Hope and Healing International

What Hope and Healing International does

Hope and Healing International is a Canadian Christian charitable organization founded in 1913 (per company history) by Pastor Christoffel, headquartered in Richmond Hill, Ontario. The organization provides medical care, surgeries, rehabilitation, and assistive devices to children with disabilities living in poverty, operating primarily across eight African countries: Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its programs are delivered through partnerships with local churches, CURE International, Free Wheelchair Mission, Global Clubfoot Initiative, World Vision, and Habitat for Humanity, with field outcomes including 50,000+ corrective surgeries through the Kenya partner hospital and 1.5 million medical services across 100+ mobile outreaches in Eswatini. The organization reports 82% of funds directed to programs, 13% to fundraising, and 5% to administration.

The core product portfolio consists of healinghugs (monthly medical sponsorship at CAD 30–50 per month, or CAD 480 for a full year of care), Restore (campaign-based medical giving with 4X partner matching at CAD 50/100/200 tiers), the Trachoma Program implementing the WHO-recommended S.A.F.E. strategy, the Gift Catalogue e-commerce platform, and recurring emergency response initiatives (Ebola Uganda, Cameroon floods). Donor engagement is supported by the Myhealinghugs portal, a free annual Prayer Diary, and personalized impact reports from a Partnership Development team. The organization is accredited by the Canadian Centre for Christian Charities and rated by Charity Intelligence Top 100.

Revenue is generated entirely through charitable giving from individual Canadian donors, with no commercial product sales, government contracts, or investment income disclosed as material. The four revenue streams are one-time donations, monthly healinghugs subscriptions, gift catalogue purchases, and planned/legacy giving (gifts in will, securities, in-kind, in honour/memory). Fundraising is executed through a multi-channel GTM: face-to-face canvassing via partner GiveBridge in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia; website donations (donation.hopeandhealing.org, givehopeandhealing.org); email newsletters; radio advertising; direct mail; and social media (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn). The organization reports a base of more than 30,000 Canadian supporters and FY2025/26 planned fundraising of CAD 31.1M against CAD 3.8M in planned fundraising spend.

Name

Hope and Healing International

Legal name

Hope and Healing International

Website

https://hopeandhealing.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1913

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Hope and Healing International is a Canadian Christian charity founded in 1913, providing medical care, surgeries, rehabilitation, and assistive devices to children with disabilities in eight African countries. It is funded by 30,000+ Canadian individual donors through monthly sponsorships, one-time gifts, and a charitable gift catalogue.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

International Disability Medical Charity Services

NAICS

Voluntary Health Organizations (813212), Emergency and Other Relief Services (624230), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Humanitarian Health & Emergency Medical Relief NGOs (HLAJAKAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Disaster Recovery, Reconstruction & Resilience Programs (BPAGAAAK)

Keywords

• International medical charity
• Child disability services
• Humanitarian medical aid
• Sponsored child programs
• Global health charity

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond Hill

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations - One-Time Gifts: One-time monetary donations from individual donors supporting specific programs such as medical care, emergency relief, surgeries, and assistive devices.
2. Monthly Giving - healinghugs Program: Recurring monthly donations through the healinghugs sponsorship program that provides ongoing medical care, teddy bears, treatment plans, and progress reports for sponsored children.
3. Gift Catalogue Sales: Sale of charitable gift items through their Give Hope and Healing Catalogue including wheelchairs, clean water projects, livestock, and other life-changing gifts.
4. Planned Giving: Legacy giving programs including gifts in will, gifts in honour/memory, gifts of securities, and gifts in kind.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Hope and Healing International is a Canadian charitable organization that funds and delivers medical care — including corrective surgeries, rehabilitation, assistive devices (wheelchairs, prosthetics, braces), and medications — to children with disabilities living in poverty across eight African countries (Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia). Programs are financed primarily through individual Canadian donations via monthly sponsorship (healinghugs), one-time gifts, gift catalogue purchases, planned giving, and face-to-face fundraising.

Product overview

Hope and Healing International operates a multi-program charitable platform centered on providing medical care to children with disabilities in the world's poorest communities. The primary offerings include healinghugs (monthly medical sponsorship), Restore (one-time/campaign medical giving), and Trachoma care (sight-saving programs), alongside emergency response initiatives for Ebola and flood relief. Additional programs include a Gift Catalogue for specific item donations, the Myhealinghugs donor portal with stories and recipes, a Prayer Diary program, and face-to-face fundraising through GiveBridge. The organization focuses on eight African countries (Cameroon, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia) providing surgeries, rehabilitation, assistive devices, and community-based care.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• healinghugs: A monthly sponsorship program that provides medical care to children with disabilities along with a teddy bear for comfort.
• Healing Hugs

Products and services

• healinghugs Monthly Sponsorship Program

Quantifiable outcome

• 1 in 10 children worldwide live with disabilities and 80% live in developing countries (UN)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• GiveBridgecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGiveBridge is Hope and Healing's face-to-face fundraising partner, conducting door-to-door, mall, and street canvassing in Ontario, Nova Scotia, Alberta, and British Columbia. GiveBridge fundraisers engage Canadians in conversations about transforming children's lives through medical care.
• Habitat for HumanityminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for building accessible shelter for people with disabilities in developing countries.
• World VisionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEmergency relief partnership ensuring people with disabilities have access to life-saving aid during disasters.
• Global Clubfoot InitiativeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership focused on treating clubfoot in children using the Ponseti Method.
• Free Wheelchair MissionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing wheelchairs and mobility devices to children with disabilities.
• CURE InternationalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Christian hospital network providing surgical care for children with disabilities.
• Local ChurchesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with local churches in developing countries to show Christ's love through restorative acts of care and community outreach.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights3 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/HopeandHealingInternational
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hopeandhealinginternational
• Instagraminstagram.com/hopeandhealinginternational
• Xx.com/HopeHealingIntl

Compliance5 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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