In Uganda there are special names designated for twins. For girls, the older twin is named ‘Babirye’ and the younger twin is named ‘Nakato.’ They are given this special ‘twin’ name in addition to their own first name. HALO supports 2 twin girls in Uganda. Babirye Harriet and Nakato Alice. I met the twins 2 years ago and got …
I don’t want to go to jail
Every day we see youth who have been in such a sad place, they are not able to even think about what their goals might be. I am not in that place. If you are reading this blog, most likely you are not in that place. The fact that we have so many resources at our fingertips everyday should bring …
Just keep going
The HALO Center is honored to turn it’s blog writing pen over to HALO Center youth, Esther… “Hey everyone, my name is Esther Mayobo. The names Esther means start in Persian and to Christians it is the name of a queen in the bible who saved thousands of people from being killed. To me my name means hard working, creative, loving, …
Please help me say yes.
Every week I receive scholarship applications from deserving HALO youth from around the world. These youth have grown up in our homes, receiving basic needs and a lot of care. The big question comes when the kids get older and are ready to move from secondary school into college or vocational training. What next? Before HALO, most of these kids …
So that we have something
At our strategic planning meeting last week our Program Director, Lacy Voight, read the letter below from one of our HALO youth. That night 13 hard working volunteers heard Lacy read the letter. They each went on to share a bit about why they started h…
HALO Mission Video
HALO’s most recent mission video. Thank you Josh Fry and Ambitious Pixels for volunteering your services to this project!
8 years old with many layers

Resilience
I took a hiatus from my posting as I have been reveling in the new addition to our family, Klaebel James Welsh. We adopted him 9 weeks ago and are thrilled to have him with us every minute.Motherhood has shifted my paradigm quite a bit. I have always h…