Hi everyone! I first heard about Hope Speaks through a friend nearly 4 years ago. Since then, every year I have emailed the Volunteer Coordinator asking for details about the trips. But every year I let the fear of the unknown stop me from applying. This year I finally finished graduate school and had everything lined up for a job. This job, however, only offered 10 PTO days per year. So again, I had an excuse for why I couldn't apply to go on a trip. BUT GOD, intervened and made a way. Through a turn of events, the week I was supposed to start my job, it fell through and I was frantically searching for a new job. God provided and I was hired the next day by a local school district. The moment I found out, God brought to mind Hope Speaks again. It immediately dawned on me that working for a school meant one thing - summers off. God had made a way. I could not be more excited to walk towards this opportunity in obedience with a heart full of joy and gratitude. To Him who is able!!!

Hope Speaks is a nonprofit based in Kampala, Uganda. Their mission is to inspire hope and raise voices of people with disabilities through speech therapy, advocacy, education, and social services. In Uganda, 1 in 7 children are living with a disability. Hope Speaks' main focus is on making speech, language, and feeding therapy accessible for hundreds of children. In therapy, they help children learn to communicate their wants, needs, and ideas, build social skills, and swallow safely, as well as empower and educate families and communities about disabilities and available resources to help people of all abilities reach their fullest potential.  

Many of Hope Speaks' volunteers are Speech-Language Pathology grad students, as well as SLP professionals. Through volunteer partnerships, Hope Speaks strives to build the capacity of Ugandan therapists through training and mentoring. 

Hope Speaks has gone beyond that and also includes hosting other groups who help with projects, food for families, respite care, children's day camps, and serving in the slums.

Every donation is important and will enable me to be present and help children with disabilities to find their voices. Would you kindly consider making a donation? Also, I would appreciate your willingness to share this with others who may want to participate.

Thank you so much for being a part of my life and helping me accomplish something that's important to all of us! God bless you!