camp for Appalachian C...

Each spring, I remember eagerly observing the approach of summer. I looked forward to days spent playing in the pool or afternoons whiled away with a stack of books from the library. Sadly, many children in our US Division don’t look forward to the summer months. All the children on our US program receive free or reduced price meals at school based on their family’s income level. On school days each child receives a...

Volunteer Coordinator Training in Kentucky

While school is out for the summer, Volunteer Coordinators are hard at work preparing for the coming school year. Last week, staff from Children, Incorporated and Volunteer Coordinators from Pike and Knott counties in Eastern Kentucky met for a training. Per Children, Incorporated’s new strategic plan, many things are changing in the way Volunteer Coordinators operate the program. Beginning with the 2011-2012 school...

Visiting Our Programs in Kentucky

Last week, three of our staff members went to eastern Kentucky, where they visited beautiful Knott and Pike Counties in order to conduct trainings for our volunteer CI Coordinators on new policies and procedures that will help our organization serve the children more efficiently and effectively. The 2010 Census shows that 54% of renting families in Pike County and 59% in Knott County cannot afford fair market rent.  66% of...

Orphanage Directors Meet the Challenges

The stories I heard while visiting children’s homes (or orphanages) tell me that the challenges are great for any system trying to help children grow up without parents. The South  Korean government is still trying to sort out how best to do this, with great emphasis on teaching children the social, financial and basic living skills they need to survive in the world as young adults.  The stigma of coming from an orphanage...