New Partnership with YWAM Ships

Hands of Hope Northwest is thrilled to announce a new partnership with Youth with a Mission! YWAM currently works in more than 1,400 locations in over 190 countries. YWAM ships reach the most isolated and disadvantaged islands in the Pacific and in many other remote areas of the world. Hands of Hope NW is able to provide them with many…

Ukraine Shipment on its Way

Thanks to all the men who loaded the container on May 20! Our partner on this shipment is Ukrainian American Operation Humanity which coordinates, arranges, and funds the transportation of humanitarian assistance items to the most vulnerable people of Ukraine, especially those suffering from the devastating effects of the ongoing conflict with Russia. There are many Christians in Ukraine, and we…

Community Equipment Loans Making a Difference

Each month we loan an average of 150 pieces of home health equipment to patients in Southern Idaho. They may be recovering from surgery, have had an accident, or some other health issue. Perhaps they don’t have insurance or, as is the case with bath chairs, Medicare won’t pay for it. Even when they do pay for a very necessary…

Annual Yard Sale June 19-20: Update

We held our annual yard sale in the church parking lot at First Church of the Nazarene, Nampa on Friday and Saturday, June 19-20, 2015. A big thank you to the staff and volunteers who worked hard to help make the sale a great success. We collected $5,720! It was a huge sale this year with lots of décor and collectibles….

Ghana Clinic Shipment Fully Funded

Even though it was a rainy day and road construction made it difficult to get to us, our Idaho Gives Day BBQ was a big success. We served 90 hamburgers and hot dogs and raised $9,658 towards our $15,000 goal of sending a shipment of medical equipment and supplies to Annie’s Clinic in Ghana. That’s 64%! We still needed $5,342 to send a shipment to Africa…

Local News: Stone Lumber / Hope House

Stone Lumber donates materials for crates The Stone Lumber store in Nampa donated building materials to make crates for equipment. George Kilbury (pictured) and Norm Watts build many of the crates which protect the equipment that we send overseas. They recently crated an operating microscope that we sent to a clinic in Jamaica. They also built crates for centrifuges and…

Philippines: Crisis Care Kits / Infant’s life saved

Shipment of Crisis Care Kits goes to the Philippines A container full of Crisis Care Kits was loaded on the truck and sent out in March. There is flooding caused by typhoons every year somewhere in this nation of 7,000 islands, so it is great to have them positioned in country ahead of time. The value of these Crisis Care…

2015 Scholarship Winner: Nicole Wilson

The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Nicole Wilson is the 2015 recipient of the Elizabeth Murtland World Impact Scholarship. Nicole is a student at College of Western Idaho studying to be a Physical Therapy Assistant. Her desire is to encourage people at a difficult time in their lives. Besides her school work and volunteering at Hands of…

Helping street children at Djibouti Clinic

A few weeks ago we got an email that went to all the Technical Exchange for Christian Healthcare (TECH) members. Scott Karstenson asked if anyone had an otoscope/ophthalmoscope that they could donate or sell reasonably for the Caritas Clinic in Djibouti. TECH members donate equipment to each other with the recipient just having to pay postage. We had several that had…