https://www.givehopeforlife.org/blog daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://www.givehopeforlife.org/blog/blog-post-four-5bdep monthly 0.5 2019-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1565794519920-7ZV3FNWJON04K3BSJK6A/download.jpeg Blog - Blog Post Four https://www.givehopeforlife.org/blog/blog-post-three-4gxja monthly 0.5 2019-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1565794488032-9XBL84FW5EFN7IJBCXN9/download+%281%29.jpeg Blog - Blog Post Three https://www.givehopeforlife.org/blog/blog-post-two-4l96j monthly 0.5 2019-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1565794203166-HK9O5SMXBCPW1RHBM3V5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Blog Post Two https://www.givehopeforlife.org/blog/blog-post-one-h5pes monthly 0.5 2019-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5cdb0b54755be25d5d92bfb3/1565794043606-FK1PV2DOU30VI46WWL09/justice-rising-ECHO-AND-EARL-3.jpg Blog - Blog Post One https://www.givehopeforlife.org/contact daily 0.75 2020-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571860665710-F5E9YY0NAZ9PIKDJY9FZ/IMG_0066.jpeg Contact - Contact U s Hope for Life PO Box 4380 Ketchum, ID 83340 208-726-6560 Email: contact@givehopeforlife.org Use the form below to send us a message. https://www.givehopeforlife.org/our-story daily 0.75 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571758925394-Q7ZJB3SEKFWE6U5T7PHB/IMG_4203.JPG Our Story - The Story of Mapalo. Profound loss and intractable poverty combined to name a small area of Africa “Worthless.” There, in 2005 in a village called Chipulukusu (meaning worthless) in northern Zambia, in the city of Ndola, we found 300 children living a life of bare — if any — sustenance, attending school in a building the size of a 2-car garage. Orphaned by AIDS/HIV and other illnesses (which has claimed more than 15 million lives in sub-Sahara Africa the last 20 years), and with no support, they had no nourishment, no clothing, no school, no medicine, no clean water — no one, it seemed, to care, nothing to provide hope for their lives. We cared, though. And we believed we could provide hope for life. So, in 2005, we created this organization, Hope for Life. We are, simply, a group of concerned individuals committed to helping the children we met build sustainable lives — one child, one meal, one teacher, one water well, one life at a time. And using the nonprofit organization we formed, we can invite you to join us in making a very tangible difference in these 300 individual lives. None of them is worthless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571759058926-B6Q3P3XXDMT61T41K3V3/soccer+pic.jpg Our Story Already, we have been able to give enough that the village was renamed Mapalo, which means “Blessing,” and the new school, which was constructed in 2006, Mapalo Morning Glow Academy. We have identified very basic needs: Children cannot concentrate or learn if they are starving; we supply each student a meal of 2,200 calories every day. And we have completed specific “capital” projects: building the new school; constructing a kitchen; digging three fresh water wells; furnishing the school; clothing the children; hiring teachers (there are nine now); even setting up a soccer field with goals. One of our longer term goals is to establish on going relationships with these children and to provide scholarship funds to enable them to go to college, gain meaningful employment and work to reverse the devastation of disease and poverty in their homeland. We have embraced the African model of non-residential orphanages to keep from institutionalizing children and keeping them with their caretakers in a paternalistic culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571759185732-BASLDZTYLOX2R8GDRBH1/IMG_0054.jpeg Our Story How can you help? At base, to donate to Hope for Life is, literally, to Give Hope for Life. It is that simple. Every dollar you give provides aid to these children of Mapalo. We offer a number of giving options to serve a variety of charitable visions and styles — from sponsoring the children of Mapalo with a monthly stipend that will feed, clothe, educate, and/or care for him or her; to making a capital donation to one of the on-going projects — the clinic, a well, building a wall for safety, and a block making business. We have also scheduled service trips to Ndola, Zambia to let you meet the children and work there on their behalf. No child is worthless. Please join us. Give Hope for Life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1600893400901-R1834OSEZ4Y303E4VWDW/20200810_122100.jpg Our Story - Donate Make Your Impact Today! https://www.givehopeforlife.org/current-projects daily 0.75 2020-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571860150539-5FRBNVUDP8BFYP5ZTQNG/IMG_3516.jpg Current Projects - Current Projects. What’s in store for 2020 - 21 • Continue to feed, provide routine medical care, and educate our children in this season of Covid-19. • Divide fundraising responsibilities among board members • Executive director comes paid staff part-time • 100 children sponsored via Internet • Complete our security wall around campus • Block-making business providing a $10,000 annual profit • Begin capital campaign for gifted academy • 50% of operations costs covered by sponsorship • Begin construction of campus wall • Complete online project sponsorship • Addition of wifi for the library and library finishes https://www.givehopeforlife.org/home daily 1.0 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571757101075-P7Z6ECPCKLL50NMZ7CF3/IMG_3673.JPG Home - Support for Communities Education happens within the context of a larger community. Our approach extends beyond the school to help ensure students have the necessary support to do their best learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571756890188-O0VJQV3V911MDSMY39MR/IMG_3288.jpg Home - Educating Mapalo Teachers The teachers of Mapalo are a vital piece to schooling the children of the area. Without their dedication Mapalo wouldn’t be what it is! