The French club at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, through the help of junior Erin Uddenberg have sponsored fourth grader Tjhiela Kalnbayi to go school in Kasai. Throughout the 2015-2016 school year, the French Club sold Hope for Kasai wrist bands and pencil cases at Lour...

On Sunday, July 24, we finally set foot in Mpiana! The villages greeted us with an exuberant and joyous welcome. Mass was celebrated under a palm branch covered shelter prepared especially for us. The villagers sang, played instruments, and danced during the Mass, givi...

We were so excited to depart on our annual trip to Kasai!  On July 19, 2016, 4 travelers, 16 large suitcases, 4 backpacks and 4 carry-ons filled to the brim with clothes, medicine, school supplies and the rest of the goodies you all collected made the trek halfway acro...

Erin Uddenberg, a junior at Our Lady of Lourdes Academy in Miami, collected school supplies through the Lourdes Helping Hands Club to be delivered to Kasai on our mission trip. The club collected pens, pencils, erasers, markers, crayons, sharpeners and rulers in a coll...

Sunset Elementary recently hosted its annual World Fair, and much to our delight, the 4th grade class generously donated all proceeds to Hope For Kasai! We are so grateful for the generosity and enthusiasm of the staff and the families of Sunset Elementary. During the...

HFK was invited to give a presentation at Sunset Elementary School earlier this month. The timing was perfect, as Fr. Theo was visiting from Congo and had the opportunity to interact with the children.  We played videos and showed pictures portraying life in Kasai, and...

What an incredible year this has been for Hope For Kasai!  In honor of its 90th year anniversary, St. Theresa School hosted "Walk For Water" to raise funds for our water project in Kasai.  Our goal was to raise $50,000; yet we managed to raise $58,483!  Thanks to your...

This past March, Hope For Kasai was invited to Medellin, Colombia, to introduce our organization to Colegio Gimnasio Los Pinares. After giving the school's faculty and student body an overview of our organization, they  were so eager to help that they established the "...

In June 2013, we began constructing Mpiana's very first maternity ward. During these past few years, we have continued to expand and improve the facility. It now has tiled wals, a maternity bed, clean linens, and 10 brand new beds for mothers to use pre and post birth....

Gulliver Academy, in Miami, Fl, held a clothing drive to benefit the children of Kasai. Parents and school children generously responded to our appeal- THANK YOU! We hope you enjoy the pictures of the children in Kasai receiving the clothes you so generously provided.