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CHILDRENS HERITAGE FOUNDATION

AZ · EIN 300352399 · $305K rev · operational · www.childrensheritagefoundation.org
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CHILDRENS HERITAGE FOUNDATION is an operational nonprofit that works to alleviate poverty and suffering in children and communities in Uganda and Haiti. They focus on providing education, food, healthcare, and vocational training through child sponsorship, community development projects, and mission trips.

activities · 33

what they do

direct service · 30
  • Agricultural Development Integrated Village Development
    Purchases land for farming and educates students in farming practices to grow food for schools and homes in Wakiso Village, Uganda.
  • Agricultural Development and Land Acquisition Integrated Village Development
    Purchased nearly 300 acres of land for farming, including farmland in Wakiso Village and adjoining property used for student training in farming practices and food production for schools and homes.
  • Child Sponsorship Program Children's Education Sponsorship
    Operates a child sponsorship program that provides individual children with food, clothing, education, medical care, safe housing, and relational care in Haiti and Uganda. The program has sponsored over 350 children and facilitates communication between sponsors and children.
  • Child Sponsorship Program Children's Education Sponsorship
    Provides individual children in Haiti and Uganda with education, daily meals, healthcare, safe housing, and relational care through a monthly sponsorship model. The program has sponsored over 350 children and has operated for nearly 10 years, facilitating communication between sponsors and children as well as sponsor trips to meet them.
  • Child Sponsorship Program Children's Education Sponsorship
    Provides individual children with food, clothing, education, and medical care through a monthly sponsorship program, supporting over 350 children to attend school, receive daily meals, sleep in safe housing, and experience relational care. This program also facilitates communication between sponsors and children.
  • Community Development and Recreation Integrated Village Development
    Engages in broader community development projects, including purchasing nearly 300 acres of land for farming, clearing and installing playgrounds and sports courts (soccer field, basketball court) in Guru Guru and Wakiso Villages, and providing land for educating students in farming practices.
  • Community Development and Recreation Facilities Integrated Village Development
    Develops community infrastructure including clearing soccer fields, installing playgrounds in Guru Guru and Wakiso Villages, and constructing basketball courts, along with purchasing farmland for educational and food production purposes.
  • Community Engagement and Enrichment Programs
    Hosts an annual conference for adults and youth, organizes an annual beach trip for 100 children each spring, and provides volunteer opportunities such as translating children's interviews.
  • Community Infrastructure Development
    Develops essential community infrastructure in Haiti and Uganda, including constructing clean water wells/water purification systems, clearing soccer fields, installing playgrounds, and building basketball courts.
  • Responded to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti by focusing efforts on the Good Rest Home orphanage in Croix-des-Bouquets, which had its church and school destroyed.
  • Educational Infrastructure Development International School Operations & Construction
    Constructs and operates schools and educational facilities in Haiti and Uganda. This includes building a boarding school in Uganda, rebuilding a primary school at Good Rest Home in Haiti, constructing a primary school in Guru Guru Village (educating over 400 children), and completing a primary school in Wakiso Village (serving over 300 students). The organization also built a library in Haiti and dormitories for vulnerable girls in Guru Guru Village.
  • Educational Infrastructure Development International School Operations & Construction
    Constructs and operates schools and educational facilities in Uganda and Haiti, including a boarding school in Uganda, a primary school in Guru Guru Village, and a primary school in Wakiso Village. This includes building classrooms, libraries, and providing access to education for over 400 village children.
  • Educational Infrastructure and Provision International School Operations & Construction
    Constructs and operates schools, including a boarding school in Uganda, a primary school in Guru Guru Village, and Nations' Changers Christian School in Wakiso Village, educating over 700 children. The organization also builds libraries and provides daily meals to students.
  • Responded to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti by focusing efforts on rebuilding the Good Rest Home orphanage, including its church and school, which were destroyed.
  • International Volunteer and Mission Trips International Volunteer & Humanitarian Trips to Mexico
    Facilitates annual trips for sponsors, volunteers, and travelers—over 150 people each year—to Uganda and Haiti to serve children, distribute supplies, and participate in construction and educational activities. Includes medical mission trips and youth volunteer teams.
  • Mission and Volunteer Travel Facilitation International Volunteer & Humanitarian Trips to Mexico
    Facilitates travel for over 150 people annually to participate in overseas work, including medical mission trips, sponsor trips to meet sponsored children, and teams of high school students for community engagement in Haiti and Uganda.
  • Orphanage and Child Housing Rebuilding Residential Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
    Rebuilding the Good Rest Home orphanage in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, for approximately 100 children, including constructing dormitories, bathrooms, a playground, and rebuilding the church and school. Also opened a two-building dormitory for vulnerable girls in Guru Guru Village.
  • Orphanage and Children's Home Construction and Operation Residential Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
    Rebuilds and operates orphanages and children's homes, such as the Good Rest Home in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, for approximately 100 orphaned children. This includes building dormitories, bathrooms, and other facilities to provide safe housing and care.
  • Orphanage and Children's Home Construction and Operation Residential Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
    Rebuilds and operates orphanages and children's homes, such as the Good Rest Home in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, and three children's homes in Wakiso Village, Uganda, providing shelter and care for vulnerable children.
  • Orphanage and Children's Home Operations Residential Care for Orphaned and Vulnerable Children
    Rebuilds and operates orphanages and children's homes, such as rebuilding the Good Rest Home orphanage in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, for approximately 100 orphaned children. It also constructs and operates children's homes in Wakiso Village, each designed to care for up to 15 children.
  • School and Infrastructure Construction International School Operations & Construction
    Builds and operates schools, dormitories, children's homes, libraries, and water systems in Uganda and Haiti. Projects include constructing 5 schools, a boarding school, dormitories, a library, 3 children's homes, and multiple classroom expansions, serving over 400 children in Guru Guru Village alone.
  • Vocational Training and Economic Development Women's Sewing & Vocational Training
    Provides vocational skills and business training to young men and women in Haiti and Uganda, including an 18-month vocational sewing program. It also supports program graduates in launching small businesses and partners with local entrepreneurs in various fields to disrupt cycles of poverty.
  • Vocational Training and Economic Development Women's Sewing & Vocational Training
    Offers vocational skills and business training to young men and women in Haiti and Uganda, including an 18-month vocational sewing program (Threads of Hope) where students produce goods. The organization also partners with local entrepreneurs in various fields and reinvests product sales revenue to support economic development.
  • Vocational Training and Economic Development Women's Sewing & Vocational Training
    Provides vocational skills and business training to young men and women in Haiti and Uganda, including an 18-month vocational sewing program (Threads of Hope) that produces goods whose sales revenue is reinvested into the program. It also supports graduates in launching small businesses and partners with local entrepreneurs in various trades.
  • Vocational and Skills Training Programs Women's Sewing & Vocational Training
    Offers vocational training in sewing, construction, English, computers, farming, and other work skills to young men and women in Haiti and Uganda through programs like an 18-month sewing course that produces purses, aprons, and school uniforms. Also includes training in tailoring, welding, masonry, and woodworking.
  • Volunteer and Mission Trip Facilitation International Volunteer & Humanitarian Trips to Mexico
    Facilitates travel for over 150 people annually to participate in overseas work, including medical mission trips and sponsor trips to meet sponsored children in Haiti and Uganda, and organizes teams for specific projects.
  • Volunteer and Mission Trip Facilitation International Volunteer & Humanitarian Trips to Mexico
    Facilitates travel for over 150 people each year to participate in overseas work, including medical mission trips and sponsor trips to meet sponsored children in Uganda and Haiti. This also includes organizing teams for specific projects and providing volunteer opportunities.
  • Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Clean Water Access Initiatives
    Constructs and installs clean water wells and water purification systems in communities, including five wells and a fresh water well in Wakiso Village, to improve access to clean water.
  • Water and Sanitation Infrastructure Clean Water Access Initiatives
    Constructs and installs clean water wells and water purification systems in communities in Haiti and Uganda, including 5 wells/systems in total, and a fresh water well in Wakiso Village.
  • Water, Sanitation, and Community Facilities Development
    Constructs clean water wells and water purification systems, including completed wells in Wakiso and Guru Guru Villages. Builds community facilities such as playgrounds, basketball courts, soccer fields, and covered areas for meals and homework.
capacity building · 3
  • Economic Development and Entrepreneurship Support Women's Sewing & Vocational Training
    Partners with local entrepreneurs in coffee farming, safari tours, woodworking, welding, masonry, construction, and tailoring. Reinvests 100% of product sales revenue into the Threads of Hope program to support economic development. Supports program graduates in launching small businesses in their communities.
  • Local Staff Employment and Leadership Development
    Employs local staff in Uganda, including individuals who began as volunteers, to lead and sustain programs, ensuring community ownership and long-term impact.
  • Supports graduates of its vocational programs in launching small businesses within their communities.
strategies · 21

