Advanced Education/Vocational Training
Tanzania & KEnya

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Dreams come true for our high school graduates pursuing university education or skilled vocational training.

Rescue, Care, and Empowerment

A vulnerable child coming to HopeCo to escape the clutches of poverty still has dreams. And we’re committed to helping them pursue their goals for a bright, hope-filled future – ensuring they are valued and will be well-cared for. Following high school graduation, we support and encourage their choice to go on to university, or pursue a skilled vocational trade. Either choice, we are committed to helping launch them into a successful future.
Advanced Education

Education is and has always been a priority with HopeCo to break the cycle of poverty these children have only known. For the past 10+ years, high school graduates have been enrolling in university/college in Tanzania and the US pursuing majors like accounting, business management, nursing, teaching, graphic design, and more. HopeCo is committed to covering the high costs of advanced education so these young adults can finish well, resulting in transformed lives…flourishing communities.
Vocational Training

We are developing this program to provide our high school graduates with essential life and work skills through a dual approach, combining apprenticeship training and formal vocational education. Vocational training (mechanics, carpentry, welding, etc.) is best learned hands-on alongside programs at vocational training centers and polytechnics. This comprehensive training caters to diverse learning styles, empowering graduates to thrive personally and professionally to build better futures for themselves and their families.

From City of Hope to a Life Designed by Faith

Emanuel Mogaya was nine years old, and one of the first boys who came to live in our Residential Children’s Home at City of Hope in Tanzania when it opened in 2009. We don’t have many details of his back story that we can share, but God was already at work in his life. Emanuel thrived at City of Hope and began to dream about a hopeful future.

He was in the first group of young children to receive full scholarships to Mountain Mission School (MMS) in Virginia so they could continue their secondary education, uninterrupted. (Dr. John Chacha, the Founder of HopeCo, had died unexpectedly, and City of Hope had not yet built a secondary school.) Without these scholarships, their education would have been delayed indefinitely.

Following graduation from MMS, Emanuel enrolled at Milligan University in Tennessee with a double major in Graphic Design/Interactive Media Design. He was on the Dean’s List all four years and graduated in May of 2024.Emmanuel shares,

“I hadn’t planned on majoring in Interactive Media Design, but God knew I would need that skill for my current job.”

Today, Emanuel is working full-time as a U/X (User Experience) Graphic Designer. His primary responsibility is using his interactive design skills for the web development team – showing what the website will do and what it looks like. He also works with new and existing clients, identifying their visual identity needs and designing a whole suite (logo, colors, brand guidelines, different variants, etc.) to support that.

Looking back, Emanuel is grateful to God for all he learned at City of Hope that has prepared him for where he is today. His encouragement to the younger children,