The Widows and Orphan Program

This is the primary purpose of Seeds of Living Hope.

In the Widows and Orphan Program we match a widow* in the church with about 3-5 orphans, (sometimes it is less and sometimes more depending on the amount of orphan and widows in the village) to make family units. 

*Most of the time we match orphans with widow but sometimes we have used widowers or grandparents. The pastors also take in the orphans, they are responsible for finding them homes or taking care of them.
Then within these family units we work on helping the widow learn a trade and supply her with the trade. Sometimes it is seeds to plant and the knowledge they need to do it. We have also done sewing machines, chickens and/or cows. We want to start up a trade school on our Ministry Center land to provide more options for the widow and orphans that graduate but are not able to do college.

For the orphans we buy school supplies and clothing. Then when they graduate we help them with college or help teach them a trade.

We will be focusing on one village a month and work on identifying their needs and then we will use that month’s donations to help with those needs.

To read more about the village of the month go here.

To donate to the program visit our donations page here.

Other Programs

    The Christmas Sponsorship Program

        The Christmas Sponsorship program is part of our Widows and Orphans Program (see above).

        Through the Christmas Sponsorship Program you can sponsor a family unit for Christmas. You will receive a photo of the family you sponsored. It is never too early to sponsor a family.

        With the money you give we buy clothing and school supplies for the orphan. We also provide the whole family with a Christmas meal.

    The Preschool and after school Program Sponsorship Program

        Pastor Erick Oguta’s wife Getrude runs an After School Program at their church. She had also started another Preschool that is still up and going. Some of the children that attend those schools are not able to pay their own way and need help with tuition and supplies. You can sponsor a child in the Preschool Sponsorship Program and with that we will be able to pay the child’s tuition and buy them school supplies.

    Farm Project for Widows

        To get some of the widows and orphans closer to the Ministry Center so they can receive better training, we want to buy land for a farm in the same area. The widows will be able to live on and manage the farm. The profits will be used to feed their families.

        To dontate go to our donation page here.

    Ministry Center/Trade School Project

        The Ministry Center will house Pastor Erick Oguta's office in Tanzania. It will have space where mission groups who are helping can stay.

        The Trade School we want to build will help us train the widows in our program as well as give training to the orphans that graduate in our program but are not able to attend college.

        To donate go to our donation page here.