Readers using bookshelves inside Creative Learning Haven

Refugee-led - Christian-founded - Community-rooted

Raising hope through learning, dignity, and local leadership.

A Christian-founded, refugee-led community organization empowering refugees and host communities in Imvepi Refugee Settlement, Uganda.

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Children learning together at Creative Learning Haven

Field note - Tank 65, Zone 2

A library that gives children a safe place to read, create, and belong.

106

learners supported

Currently supported with school fees, mentorship, Christian values, and scholastic materials.

750+

CLH visits

Recorded in the last three months for reading, library access, and creative learning activities.

women supported

Refugee widows and single mothers supported with female goats through partner support.

peace tournaments

Football tournaments organized in Imvepi to build teamwork and reduce community barriers.

Origin Story

A refugee-led organization built from faith, service, and proximity.

Hope Rising South Sudan began in 2020 as a small Sunday School class at Imvepi House of Prayer during a season of severe social and economic vulnerability.

Today, HoRiSS serves refugees and host communities in Imvepi through education, discipleship, psychosocial support, peacebuilding, relief, livelihoods, and Creative Learning Haven.

“Children, Our Hope.”
HoRiSS motto

Refugee-led leadership in Imvepi

Registered with Terego District Local Government

Partner-supported education and livelihood work

Transparent stewardship and direct local accountability

Flagship Work

Two anchors of hope: a library and a pathway through school.

The strongest HoRiSS stories begin where children are learning, reading, drawing, being mentored, and staying in school.

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01 • Community Library

Creative Learning Haven

A warm learning space in Tank 65 where children, youth, women, and families read, borrow books, create art, and build practical skills.

750+ visits in three months for reading and creative activities.

ReadingLiteracy classesDigital storytellingCreative writing

02 • Education & Discipleship

Hope Discipleship and Education Project

Keeping vulnerable refugee and host-community children in school through fees, scholastic materials, mentorship, Bible studies, and character formation.

74 secondary students and 32 primary students currently supported.

School feesMentorshipChristian discipleshipLearning materials

Women Livelihoods

Women Group Livelihood

Literacy, craft-making, and business training for refugee women and out-of-school girls seeking self-reliance and household resilience.

Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding Through Sports

Using football and team activity to foster peace, friendship, confidence, and cooperation between refugees and host communities.

Healing & Resilience

Psychosocial Support

Care, counseling, and community support for individuals and families affected by trauma, displacement, and social vulnerability.

Relief & Livelihood

Relief and Livelihood

Food, non-food assistance, and livelihood support for extremely vulnerable families, widows, and single mothers.

Creative Learning Haven

The room where curiosity becomes courage.

CLH is a community library and resource center in Tank 65, Zone 2, Imvepi Refugee Settlement. Visitors become family: students, out-of-school youth, young children, mothers, fathers, and volunteers sharing skills.

Daily reading

P3 & P4 literacy

Women literacy

Digital storytelling

Mobile libraries

Drawing & painting

Scenes From Imvepi

Learning, resilience, and community life in photographs.

Tank 65, Imvepi
Children reading together at Creative Learning Haven

Creative Arts
Painting and creative expression inside the library space

Education
Learners receiving classroom support and mentorship

Youth Media
Youth practicing media and documentation skills

Community
Children gathering for community learning activities

Terego District
The landscape surrounding refugee and host communities

Latest From Imvepi

Field notes, updates, and stories of change.

These updates can be edited in Sanity as HoRiSS publishes community stories, donor reports, and program news.

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Creative Learning Haven - Jul 9, 2026

A library day in Tank 65

Children arrive for books, drawing, literacy support, and the quiet confidence that comes from having a safe place to learn.

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Education - Jul 9, 2026

Keeping 106 learners in school

Education support combines fees, scholastic materials, mentorship, and discipleship so vulnerable learners can stay on course.

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Livelihoods - Jul 9, 2026

Women learning skills for resilience

The Women Group links literacy, craft-making, and business training for women and out-of-school girls seeking self-reliance.

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Choose How To Help

Concrete ways to keep hope rising.

HoRiSS welcomes individuals, churches, organizations, and partners who want locally led, accountable impact.

Partnership Pathway

Sponsor a Learner

Help a vulnerable refugee or host-community child remain in school with fees, materials, mentorship, and care.

Supports education continuity and character formation.

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Partnership Pathway

Fund Library Books

Strengthen Creative Learning Haven with books, literacy resources, creative materials, and learning activities.

Expands access to reading and creative learning.

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Partnership Pathway

Support Women’s Livelihoods

Invest in literacy, craft-making, business training, and practical livelihood support for women and out-of-school girls.

Builds household resilience and self-reliance.

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Partnership Pathway

Partner as a Church or NGO

Collaborate with HoRiSS on education, discipleship, psychosocial support, relief, or community peacebuilding.

Creates locally led, accountable partnership.

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