HOPE Celebrates First New Orphanage in Haiti
An orphanage in Haiti has ties to Kirkwood through a business owner who created the Haiti Orphan Project.
A newly built orphanage with ties to Kirkwood is now home to 24 boys and girls in Haiti, two years after a devastating earthquake there. The home is part of a planned orphan village backed by the Haiti Orphan Project or HOPE, created by Kirkwood business owner John Keane. Keane is president of the Keane Insurance Group, which specializes in medical liability insurance. HOPE has been working through Global Orphan Project in Kansas City, MO, to help feed, house and educate some of the hundreds of thousands of orphaned and abandoned children in Haiti. The goal is to raise money to build or rebuild orphanages and schools and partner with local churches to create self-sustaining villages. Now HOPE’s first “village” is a reality. The Village de …
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