Gate of Hope Ministries International

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Give hope that lasts all year.

Your year-end gift helps Gate of Hope keep walking with East African families all year long. Give once, or become one of the 100 Hearts of Hope giving every month.

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Founded in 1995 ECFA accredited Registered 501(c)(3)

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100 Hearts of Hope

One hundred people. One steady promise.

Become one of the 100 Hearts of Hope, a community of monthly givers whose steady support keeps the work going all year.

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The Wall of Hearts

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One hundred people giving every month keeps the work steady all year. Add yours.

Who we are

Inspiring hope.
Transforming lives.

For three decades, Gate of Hope has stood with East African families as they build the life they came for, known and supported every step of the way. We encourage, we empower, and we educate, all of it in the name of Christ.

Get to know us

Meet the founders

Rev. Jean de Dieu Nzeyimana and Dr. Pauline Mukeshimana founded Gate of Hope and still lead it today. A few minutes with them tells you everything.

An introduction from the founders

Where we serve

From Louisville to Rwanda.

We operate in two places: Louisville, Kentucky, and Rwanda. The families we welcome in Louisville come from across East Africa.

Louisville, Kentucky

This is where East African families find their footing, settle in, and build the life they came for. The new neighbors we welcome come from Burundi, Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.

US programs

Rwanda

In Rwanda, we walk alongside families in rural communities through four areas of work: Christian counseling and pastoral care, economic empowerment, children's tuition and health coverage, and community seminars.

Rwanda programs

In their words

Stories worth telling.

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Before joining the farm, I was depressed and lonely. I was always sick in my body and no medicine worked. After I started farming, I became alive again. Today I laugh with my family and I am not sick anymore.

J.K., Gosheni Farmer

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Gate of Hope has allowed me and my children to adapt and love our new home in America. It has helped us to succeed. When we first came, we felt like orphans. Everything was different and difficult. We did not know the language nor did we have the resources and skills necessary to live here. Gate of Hope changed it all.

M.A., single mother

Young women in the Tabara mentorship program

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When I joined Tabara I was shy and unsure of myself. My mentor saw more in me than I saw in myself, and she stayed. Now I believe I can do big things, and one day I want to be that person for another girl.

A student in Tabara, our mentorship program for girls

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At Himbaza I made friends. We sing together, we play, and we learn about God.

A child in Himbaza, our children's program

The wider view

We’re part of something bigger.

What welcome looks like: in the words of those who study it, and in the work happening right now in Louisville and Rwanda.

Refugees bring productivity to their host countries. They help enrich their local communities, creating a cultural diversity within the local population and helping nurture understanding and appreciation for social diversity.

Once a month we get together online to talk about the work and the people behind it. You'll hear stories firsthand, meet others who care, and find real ways to pitch in, whether through volunteering, a church partnership, or simply showing up. Come as you are. There's room for everyone.

Second Thursday of every month, 12:00 noon

Google Meet ID: tip-tecq-bih

Learn more

Gate of Hope Connects: join the conversation, second Thursday of every month at noon

Walk With Us

Inspiring Hope. Transforming Lives.

Gate of Hope Ministries International is a Christian nonprofit in Louisville, Kentucky and Rwanda, founded in 1995. Through Christ, Gate of Hope encourages, empowers, and educates East African families for a better future.

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Contact

P.O. Box 6481
Louisville, KY 40206

(502) 513-4673
or (502) 513-HOPE

[email protected]

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Your gift keeps this work going, in Kentucky and in Rwanda.

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Give hope that lasts all year.

One hundred people. One steady promise.

The Wall of Hearts

Inspiring hope. Transforming lives.

Louisville, Kentucky

Rwanda

Stories worth telling.

We’re part of something bigger.

Gosheni

Economic Empowerment

Tabara

Children’s Education

Himbaza

Community Seminars

Humura

Christian Counseling

Integrating New Neighbors

Come find out what this is really about.

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Inspiring hope.
Transforming lives.