Hope & Healing — Your November 2026 Newsletter
Stories of your compassion at work: Mrs. Tamang is no longer alone, 25,000 units of medicine reach 19 hospitals in Nigeria, and churches lead the fight against forgotten diseases in the DRC. Plus, your Christmas gift doubles through December 31.
Inspiring Stories of Your Compassion, Prayers and Gifts at Work
$1 = $2 — Your gift DOUBLES in impact!
No Longer Alone
Your gift — which goes 2X as far today — sends comfort and companionship to people who are suffering.
Mrs. Tamang lost her left leg to leprosy nearly 30 years ago. Then she lost almost everything else. Her friends. Her place in the community. Even her family — because of the shame people attach to leprosy.
When Mrs. Tamang was diagnosed at age 24, her husband left her. She raised their two boys alone. She took a job crushing stones to feed them. The work was brutal, and it caused ulcers that would not heal. In the end, she lost her leg. Today her grown sons live with her, but they do little to care for her. Her family and neighbors don’t visit.
Then you changed that. Your support of Hope Rises International brought her love, compassion and companionship.
When she was hospitalized at our partner Anandaban Hospital in Nepal, their Holistic Care volunteers visited her every day. They sat with her. They listened. They prayed with her. Their visits became her comfort, her hope, and the beginning of her healing.
After she went home, the volunteers kept visiting. Her neighbors saw it. The woman they had shut out was worth someone’s time after all.
For the first time, someone came to her home just to ask how she was. Just to show that she mattered.
Every time you give to Hope Rises International, your gift does more than send critical medical supplies to our partner hospitals… Your gift sends the healing love of Christ to people who need to know they’re not alone.
Thank you for your compassion!
From the President’s Desk
Thank you for bringing hope and healing to people suffering from leprosy and other diseases. You let them know you see them. You care about them. And you’re there for them, no matter what.
You do so much good already! If you’d like to do even more, our 2026 special matching challenge grant will double whatever you give.
Any gift you make by December 31 will DOUBLE in impact. You’ll help our Christian partners around the world provide urgently needed care and support to people in need. You’ll also share the Light of Christ with people who have had to live in the shadows.
Please keep the people we serve in your prayers throughout the holiday season. And please rush your tax-deductible Christmas gift to be doubled today.
In His love,
Bill Simmons
President and CEO
Hope Rises International
Care in Action
Your kindness travels from your heart, to our partners, to people in urgent need.
Our work is a chain. It starts with you, and it reaches all the way to our partners in Africa and Asia.
In April, you sent 25,000 donated units of essential medicines and medical supplies to RedAid Nigeria, one of our trusted partners.
They inspected, logged and stored every item. Then they sent it all on to 19 Christian mission hospitals across Southern Nigeria.
Many of the hospitals and clinics you support don’t have even the most basic medicine their patients need. Because of you, their doctors and nurses now treat people who have nowhere else to turn — and it costs those patients nothing.
Your care and concern make a lasting difference!
On the Front Lines
You help church partners lead the way to save lives.
Local churches are leading the fight against diseases the world has forgotten — and your support is making it possible!
On Idjwi Island in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the church reaches deeper into the community than any health system could. People were showing up at clinics far too late, with advanced leprosy and Buruli ulcer. So pastors and other church leaders had an idea. What if the church became the front line?
Your support trained 55 people to spot these diseases early and send their neighbors to care. Our local partner DOM ECC — a ministry of the Evangelical church in eastern Congo — led the training, equipping pastors to offer prayer and counsel and nurses to treat what came through the door.
It started with five Protestant health facilities. Then Catholic and Seventh-day Adventist organizations asked to join. Church involvement exceeded expectations by 180%.
Word spread — through churches, through radio, through neighbors talking. Criers with megaphones went through 43 villages to get the word out.
Almost 2,000 people turned out to be sick. More than 97% of those referred actually made it to a clinic. They got treatment. They got self-care kits and training. And they got companionship and prayer, so they could face down the shame these diseases carry.
It’s a huge step forward. And it would not have happened without you.
A Christmas Prayer for Healing
Lord Jesus, as we prepare to celebrate your birth, we remember those who suffer from leprosy and other diseases — people too often unseen and forgotten.
Bring healing to their bodies, comfort to their hearts and relief from their suffering.
May Your love reach every person who feels alone, and may we be Your hands and feet, bringing hope, healing and compassion to those in need. Amen.
Want to Do Even More to Show How Much You Care?
You can make a difference for suffering people by:
- Designating a gift to Hope Rises International from your donor-advised fund (our EIN is 13-5562163)
- Making a planned gift from your estate — visit hoperises.legacywill.org to learn more
- Contributing stocks or mutual funds
- Giving from your Individual Retirement Account
Discover even more ways to change lives through Hope Rises International
2026 Tax Update: Did You Know…?
You give because of your faith and your concern for people who suffer — not for the tax deduction. We know that. But there’s a change this year you should hear about.
Even if you don’t itemize, your gifts to Hope Rises International, up to $1,000, may qualify for a deduction in 2026. You can also make a tax-wise gift through your IRA or donor-advised fund.
No matter how you choose to give, please do so before the December 31 deadline. Your gift will automatically DOUBLE!
Make a Difference All Year Long
Miracle Partners are the heartbeat of our mission. They give every month, so help is there the moment it’s needed. Your monthly gift will deliver medical care. It will restore dignity. And it will help local churches bring lasting healing and hope in Christ’s name.
Hope Starts With Healing
Right now, men, women, and children are suffering—isolated by disease, alone in their pain, and without hope. But together, we can change that.
From delivering critical medicines and supplies to equipping pastors with training and resources to care for their communities, we are reaching even the most marginalized people with the healing and hope they most desperately need. With your support today, Hope Rises!
