How did HOH start?

Home of Hope was started in 1982 with Bob & Kay Hoover with a "Boys Home of Hope" in India. It is an orphanage helping approximately 60 boys.

Bob Hoover was a mentor of Brian Thomson.

Brian was invited to a church in Rwanda in December 2006. On this trip, he learned of the 1994 genocide that killed over one million people. 300,000 of this number was children, leaving 200,000 orphans.

Brian was introduced to a family of four children whose mother was in the hospital with AIDS. The oldest sister was caring for the family and majorly struggling.

"The moment I was exposed to the needs of Africa, I had to do something."

With the permission of Bob Hoover, Brian started Home of Hope and is helping over 1500 children through sponsorship, feeding programs, school fees, building churches and homes, and more.

In 2009, Bob Hoover passed away and his wife, Kay, asked Brian to take over the Home of Hope India.

Brian Thomson - HOH Director Daniel Bushebi, a long term friend of Brian, invited him and Home of Hope to come to Nairobi, Kenya. Shortly after, in April 2010, desperate child were being helped in the slums of Nairobi with Home of Hope Kenya. There is a 30-acre dump in Nairobi, Kenya where an estimated 20 babies are being thrown away on a monthly basis. To help solve this problem, the Dream Centre (named after the Los Angeles Dream Center with permission) was started in order to care for rescued babies. From February 2011 to December 2011, 26 babies have been rescued and have full care at the Dream Centre.

HOH is helping over 1500 children each month and has a goal of 10,000 children!

**Brian raises his salary from separate givers and sponsors so that none of his salary comes from Home of Hope donations.

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