Be A HERO USA Office Box 432 Belgrade, MT 59714 Phone: (406) 595-0679 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
This region has a HIV/AIDS population of over 210,000 with an infection rate of over 12%. Nairobi has a HIV/AIDS population of over 175,000 with an infection rate of over 16%. [2] There are over 730,000 AIDS orphans in Kenya resulting from the HIV/AIDS crisis. According to the U.S.Census Bureau/UNAIDS. UNICEF estimates, the number of Kenyan orphans due to AIDS will increase to 1.5 million by 2010. (2) Kenya has been able to demonstrate a clear tend of decreasing HIV prevalence over the past several years. During the past three years, critical HIV services have been scale up. As a result, general awareness and knowledge for HIV transmission are nearly universal.
City: Ganta, Liberia Project: School - Hope Academy Partner: Hope for the Nations Number of Children: 582 students (currently)
Hope Academy provides education to over 580 impoverished children in a rented facility. Be A HERO has partnered with Hope for the Nations to complete construction of their new, 15 classroom facility that will eventually facilitate education for 1000 children. Another vital component to this Hope Village is Mercy House, which cares for severely malnourished children, feeding and providing medical care until the children regain their health and can return home.
Recurring drought, flooding during rainy seasons with 5 inch plus thick mud that regularly closes roads and makes it virtually impossible to move around, water pollution from urban waste such as sewerage and industrial wastes; degradation of water quality from increased use of pesticides and fertilizers; water hyacinth infestation in Lake Victoria; deforestation; soil erosion; desertification; poaching, just a few of the challenges the Kenyans face each day of their life. To face having to drink water that you can visibly see disease floating in is an everyday reality, a bottle of water is a luxury they can not imagine.
See that justice is done. Defend widows and orphans and help those in need.Isaiah 1:17
What is Be A HERO? Be A HERO is an international charity working to raise up an Army of Heroes for an urgent global crisis – endangered children. We believe that everyone has a dream of doing something significant with his or her life. We connect everyday, ordinary people with opportunities to change the world, in small ways, and in large ways - one child at a time.
Be A HERO is a not-for-profit organisation with a mandate to educate, inspire, equip and facilitate people of all ages to “Be A HERO” to the 1.2 billion children at risk due to poverty, homelessness, child labour, slavery, sexual exploitation, aids and plagues, war and religious persecution.
Who Can Be A HERO? We want to enlist everyone to the mission of mercy and social justice – caring for children suffering as a result of poverty, child labour, slavery, homelessness, sexual exploitation, aids and plagues, and war.
As Mother Theresa said, "We ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean. But the ocean would be less because of that missing drop."
Be A HERO representatives worldwide present the plight of children at risk to hundreds of audiences, large and small, every year, supported by our offices in Canada, USA, Australia, and the Philippines.
Be A HERO provides compassionate people with step-by-step directions on
how to gather those in their sphere of influence and, together,
do something life-saving and life-transforming! Today, many ‘heroes’ all around the world are making a significant difference in the lives of those in crisis by a myriad of positive contributions. Be A Hero will re-ignite the latent desire within every human being to "Be a Hero" in the lives of those who are less fortunate, and create a continuing movement of volunteerism on behalf of those who are dear to the heart of God - the poorest of the poor
From its inception in late 2003 to Dec 2011, BE A HERO has raised and sent out over $8,687,000 USD for building and operating Children’s Homes; Community Centers; refugee housing; vocational, primary and secondary schools; medical clinics; feeding programs; mercy missions, and other projects benefiting children at risk, widows, and refugees.
The 100% Model was set up in response to one of the main obstacles for donors – the percentage of a donation that is retained for administration. Be A HERO (North America) makes it simple – 100% of the funds donated for a project are sent directly to the project, and not one dollar is held back for administration or overhead.
David and Fiona Crawford founded Be A HERO Australia in January, 2006 after hearing Wesley Campbell talk about the plight of children around the world.
Be A HERO Australia PO Box 3172 Victoria Point Qld 4165 Australia
Phone: +61 7 3103 0434 David Crawford: +61 402 137 305 Fiona Crawford: +61 412 335 792 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Wesley and Stacey Campbell, founders of Be A HERO, have a long history of working for mercy and social justice globally, speaking at over 50 conferences a year and traveling to over 50 nations.
Be A HERO Head Office Box 25077 Mission Park Kelowna, BC V1W 3Y7 Phone: (250) 717-1003 Fax: (250) 717-1013 Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
City: Davao, The Philippines Project: Orphanage Partner: Jesus Loves the Little Children Number of Children: 68
Jesus Loves the Little Children was established out of a deep conviction to meet the needs of the orphaned, neglected, abandoned, and/or abused street children in metro Manila. The vision is to rescue hundreds from the streets to be cared for and loved as one's own. JLLC's goal is to establish a children's home that will become self-sustaining through networking, resource mobilization, and micro-enterprise projects.
City: Various - Ghana Project: Libraries Partner: Smile Africa
Be A HERO partnered with Smile Africa to ship a 40’ container to Ghana, containing over 40,000 books, 50 computers, barrels of dehydrated soup mix, and some medical supplies. These goods were distributed to 10 communities to assist them in setting up Public Libraries.
City: Poipet, Cambodia Project: Orphanage Partner: Cambodian Hope Organisation Number of Children: 48
Cambodian Hope Children’s Home will become a place of refuge for orphans, street children and those rescued from the sex trade. A full residential facility is planned including dorms, a school, and a vocational school – a safe home where a bright future can begin.
City: Bujumbura, Burundi Project: Childrens Home Partner: Children Rescued in Burundi (C.R.I.B.) Number of Children: 48
C.R.I.B was founded in 1993 by Christine Chapman, a registered nurse and midwife from Great Britain. She originally went to Burundi to establish a maternity clinic and dispensary. After three years, war broke out, and Chrissy started collecting babies that had been left to die on garbage heaps. C.R.I.B. now cares for 48 children in their own facility which includes a school, and a secondary school run out of rented premises.
City: Uberlandia – Minas Gerais, Brazil Project: School Number of Children: 185 in the first year
By modifying an existing building, and constructing eight new classrooms, 185 children who currently have no access to school will be able to start their studies. 185 children who live in extremely impoverished conditions will be admitted for kindergarten (ages three to five) and first grade (age six). The school will also provide meals and snacks, recreational activities, and adult education in computer, English, and Spanish.
