Beacon of Hope and Joy

The founding purpose of Beacon of Hope and Joy (BOHJ) is to rescue Aids orphans and vulnerable children in Zimbabwe by bringing hope to them through access to education, better health and a more dignified life. BOHJ seeks to provide emotional and psychological nourishment through counseling to help them learn to cope with the loss of their parents and to give them hope to look towards a brighter future. We strongly believe that empowering these young lives with education and knowledge gives them hope to succeed. We have teamed up with the communities where these children live with self-help projects that enable the guardians to be self-sufficient. BOHJ is a Christian organization which provides educational opportunities for children of all race, gender, disabilities, and religious affiliation. More……..

Joyce MuchechetereJoyce Muchechetere

Joyce Muchechetere, the director of Beacon of Hope and Joy Christian Orphanage, is a native of Zimbabwe. She has spent her life caring for those in need and helping suffering children. She is a pastor’s wife who served with her husband at Sanyati Baptist Mission Church in Zimbabwe for 25 years. Her home was always open to serve people and to minister to their physical and spiritual needs.

After Joyce’s husband died in 1986 she worked as a Project Coordinator with Help Age International, a non-governmental organization in Zimbabwe, caring for Mozambique refugee children. During those four years as project coordinator she developed training skills, as she continued her life of service to the disadvantaged.

While visiting her children in the US, Joyce began sharing her vision for developing a program to help the widows and children living in poverty. Joyce’s passion to help children in impoverished parts of Africa ignited a medical mission to her home country. Joyce returned with the mission trip to her native Zimbabwe, choosing to remain in Harare to form Beacon of Hope and Joy Christian Orphanage.

Now partnering with Beacon of Hope and Joy in the US, both organizations are working together to support AIDS orphans and other vulnerable children.

BOHJ is embracing God's love and hope for children in abandonment and poverty through
educational assistance, spiritual nourishment, and developing live and leadership skills.

~~~~~~Bringing hope to those in poverty ~~~~~~