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4 days 18 hours ago

We are jumping back a few weeks to a celebration we don’t want to miss the opportunity to share! 🥰 Earlier this year, our girls and staff celebrated their 2024 awards, where fellow staff members and girls nominate one another for awards such as Love, Integrity, Resourcefulness, Commitment, Humility, and

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1 week 2 days ago

This Friday, we are happy to introduce you to Ayanda Dlamini, our Personal Assistant to the Director AND Case Manager Assistant 🙂 Ayanda has been serving on the Hosea’s Heart staff for 4 years, and her favorite part of working for HH is being able to work in the legal

Hosea's Heart

1 week 4 days ago

Check out the progress being made on our Office Block! Every new development is a cause for CELEBRATION 🎉 For our staff & girls, this office block isn’t just a new building of rooms and offices. For us, this building means: 🌟 a sacred space that provides the privacy and

Hosea's Heart

2 weeks 2 days ago

This Friday, we are excited to introduce you to one of our newest staff members, Bongiwe Mdluli, who joined us this year as our Family Programs Manager 🤩 So far, Bongiwe’s favorite part of working at Hosea’s Heart is “being part of the big family which thrives on building resilient,

Hosea's Heart

2 weeks 4 days ago

On Saturday, Hosea’s Heart was invited to YWEC (Young Women Empowerment Consortium) International Women's Day event! Hosea’s Heart was one of 15 schools chosen to attend the event 😍 According to Director of Programs and Development, Hannah Manders, “Each school got nominate a girl for showing exceptional leadership on campus

Hosea's Heart

3 weeks 2 days ago

It’s FRIDAY! 🤗 Today we are thrilled to introduce you to Melisa Littler, who serves as a Primary School English Teacher at Hosea’s Heart! Melisa first became a part of our staff team in 2021 before going back to school to complete her Bachelor’s Degree, and she has been back

Hosea's Heart

3 weeks 4 days ago

Here we GO! 🎉 This past week, we had our Ground Breaking Ceremony for our Office Block! Director Mary-Kate Martin shares, “We prayed the breaking ground for this office block would be symbolic of breaking up rocky grounds in our own hearts and souls. That the building of this office

Hosea's Heart

1 month 7 hours ago

Happy FRIDAY 🎉 We are excited to once again kick off our Staff Spotlights! Each Friday, we will be introducing you to one of the INCREDIBLE staff members that make up our Hosea’s Heart team 😁 First up: Tjengisile (TJ), who serves as our Case Manager & School Guidance Teacher!

Hosea's Heart

1 month 2 days ago

WOW WOW WOW 🤩 Great Lakes Church, THANK YOU for your partnership! We are incredibly grateful for every prayer & every penny that has gotten us to where we today. Whether it is $1 or $100 or $1,000, we are humbled & grateful for each of YOU who has chosen

Hosea's Heart

1 month 3 days ago

👀 Ground leveling for our OFFICE BLOCK is officially underway! We are so excited to announce that we are now in the process of constructing our Office Building 🎉 and it’s because of YOUR generosity that we were able to move so seamlessly into the next phase of construction, which

Hosea's Heart

1 month 1 week ago

EXCITING NEWS! 🥳 Our family is expanding! Please join us in welcoming “Abigail” to Hosea’s Heart! ❤️ The name “Abigail” means “My Father’s Joy” - and she truly is 🥰 We are overwhelmed with gratefulness that we were able to say YES to bringing Abigail into our family when the

Hosea's Heart

1 month 1 week ago

We have some EXCITING NEWS coming soon 🤭 but first… We want you to know that we continue to celebrate EVERY donation that comes in toward our New Growth goal! Our New Growth Expansion is currently 76.2% funded 🥳 What does that mean? ✅ Family Unit #3: This home is

