Our Story
Our Start
What started as a brief mission trip in 2013 has blossomed into people being on mission to see transformation in Zambian communities. From this mission trip Savannah Black and local pastor, Bitwell Njovu, met. From this meeting, the Lord led these two to start a school to educate and share the gospel with orphans and vulnerable children in the city in 2016. In the starting of the school, with $800 raised by a college student, Pastor Bitwell Njovu said these words
“If God is with us, we cannot fail.”
More people got excited about what God was doing in Zambia to reach a vulnerable community, and in 2017, a team of Christians from South Carolina partnered with Bitwell and started a nonprofit.
Hands of Hope was born.
Their purpose was to transform lives through knowing Jesus as a personal savior, quality Christian education, nutrition programs, college programs, and clean water initiatives.
Now
God has blessed Hands of Hope immensely and we have seen rapid growth. Through partnership with believers in Zambia, Hands of Hope now has several areas of ministry opportunities to carry out God’s calling and vision.
200+ orphaned and vulnerable children are receiving an education at Hands of Hope Trust School while learning who God is and what he did for each of us. Kids are seeing a hope for the future. And the community sees a visible expression of God’s love.
Sponsorship of orphaned and vulnerable children means they are receiving daily nutrition, education support monthly, so that they can see a loving Father that meets them right where they are at, and people across the world love and believe in them. Hands of Hope also helps students we have worked with to receive sponsorship for higher education with the intention to work within the ministry.
There are two Hands of Hope church plants in villages that preach the word of God to communities who otherwise wouldn’t have access to the Bible or Church.
