28 Mar 2014 Fund-Raising Updates
March was a big month for A Spring of Hope. Not only did we hold our first annual gala, The Power of Hope, on March 21, 2014 , we also...
05 Mar 2014 March Newsletter
A Spring of Hope, a South Florida foundation since 2007, is pleased to present their first annual Gala, “The Power of Hope.” The festivities will take place at the Seagate...
24 Feb 2014 Press Release – A Spring of Hope, “The Power of Hope” Gala
A Spring of Hope, a South Florida foundation since 2007, is pleased to present their first annual Gala, “The Power of Hope.” The festivities will take place at the Seagate...
17 Feb 2014 Maranatha Christmas
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A Spring of Hope's Schools Liason, Sarah Berg, who lives in South Africa, visited the Maranatha Creche for Christmas. There was fun and presents and cupcakes for everyone, purchased for...
21 Jan 2014 Maranatha Creche Gets a New Playground
Our current project is to drill a bore hole at the Maranatha Creche. Located in a rural area outside Acornhoek in Mpumalanga, the creche currently looks after approximately 75 children...
16 Jan 2014 Special Guest Post
This is a special post-holiday season blog post from our volunteer, Emily Cupo, at Souderton Area High School in Harleysville, Pennsylvania USA. When I initially reached out to A Spring of...
03 Aug 2013 The Girls are Back in Town
In the Shangaan communities, young girls and boys are often sent to "bush schools," to undergo a highly-regarded rite of passage into womanhood and manhood. The initiates disappear into the...
22 Jul 2013 What’s Development Anyway?
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Everyone talks about development. Sometimes changes that look like development are not development at all, and what people say is development isn’t either. In the 8 years I have come...
17 Jul 2013 On the Ground, at the Schools
The last time I talked to Lynette was over a text message on a Philadelphia subway. I had told her I’d be coming to South Africa, but I didn’t give...
14 May 2013 ASOH Secures Support from GlobalGiving!
After competing in GlobalGiving's Global Open Challenge, A Spring of Hope was able to garner $5,000 in donations from 40 supporters in under 3 weeks. In fact, we far exceeded...