Hope Arising
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Hope Arising strengthens families to support and care for children orphaned or made vulnerable by disease, war, natural disaster and extreme poverty.
06/09/2026
Meet Noel. For five years she has been building a school in Narok, Kenya — in a Maasai community where girls have had no secondary school options. Until now.
Naitore School opens in January 2027. It will be completely self-sustaining. A water filtration system sells purified water to fund teacher salaries, uniforms, meals, and supplies. A garden feeds the students and generates income. Greenhouses are coming. And not one girl will pay a school fee.
This trip, we painted the science lab, planted trees, watched the water filtration system get installed, and stood in a room that is almost ready for its first students.
We didn’t build this. Noel did. We just showed up — and so did a donor family who flew here, funded the filtration system, and handed their kids a shovel.
That’s what this looks like when it’s working.
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In our business training, we talk about the 6 P’s (or principles) of business. One of them is Community.
The idea is simple: once you learn something of value, you don’t keep it. You turn around and give it away, sharing the knowledge with the community.
When one woman learns it, the whole community feels it.
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06/04/2026
She didn’t come looking for help. She came looking for her people.
06/02/2026
They sat together and they built together — in the same week, for the same reason. So that the next generation has somewhere to go.
This is the Naitore community in Narok, Kenya. Women getting their first introduction to our Master of Business in the Streets (MBS) training while their husbands painted classrooms and planted trees. No invoice, just showing up for Noel and the girls who will walk through that gate in January 2027.
This is what it looks like when a community decides something belongs to them.
We’re just getting started here.
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Chop the wood. Light the fire. Pour the batter. Flip the injera.
Sounds simple. It is not.
“It’s like a modern art. An abstract art.”
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05/26/2026
These are some of the women we had the privilege of meeting in Ethiopia. Injera bakers, shop owners, craftswomen, spice sellers. Each of them came to us with a business already in motion. Our role: provide the training and a microloan through our revolving fund. When they pay it back, the next woman moves forward. The cycle continues.
98% repayment rate. 64% average income increase. This is what partnership looks like.
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05/23/2026
This is what showing up looks like.
The Hope Arising primary school in Dera, Ethiopia. March 2026.
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Some places stay with you.
A primary school in Dera, Ethiopia. The welcome. The classroom. The donations. The cheer at the end that we didn’t plan but nobody wanted to stop.
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05/20/2026
We showed up with soccer balls and jerseys. They showed up with this.
A PE class, a little friendly showing off, and one very impressive human pyramid.
Dera secondary school, Ethiopia.
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05/19/2026
In March we spent four days in Dera, Ethiopia. Swipe to see what we walked away with.
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