House of Grace and Hope

Why help older kids?

Generally, the majority of orphan children fall into crime or prostitution and or drug and alcohol abuse after they move to life in the outside world - an extremely vulnerable period for these children! The Harrisons are meeting a huge and mostly ignored need in this period of the children\'s lives. They help develop life-skills and set many of these children on a path filled with hope and a future instead of hopelessness and despair.

“House of Grace and Hope” Today

The Harrisons call their house “House of Grace and Hope” because they believe if they meet the kids where they are at - without judgment – by meeting the children\'s physical, emotional, spiritual and cognitive needs during this critical period in their lives. Through education, love understanding, basic counselling  and guidance can  help inspire them to hope for their future helping them to establish positive life style choices breaking the cycle of Orphans having orphans and other debilitating lifestyle of alcoholism and drug use.

House of Grace and Hope is currently operating from a four bedroom flat as a family home, half-way house and drop-in centre. There are usually anywhere from 6 to 12 Russian young people living with the Harrison\'s family of five. They often have up to 25 for dinner!

In the future the Harrisons are aiming to have a bigger house and more team members so they can help more orphans transition into a productive and rewarding life.

In December 2010 “House of Grace and Hope” became a register non-profit organisation in Sakhalin. They co-founded “House of Grace and Hope”  and formed a board of directors Tracy Harrison is the current chairman of the board.

For more information please see visit our Board of Directors page.