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571756832113-8LOUPSDRP6FSY6YOWKB7/IMG_3814.jpg Home - Rebuilding Lives with Food, Education & Healthcare The children of Mapalo need your help! From pencils to computers and from mosquito nets to dormitories your generosity is what gives them Hope For Life. https://www.givehopeforlife.org/overview daily 0.75 2020-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571853985141-V1DTHJ1SMYVWYDF2YGY3/IMG_3794.JPG Overview Phase 2 - Secondary School Sponsorship Children who successfully pass the national exam are sponsored at secondary schools in the city of Ndola, including two of the best schools in the country. Phase 3 - Students Attend Northrise University All students with adequate marks are accepted and educated at Northrise University, Zambia's Premiere University and Mapalo Morning Glow's official academic partner. Phase 4 - Students Enter a Profession to Help Rebuild Zambia The project culminates when students remain in country to serve the needs of Zambia and help to remedy the factors that orphaned them and so many other children. Mapalo Morning Glow Academy establishes ongoing relationships with our children to provide scholarship funds to enable them to go to university, gain meaningful employment, and work to reverse the devastation of disease and poverty in their homeland. We embrace the African model on non-residential orphanages to keep from institutionalizing our children keeping them with their caretakers in a paternalistic culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571853903130-E8E074LJYNZAS8959AC1/IMG_3675+%281%29.JPG Overview - What We Do. A Town Called Worthless Becomes a Blessing Our long term mission has been providing balanced nutrition, routine healthcare and top-quality education in the form of 1) an on-campus prep school; 2) sponsorships to top secondary schools for our graduates; and 3) sponsorship for attendance at Northrise University for our secondary school graduates that are accepted. We have accomplished this daily for the past 15 years for over 300 students per year! Phase 1 - Mapalo Morning Glow Academy and Care Center for Orphans Over 300 Zambian orphans receive balanced nutrition, routine healthcare, and attend a premium prep school that prepares students to take the national exam to enter secondary school. https://www.givehopeforlife.org/our-history daily 0.75 2020-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571859898242-KFHJS26EP5852L6PWQ06/beginning.jpg Our History - Our History 2004 The Beginning • Purchase original building • Erect temporary ventilated classrooms to control spread of disease • Hire four additional teachers • Hire Cooking staff • Increase amount and quality of food each day • Provide financial accountability structure • Provide anti-malaria and dysentery drugs • Fundraising goal = $40,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571858850085-5JLFJZ7XIYCP4UFSWXQY/groundbreaking.jpg Our History 2005 Breaking Ground • Acquire land for new school from Ministry of Education • Finish foundation and complete new school to roof level • Install sewage and septic systems • Organize board of directors for both Africa and America • Write bylaws for African and American boards • Secure book donations for school • Fundraising goal = $60,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571859927001-DL8OS3OSV6XAQ3WT29XO/newschool.jpg Our History 2006 The New School is Built • Complete 3/4 of new school building, including new well and water tower • Provide education and certification for all teachers • Build caretaker's home and hire caretaker • Provide for partial director's compensation • Provide for director's transportation • Fundraising goal = $100,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571859948497-5PE1PSOMLAQNZ328JA4T/dining+commons.jpg Our History 2007 Building of the New Dining Commons • Finish 3/4 of Dining Commons • Provide for director's long-term salary • Design self-sustaining business plan and raise $10,000 capital • Purchase new desks, chairs, chalkboards, and cabinetry • School officially registered with Minister of Education — "Mapalo Morning Glow Academy" • Students begin preparation for government exams • Fundraising goal = $100,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571859972209-JKCLKBTOJXLXRHB3I2BT/newkitchen.jpg Our History 2008 We Install a Modern Kitchen • Install new kitchen in Dining Commons • Complete punch list for school building • Dining commons completed • Landscape entire campus • Involve Impact Ndola volunteers • Complete