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By: Aubony Chalfant, LCPC HALO’s Mission stands for much more than the physical and mental well-being of children. Human Trafficking is a tragic but real issue that even we have to confront. Our focus is housing, healing, and education for homeless and at-risk children locally and worldwide. Unfortunately, this population is more at risk for human trafficking due to the …
The US sports’ world is not the only one ablaze with basketball fever. Our boys in the Timau home in Kenya have fallen in love with the sport. With a bit of ingenuity and passion for the game, they’ve found creative ways to play! Here is their awesome story: The boys at the Timau Home have a new found love …
Jefferson City Magazine caught up with the residents and house moms of the HALO Home one year after opening our doors. The HALO Home is a two-year transitional living program providing a safe haven for homeless teens and their babies. We focus on “developing strong, confident women in a safe, warm, and supportive environment.” We teach our residents everything from …
“These kids bring me eternal joy. One of the happiest moments I have as a social worker for HALO was when I was able to get three siblings from where they were staying and bring them to the Baraka Home. They had no food to eat, no water to drink, and no smiles on their faces. When I arrived at …
Many HALO members and graduates attend Uganda’s Ekitangaala Transformation High School, a school that seeks to curate a rising generation of leaders and change seekers. I had the opportunity to visit their school and join in the classroom conversation encompassing the topic of “integrity.” I saw a group of dedicated, inspiring, and humble individuals who attentively and genuinely sought to …
Sharifa Nansamba has been living in the Mengo home supported by HALO since 2008. Her two parents separated while Sharifa was very little and she was not able to continue living with her mom. After their separation, her dad remarried and Sharifa’s new stepmom abused her and denied her the opportunity to attend school. She spent two years out of …
Meet Molly. Before the children in the homes are taken back to their families, reconciliation between the children and their home communities needs to occur. After children are resettled, contact is kept so that we know how they are doing. We call, and we visit. Molly is our Resettlement Coordinator. She loves, gives hope and encouragement to our children as …
“My dream home feels like an actual family. I haven’t grown up with a so called family. I’ve grown up with no one eating dinner together, we all go to our rooms, arguing, no family time, my dad’s always at work. My stepmom is always on her phone. My little brother is the number one priority. My older brother doesn’t …
Joseph has been part of the HALO Makerere Home for one year. Before joining the HALO family, Joseph was living on the streets of Kampala after walking nearly three hundred miles from his home village. After …
Nakato tells us how HALO helped change her life… “The time I came in the home I used to be a very bad person. I used to behave in a weird manner. To an extent people couldn’t even tolerate me. Not even my mom could tolerate my character. There were a lot of things she used to say. She would even speak …
