After heavy rains worsened the condition of a fragile mud house in Mombasa, a widow and her children found themselves facing the loss of their home. With support from the HOPE Project, what began as collapse became a fresh beginning on solid ground.
When tragedy left Lucy a widow with three children, no income, and eventually homeless, hope seemed out of reach. But through the compassionate outreach of missioner Rich Tarro and the HOPE Project, her family found support—food, school fees, and most of all, dignity. Rich shares how mission is less about solving the world’s problems and more about meeting Jesus in others and bringing light to those walking in darkness.
When a mother of six lost her husband and her children’s future, grace showed up in the form of schooling, solar light, and the simple joy of a bed. Maryknoll lay missioner Rich Tarro shares the story of Mwanahamisi, whose resilience and faith shines through hardship, and whose children are now dreaming again.
As the Catholic Church celebrates the Jubilee Year of Hope, the HOPE Project embodies its spirit—transforming the lives of orphans and vulnerable children through education, care, and opportunity.
“Divinity is always where one least expects to find it,” wrote Fulton Sheen. And so it is for missioner Rich Tarro in his ministry work in Kenya, where he discovers Christ again and again in the children, women, and men that HOPE project serves.
Missioner Rich Tarro and the HOPE Project help provide students and their families in Kenya with adequate shelter as well as beds and mattresses.
Rich Tarro recounts the obstacles and struggles for one Kenyan family — and how HOPE Project is helping.
Now in their ninth year as lay missioners in El Salvador, Melissa and Pete Altman are shifting their ministry focus,
A new missioner’s reflection on dignified housing and the value of hope he had taken for granted.
Supporting the education of HOPE Project’s children also means supporting their families in their everyday struggles.
Returned missioner family started Catholic Worker community in Virginia