profiles and photos for all children and staff • Register Give Hope for Life as non-profit organization • Begin new fundraising campaign based on sponsorship • Fund raising goal = $100,000 • Install Electrical Poles on Campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571859989397-W92JR3ZJKCQZKZI37ODJ/image-asset.jpeg Our History 2009 Children Excel on Government Exams • 90% of students pass government secondary exam • Raise 50% of capital for block-making business • Raise 50% of capital for completion of wall around campus • Hire communications director • 30 children sponsored via Internet • Plant Crops on New Campus Family Plot Farm • Finish punch list for Kitchen and School, including tile, paint and plaster • Fundraising goal = $150,000 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571860006131-86XBDKUKPSQHG9FZDZRG/image-asset.jpeg Our History 2010 Setting Up Business • Launch block-making business • Design and complete new website • Raise 100% of capital for boys ablution block • Raise remaining capital for block-making business • Raise remaining capital for completion of wall • Complete and enclose wash basin • Fundraising goal = $150,000 • 50 children sponsored via Internet • 25% of operations cost covered by student sponsorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597868606050-RQ3PNXSZ51KMNS118I3C/Picture12.jpg Our History - 2012 Rotary International Project George Kirk (board member) heads up ablution project Shower and bathroom house complete on Mapalo campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597868322788-3T3Z0N7B98AR1T3YPG2B/Picture11.png Our History - 2011 Block Making Funds are raised for the Mapalo block making business Block making was installed on campus to help with construction projects Block-making business providing a $10,000 annual profit Divide fundraising responsibilities among board members Executive director comes on part-time 100 children sponsored via Internet Completion of wall Completion of boys ablution block Begin capital campaign for gifted academy 75% of operations costs covered by sponsorship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597868249401-FNZXI1YMBXKLJ23ELJ1E/Picture1.png Our History - 2015 Chapel Completed Chapel and multi use facility completed on Mapalo campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597869576416-TCCY5HLDJF9Y1UVBFD6N/Picture15.jpg Our History - 2015 / 2016 Fencing Project Project to build protective fencing around the 7 acre Mapalo campus is finished. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597869018068-OPYHNKSN2XG3TKEX7JP6/Picture14.png Our History - 2016 Off to College Brian Musentekwa, the first student to be accepted to college from Mapalo begins at Northrise University https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597868709979-JZDB9D6Y9SRGX1IABATO/Picture13.png Our History - 2016 Construction Begins The library and computer center begins construction https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597869979100-LMYOX9Q83ZIJGJER3M3G/Picture17.png Our History - 2017 Computers Computers donated and installed in the library and learning center https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597870157976-UFPMP7N6UUCW47NII5CU/Picture18.png Our History - 2017 Landscaping Improvements New pump house installed on campus for landscaping and irrigation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597870286312-AG0IUOHTFBR9LTYC7PP2/Picture19.png Our History - 2018 Guard Station Guard station completed and full-time security guard hired on campus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1597872495427-1B67QGKYF96CFINYKZAT/Large+JPG-Aro+Ha_0380.jpg Our History - 2019 Off to Collage Five new Mapalo students qualify for college entrance and were accepted to Northrise University https://www.givehopeforlife.org/our-team daily 0.75 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1600893669843-GJIT7UN80622O2IXRU2N/1image0.jpg Our Team - Emil Mukuka Emil Mukuka is a Zambian national who is the director of the Mapalo Academy and care center for orphans. Once an executive for the Zambian communication utility, Zesco, In 2003, Emil and his wife, Jane, decided to pursue a calling to ministry, and Emil entered Northrise University, where he earned a bachelor of arts in Christian ministries. Emil and Jane decided to bring their much-needed talents to Chipulukusu, one of the poorest compounds in northern Zambia, For some 20 years now they have tirelessly served a community of over 150,000 people, 10% of whom have been orphaned by the plagues of Africa. Emil is known locally as “The Mayor“ due to the impact he has had there. Over 1550 children have been rescued, restored and educated through Mapalo. Moreover,he has pastored a church, provided vocational classes and opportunities, taught English courses, and is solely responsible for changing the name of the compound from Chipulukusu, meaning “worthless”, to Mapalo, meaning “blessing.