Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Success Story”
This year, we were so excited to celebrate five high school graduates. These students have persevered through challenging classes while balancing their personal life. HALO volunteers, donors, and supporters work together to teach HALO youth the importance of education and the impact it will have on their futures. We all remember our graduation and the feeling of accomplishment we shared …
Success stories are a way for us to highlight the accomplishments of our youth and how they have defied the odds. Meet John, Margaret, Sophia, Christine, Consolota, and Christine from Kenya.After facing a series of challenges, John was rescued in Nanyuki and placed in a transition home. He began persevering through his obstacles by investing in himself and his education. …
Juma is a 22-year-old who lives in Lungujja. He lost his parents at a very young age causing him to grow up on his own and miss out on formal education. He developed amazing musical talents at a young age and found his love for drumming. This love of drumming got him a job as a musical instrumentalist playing for …
Kelvin came to our Timau home in Kenya when he was just a little boy. His mother had died of TB, and he and his little brother had nowhere to go. He approached HALO Founder Rebecca Welsh, begging for a place to stay. The Timau home was at capacity and short on funding, and not in a place to take …
HALO experienced a beautiful moment this week, fueling our motivation in all that we do in our day-to-day work: Noah came to HALO two years ago with reStart’s Youth Emergency Shelter. He was a quiet and nervous youth. Everyone loved Noah from the start because he’s so easy to love – smart, funny, sweet, polite. He left reStart to go to JobCorps, but …
