[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1613684654288{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}”][vc_column width=”4/5″ css=”.vc_custom_1613684631013{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1613684587688{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647447865987{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”]In a small Namibian, Africa town, Jos and Sylvia Holtzhausen faced a burdening dilemma. Should they continue confidently serving Youth for Christ Namibia, reaching hundreds of west African youths at the large center they had established; or confront the troubling reality of HIV and AIDS they were witnessing first hand and the children left behind in its wake?[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9654″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647448010852{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”]Sylvia was reading the book, “Get Out of the Boat”, about the parable of Peter stepping out of the boat by faith to walk on the water toward Jesus. They had many years of effective service and were comfortable and fruitful with Youth for Christ, yet they felt the call to get out of the boat they knew, to launch a ministry that focused on HIV and AIDS affected children and families. In answer to that call, they established Christ’s Hope International in 2003.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9651″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647448031932{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”]Since 2003, Christ’s Hope has grown from serving in one country, to seven. Today we serve over 2,000 AIDS affected orphaned and vulnerable children. Helping these children remain in families through our Ministry CarePoint model, which provides support physically, academically, emotionally, spiritually, and socially.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”9652″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1647448054684{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-right: 5px !important;margin-bottom: 5px !important;margin-left: 5px !important;padding-top: 5px !important;padding-right: 5px !important;padding-bottom: 5px !important;padding-left: 5px !important;}”]Christ’s Hope International empowers orphaned and vulnerable children to break the cycles of extreme poverty, AIDS, and spiritual brokenness through family-based care and discipleship in Jesus Christ. We are so thankful to announce that through Christ’s Hope’s program, 2,000 children are being cared for in 41 CarePoints across Africa![/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1613682837846{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1613684681867{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}”][vc_raw_html css=”.vc_custom_1613749043722{margin: 5px !important;padding: 5px !important;border: 5px initial !important;}”]JTVCRElTUExBWV9VTFRJTUFURV9TT0NJQUxfSUNPTlMlNUQ=[/vc_raw_html][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1613684957605{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}”][vc_column_inner css=”.vc_custom_1613684975719{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;border: 0px initial !important;}”][vc_cta h2=”Find out more about our history by clicking the link below!”]Click here to see more children in need of a Child Sponsor to help care for them and encourage them forward into adulthood![/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/5″ offset=”vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs”][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”sidebar-1″][/vc_column][/vc_row]