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1600375727512-UDPMYT2EXARVFFG6ONUM/KIRK0914.jpg Our Team - Josette Stellers - Founder Josette Stellers has sat on the Board of Hope for Life as the treasurer since 2004. Josette and the founder of Hope for Life, Pete DeBaun, have been friends since the early 2000’s. The journey with Hope for Life began when Pete DeBaun brought his vision of helping children in the village of Mapalo back to the Wood River Valley in Idaho and formed “Fishing for Life.” Fishing for Life then became Hope for Life a few years later. Serving as treasurer from its inception has been a rewarding and fulfilling experience that has touched her entire family. In 2010, she and her two sons travelled to Zambia to work at the Mapalo Morning Glow Academy. What was to be a mission trip to help the director, teachers, and students turned into a life changing adventure. To witness the love of Jesus the people of Mapalo feel, hang out with the children and teachers, and spend time with the director and his family was incredible. Bringing home the friendships and rewards of being with the people of Mapalo, Ndola, Zambia, was the biggest blessing of all. Josette lives in Hailey, Idaho, in the Wood River Valley and works as an accountant/property manager at The Kirk Group. In her off time, she enjoys all that the mountains have to offer - trail running, mountain biking, snowshoeing. She also loves catching time with her kids when they are back at home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1577474973902-EJDD2IGC346367LX8NDG/peter-debaun.jpg Our Team - Peter DeBaun - Founder Tobias Keene, D.D.S. Hailing from Richmond, Virginia, Dr. Tobias Keene brings a bit of unabashed Southern hospitality to all his patients. He moved to Washington, D.C. over thirty years ago as a freshman at Ivy College. Right after graduation, he attended World University’s School of Dentistry. Before opening Keene Dental in 1994, he worked for free clinics and some of the finest practices in the District. He is part of the 123 Dental Association and stays up-to-date on the latest dental discoveries. When not striving to keep his patients happy and healthy, he’s enjoys hiking with his family in Rock Creek Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1577475460804-CYCR359RFOJDPYUJURI8/Moffat-Zimba.jpg Our Team - Moffat Zimba - Founder Moffat grew up in a small village in eastern Zambia where his older brother taught him English by scratching lessons in the dirt. He would eventually graduate from high school, attend college in Australia, and finally earn his EdD at Fuller Theological Seminary un Southern California. Dr Zimba is the President of Zambia’s first private university, Northrise University in Ndola Zambia. He and his wife, Doreen, are the chief architects of one of Sub-Saharan Africa‘s most successful educational startups -www.northrise.org https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1571774180896-8V2PKATCVSIFC4RGB4CB/George-Kirk.jpg Our Team - George Kirk - Founder George Kirk, principal of The Kirk Group, a real estate investment and development company in Sun Valley, is a founding Board Member and Chairman of Give Hope for Life, Inc. Kirk earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from San Diego State University and moved to central Idaho in the late 1980s. In 1997, he founded The Kirk Group, continuing his real estate development, investment management, property management and brokerage business. Kirk has more than 30 years of diversified experience in commercial and industrial real estate investment, development, management, and brokerage. From 2005 through 2011, The Kirk Group managed an environmental restoration project in South Blaine County. The project restored and revitalized sections of the Big Wood River, three spring creeks and hundreds of acres of wetlands, located on 4,600 acres of land that had been depleted by decades of cattle grazing, and remains the largest project of this type in Idaho. The Kirk Group is currently focused on private syndications of investment real estate, offering its investors outsized cash returns in minimal risk environments. Kirk is a member of the St. Luke’s Wood River Community Hospital board of directors, the St. Likes Health Systems Audit, Risk and Compliance and External Relations Committee. In addition to his service with Give Hope for Life and St. Luke’s, Kirk is a 20-year member, and past President of the Ketchum/Sun Valley Rotary Club; an elder in the Presbyterian Church of the Big Wood in Ketchum; and a board member of Northrise University Initiative (www.northrise.org), the fundraising arm for Northrise University (www.northriseuniversity.com), the first private university in Zambia. Kirk is an avid fly fisherman and outdoor sportsman. Sources: Linked In, Kirk Group website and Sun Valley Magazine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5daf0f33c6ef27112dfddb3f/1577475134574-2TUCSI1X00PQ0JA5UBSJ/lisa-addeo-plumb.jpg Our Team - Lisa Plumb - Founder Lisa Addeo Plumb grew up in Newport Beach California and graduated from UCLA in 2004, earning a degree in psychology, then to Pepperdine in 2007, to earn her masters in clinical psychology. Lisa worked as a licensed family therapist both in Southern California and Hawaii. Lisa was instrumental developing and overseeing the student sponsorship program for Northrise University, which eventually led her to lend her skills to help the orphans of Mapalo. Lisa, her husband, Andrew, and two young daughters split their time between San Diego and Stanley, Idaho, where they run Silver Creek Funding. https://www.givehopeforlife.org/donate daily 0.75 2020-10-26