A Glimmer of Hope is a compassionate social enterprise making a sustainable difference in the lives of some of the poorest people in the world.
Since 2000, A Glimmer of Hope has helped more than two million people improve their quality of life.
The foundation believes justice, equality and dignity 
are everyone’s birthright and where you are born should not determine whether you live or die.
A Glimmer of Hope has developed an innovative and entrepreneurial approach to Humanitarian Aid and Development. It starts at the village level as we listen to community leaders about what they need.
Then, using a bottom up instead of a top down approach, we work with those communities to develop a plan and identify projects that truly reflect the true necessities of those communities.
Only if the people of these communities are engaged in solving their own issues can the solutions be sustainable. This applies during each of a project’s construction phases but especially after completion when management and maintenance play such an important role in their success.
That success is measured in terms of accountability, transparency and performance with photographs, videos, GPS coordinates and inspections by our Addis Ababa-based team all playing an important role in this process.
A Glimmer of Hope supports programs in these areas: Water and Sanitation; Education; Health Care; Income Creation; Micro-Finance; Micro-Irrigation; and, Veterinary Clinics.
