Hope for Rural Children and Orphans (HORCO) is a volunteer-based charity registered with the Canada Revenue Agency to carry-out water, sanitation, education and HIV/AIDS awareness projects in developing nations. We have been working in Ethiopia since becoming a charity in 2008. Read about Bob's journey and the founding of HORCO.
Our Mission is to ensure sustainable improvement in the quality of life of marginalized people, particularly among women and children in rural Ethiopia.
HORCO provides financial resources for Board approved projects which are implemented by a registered all-Ethiopian NGO. Our work is done in partnership with rural communities who have requested our help following need - and asset-based, participatory activities with the NGO and district government officials, and who are committed to resource-sharing to accomplish and sustain the work. Simply put: we help Ethiopians meet their own needs.
Ethiopia's need in perspective...
(*UNICEF Sources)
Both HORCO and our affiliated NGO are Christian-based groups registered as humanitarian organizations, and dedicated to sharing the love and compassion that stems from faith in Jesus Christ. We seek to demonstrate Christ's love through our actions.
100% of the project-designated gifts we receive go directly to Ethiopia to help implement the project. This is made possible by donors who contribute directly to our administrative and fund-raising expenses.
We work in concert with local authorities and rural communities, regardless of their religious faith or ethnic origin. Completed projects are turned over to the community after local personnel have been trained and mechanisms have been put in place to maintain and sustain the facilities.
Ms. Muntahasan is mother of 7 children and Chair of the Water Committee. Watch her interview to hear how clean water has changed life in her community.
Download Ms. Sisay's story to read about how life has changed in her community of Riqete Village. A personal story outlining the importance and impact of HORCO’s Work.
Ms. Shewaye is one of the beneficiaries of the new water supply in Goro Buchura Village. Download Ms. Shewaye's story.
Clean Water and Sanitation Promote Sustainable Community and Economic Development
HORCO’s 9th Annual Ethiopian Dinner will be held at Oakridge Presbyterian Church on Oxford Street West in London. Plan to join us for some great Ethiopian food prepared by ENAT Restaurant and the Ethiopian Community of London. Activities during the evening include interviews and updates from Ethiopia, a repeat performance by the amazing London Amabile Treble Training Choir, and an appeal for financial support for the ongoing clean water and sanitation work of HORCO in rural Ethiopia.
Additional details can be found on our 2016 Poster.
Tickets are $20.00 each; table of 6, $120.00; table of 8, $160.00, payable at the door. Email bob@horco.ca to reserve your tickets today.
There are several ways by which you can give to support the work of HORCO Canada in improving the quality of life in rural Ethiopia - but no matter which method you choose 100% of all funds received by HORCO Canada as project-designated gifts (“restricted” donations) go directly to Ethiopia to implement the project. This is made possible by donors who in addition to wanting to support projects, also realize that we will have administrative and fund-raising expenses. Their “unrestricted” gifts to our General Fund help to support the administrative and fund-raising expenses of HORCO Canada.
In addition to the donation options below, we'd love to buy you a coffee and hear about a talent, skill, or idea that you think would benefit the work of HORCO. Send us an email and we'll set something up.
Hope for Rural Children and Orphans (HORCO) is a Registered Corporation of Ontario (#1670425) and a Registered Charity with the Canada Revenue Agency (#82604 0941 RR0001)
HORCO Canada has partnered with CanadaHelps.org to enable you to make secure credit card donations online.
Use the appropriate button below to donate to either the GENERAL FUND or the WATER/SANITATION FUND.
You will receive an official tax receipt for your total gift from CanadaHelps.org.
All donations received through CanadaHelps.org are subject to a 3.5% handling fee (deducted by CanadaHelps), e.g., a gift of $100 will be receipted by CanadaHelps and HORCO will receive $96.50. However, HORCO will assign 100% of your total gift ($100) for project-related expenses in Ethiopia; HORCO’s General Fund will pay the $3.50 as a fund-raising expense.
Please print and complete the donation form, and send this with your check or money order to the address below. Official tax receipts will be issued by HORCO Canada at the end of the year for the total amount donated throughout the year.
HORCO Canada
33 Elvira Cres
London, Ontario
N6E 2N1
For more than 30 years, the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church (EKHC) has been delivering social services in conjunction with spiritual ministries. From the beginning, expressing love by extending a helping hand to the needy was the tradition that distinguished the EKHC. Following the 1973/74 drought and subsequent famine, the church extended the dimension of its social services in collaboration with partners in the country and abroad. Today, as a separate Government-registered NGO, the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church Development Commission has grown both in diversity and coverage. With support from many international development agencies, the focus has shifted, however, from relief and rehabilitation to efforts to bring about sustainable change through development.
EKHCDC’s Integrated Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Program is currently HORCO’s implementation partner in working with rural communities.
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Sansin is a major sponsor of our annual Ethiopian Dinner fund-raiser, “In Celebration of Clean Water”. This allows us to use all ticket revenue as money for support of work in Ethiopia.
Robertson Hall Insurance is an ongoing sponsor of HORCO through support of annual fund-raising efforts.
“A community engaging in God’s mission.”
Hillside is an ongoing supporter of HORCO’s work with rural communities through its global missions program, donations received during its weekly Connection Time, and through support of HORCO’s annual fund-raising activity.
An Ethiopian Church in London committed to supporting the work of HORCO in rural communities through donations and partnership in presenting In Celebration of Clean Water, HORCO’s annual Ethiopian Dinner and fund-raiser.
“Our mission is to provide the healthiest and safest drinking water possible. Our focus is customer satisfaction and value. We do this with honesty, integrity and with the best customer service in the industry.”
Quench is an ongoing sponsor of HORCO through support of annual fund-raising efforts and work with rural communities.
Ethiopians in London support HORCO through fund-raising efforts, particularly through their contribution of injera and their volunteer support for the annual Ethiopian Dinner.
For more information about nurturing hope in rural Ethiopia, feel free to contact us via the information below:
Dagim Almaw
HORCO Canada
33 Elvira Cr.,
London,Ontario
N6E 2N1
Tel: 519 - 681 - 5319
email: info@horco.ca
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