how they think

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named programs · 6

what they call their work

Child Sponsorship
Connects sponsors with specific children to provide food, clothing, education, and medical care for $35 a month.
Good Rest Home + School
Rebuilding and supporting an orphanage and school in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti, providing dormitories, bathrooms, a library, and educational and recreational activities for 60 children.
Guru Guru Village Project
Community development in Northern Uganda including building a primary school, playground, and dormitory for vulnerable girls, and clearing a soccer field.
Mission Trips
Organized trips for individuals to volunteer on construction projects, interact with children, and support long-term development efforts in Haiti and Uganda.
Nation's Changers School
Community development in Wakiso Village, Uganda, including building a primary school, children's homes, fresh water well, playground, basketball court, and purchasing farmland for educational farming practices.
Threads of Hope
Vocational training program in Haiti and Uganda teaching sewing and business practices to young men and women to break the cycle of poverty. Products are sold to generate income for students and the program.
relationships · 8

who they work with

  • Ali Partner — Co-leader and partner in leading the organization
  • Cammie Partner — Individual who provided financial and emotional support to a CHF social worker in Uganda.
  • Godwin Partner — Project partner in Wakiso Village
  • Good Rest Home Partner — An orphanage in Haiti that is the focus of the organization's projects and funding.
  • Good Rest Home Partner — Ongoing partnership to rebuild an orphanage in Croix-des-Bouquets, Haiti.
  • Good Rest Home Partner — Students in the Threads of Hope program sew school uniforms for children at Good Rest Home.
  • Pastor Hibu Partner — Project partner in Guru Guru, Uganda.
  • local ministries Partner — Partners with local ministries in Mukono, Wakiso Village, and Gulu, Uganda to provide various services.