Hosea's Heart

1 month 2 weeks ago

Happy Valentine’s Day 😍

Here’s your reminder that when you make a donation of ANY amount through Sunday, you will receive a free copy of Director Mary-Kate Martin’s first book: Never Been Kissed! More details below ⬇️

Hosea's Heart

1 month 2 weeks ago

Last month, our girls once again had the special opportunity to participate in a dance camp led by Cameron Cunningham, founder and director of Relevant Rhythms. Cameron, now a familiar face at HH, teaches a variety of dance styles, including jazz, ballet, hip hop, and worship dance! 💃🏽 Cameron is

Hosea's Heart

1 month 2 weeks ago

❤️ We are excited to spread the LOVE this Valentine's Day! When you make a donation of any amount starting TODAY until Sunday 2/16, you will receive a FREE copy of Director Mary-Kate Martin's book: Never Been Kissed 😍 Follow Mary-Kate's journey of discovering worth amidst rejection, purpose amidst singleness,

Hosea's Heart

1 month 3 weeks ago

Shout out to our PHENOMENAL staff team 🤩 Every January, our team spends a week together completing staff training, participating in team-building exercises, and setting goals for the year ahead 🌟 Our Assistant Director, Zitsile, shares that this year’s retreat was “so full of unity as a team.” She also

Hosea's Heart

1 month 4 weeks ago

⌛️ LAST CHANCE to request a Singing Valentine’s Gram, lovingly delivered from our girls to someone you love to make their Valentine’s Day extra special 😍 All you have to do is head to hoseasheart.org/events/ and fill out the "Singing Valentine's Gram" form by the end of the day TODAY

Hosea's Heart

1 month 4 weeks ago

We have another AWESOME team to recognize: a team of nurses from the University of Iowa College of Nursing 🤩 While a new group of student nurses comes each year, we are grateful for the consistent partnership of the University of Iowa College of Nursing over several years now 🤍

Hosea's Heart

2 months 2 days ago

Tax season is upon us! All 2024 Annual Contribution Summaries have been mailed 🌟 If you are on our email list, your Annual Contribution Summary was sent to the email we have on file. If you are not on our email list, your Annual Contribution Summary was sent in the

Hosea's Heart

2 months 4 days ago

1 WEEK REMAINING to request your personalized Singing Valentine's Gram! 🥰 We are so excited to help YOU make Valentine's an extra special day for someone you love this year. You could send a Singing Valentine’s Gram to your spouse, best friend, mom, dad, child… ANYONE you want to share

Hosea's Heart

2 months 6 days ago

With all the busyness of the Christmas season + wrapping up the end of the year, we have a little catch up to play on some WINS from the end of 2024 even though we are now into 2025 🤩 Starting with: a visit from these INCREDIBLE psychologists who came

Hosea's Heart

2 months 1 week ago

Our New Growth Expansion is 75.8% FUNDED, and there are BIG things ahead in 2025 🥳 With the New Year and many new faces in our online community, we want to give a refresh on our New Growth priorities: ✅ Family Unit #3: This home is about to provide 8

Hosea's Heart

2 months 1 week ago

Hi Hosea's Heart Fam! ❤️ After a brief social media hiatus, we are BACK to kick off 2025 with something extra special: Singing Valentine's Grams! 🥰 We know Valentine's Day is still a month away, but we want to help YOU make Valentine's an extra special day for someone you

Hosea's Heart

2 months 4 weeks ago

HAPPY NEW YEAR from all of us at Hosea's Heart 🥳 We are absolutely amazed at what God has accomplished in 2024 and so incredibly humbled by the love & generosity of this community! We are wrapping up 2024 with our New Growth Expansion 75.2% funded! 🎉 This is a

Hosea's Heart

2 months 4 weeks ago

As we wrap up 2024, we want to share 4 HIGHLIGHTS from Director Mary-Kate Martin as she reflects on the incredible wins we experienced as a ministry during this past year 🌟 If you are already receiving our Email Newsletter, you should have received a letter from Mary-Kate last month