Happy Thanksgiving from Hope Ofiriha

William Logai Ochieng, our Executive Director, is originally from Torit, the capital of Sudan’s Eastern Equatoria State. He moved to Norway when he was 23 years old. William has been advising and contributing to Hope Ofiriha since its early days and became Executive Director in 2006. He brings Hope Ofiriha broad commercial experience after having run his own business for several years in Uganda. He has a bachelor’s in International Marketing from BI Norwegian School of Management.

Sitawa Wafula manages Hope Ofiriha’s social media presence from her home in Kenya. A survivor of rape, she is a tireless advocate for women and girls in Magwi County, many of whom suffered sexual violence during the civil war. Her other advocacy work includes leading a sanitary-towel campaign in partnership with Sanibank Consortium for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds in rural Kenya and serving as Kenya’s Ambassador for Mental Health (she personally suffers seizures) under Basic Needs UK in Kenya alongside Actor/Musician Anthony Mwangi. Sitawa has been nominated for a Feather Award for her work. Sitawa is a former Actuarial Science university student who works as an events organizer. She is also an accomplished poet and open mic performer.

Linda Acen Abili became our Program Director in 2005 and was critical to expanding our mission a year later to helping women and children—both girls and boys—throughout Magwi County and in Uganda. Linda is from Omilling, a remote mountain village Hope Ofiriha serves, and is the only person from there to graduate from university. The people of Omilling respect her enormously, and she is thrilled to be able to help her marginalized community and others like it. Linda holds a degree in Business Administration from Juba University.

Hope Ofiriha will keep you updated through Deki, our microloan partner, throughout your loan. You can check your account balance any time by signing into your account.

Most Deki loans are repaid within 12 months. Once a repayment has been made, you have three options:

• Re-lend funds – if you have less than £10 credit you can always top-up.
• Donate the repaid amount to Deki.
• Withdraw the funds.

As a child sponsor, you can help save a child from a life of extreme poverty. Your sponsorship will not only pay the fees necessary for your sponsored child to attend school, it will ensure the child is fed, clothed, and receives regular medical care. The relationship you build will transform both of your lives forever! … Read more

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As a child sponsor, you can help save a child from a life of extreme poverty. Your sponsorship will not only pay the fees necessary for your sponsored child to attend school, it will ensure the child is fed, clothed, and receives regular medical care. The relationship you build will transform both of your lives forever! … Read more

Find Your Child

We are always happy to talk with corporations about possible sponsorships, partnerships, and opportunities. Please get in touch.

Hope Ofiriha
Theresegt 46 209
Oslo, Norway 0168
Norway
Tel: (+47) 47445159

Many children in Omilling village lost their parents during the war—and now they can’t go to school unless they walk 70 km back and forth to the nearest school. You can give hope to the war orphans and vulnerable children of Omilling village—by providing their community with its own school. … Read more

We know you might want to help create a brighter future for South Sudanese children living in poverty in Uganda but not want to become a regular child sponsor. That’s why we created our Uganda Education Project. It is similar to our direct child sponsorship program, except it pools donations, allowing donors to give once, or now and then, without making a commitment. The project pays children’s school fees; buys them school uniforms and books; and ensures they are fed, clothed, and have access to medical care. Please consider making a donation to keep impoverished refugees in school today.

You can donate to Hope Ofiriha’s projects through GlobalGiving or its sister organization, GlobalGiving UK. Donations made to Hope Ofiriha through GlobalGiving are tax deductable in the United States. Donations made through GlobalGiving UK are tax deductable in the United Kingdom. Watch the video above to find out more about GlobalGiving.

You can donate to Hope Ofiriha through Omprakash Foundation, a U.S. 501(c)3 organization that charges us no administrative fees. Watch the video above to find out more about Omprakash Foundation.

Hope Ofiriha has created several volunteer information guides addressing common concerns and questions that will help you make sure our volunteer program is the right fit for you. They explain what your fees and living expenses will be, what the healthcare clinic and primary and nursery schools are like, and more.

• General Information (coming soon)
• Teaching Volunteer Information (coming soon)
• Healthcare Volunteer Information (coming soon)
• A-Z Fundraising Document (coming soon)
• What to Bring Document (coming soon)

Once you’ve carefully reviewed our information guides, please click here to apply.

Hope Ofiriha has created several volunteer information guides addressing common concerns and questions that will help you make sure our volunteer program is the right fit for you. They explain what your fees and living expenses will be, what the healthcare clinic and primary and nursery schools are like, and more.

• General Information (coming soon)
• Teaching Volunteer Information (coming soon)
• Healthcare Volunteer Information (coming soon)
• A-Z Fundraising Document (coming soon)
• What to Bring Document (coming soon)

Hope Ofiriha has four chalets for our volunteers. They are large (7m by 5m), light, airy, and comfortable. Each one can sleep up to four people, enabling us to comfortably accommodate 15 volunteers at any one time. We also have showers, flushing toilets, a kitchen with a solar refrigerator, and a storeroom for our volunters.

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