Hands of Hope was founded six
years ago by Glen and Patty Miller. Glen
is President of Hands of Hope as well as a pastor
and teaching elder at Valley Church in
Cupertino, California. Glen taught and coached
in the East Side Union High School District
in San Jose, California from 1966-1978.
He and his family joined OC International in
1978 and served for 7 years, with terms
in Sri Lanka and the Philippines.
He served at Los Gatos
Christian Church from 1985-88 heading up the
college ministry and overseeing the youth
department. He organized short-term missionary
programs while at Los Gatos, sending out about
50 college students who worked in local churches
in the Philippines. He has also been on 18 Sports
Ambassadors teams sharing Christ in 20
different countries. He served at San Jose Christian
College from 1988-99 as Campus Pastor,
Athletic Director, Professor and basketball
coach. He has organized and led summer mission’s
trips for students at SJCC to Argentina,
Swaziland, Zimbabwe and the Philippines. He
has lead 34 different short-term missions
trips over the years in over 20 countries. Patty
is involved in the leadership of women’s
ministry at Valley Church.
They have two children,
Kelley, who graduated from San Jose Christian
College with a BA in Christian Education
and from San Jose State with a Master’s
in ESL. Kelley has served the Lord in
Nigeria, Kenya, and China. She is now a full-time
missionary serving with OMF in Cambodia.
Glen, graduated from San Jose State University
with a Biology degree. He then received his
doctorate at Loma Linda University in
Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. He presently
is working as a medical writer with a
biotech company.
In Zimbabwe, Hands of
Hope currently has:
8 Residential homes
6 Preschools
26 Feeding and educational programs
1 Farm
41 Total Projects
2500 Orphans and increasing
Hands of Hope has more than doubled the number
of orphan projects in the last three years -
from 13 to 41. We have also built a home
for orphans in Swaziland. We are looking to
expand our ministry to other countries
in the world as AIDS is spreading at an alarming
rate.
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Board of Directors
& Staff
All of our board members
are volunteers and pay their own expenses when
traveling to and from Zimbabwe.
Board of Directors, Hands of Hope Trust (USA)
Glen Miller, President & Founder
Tom Connolly, Vice President
Joe Proctor, Secretary / Treasurer
Ray Martino, Board Member
Peter Fuller, Board Member
Board of Directors, Hands of Hope Zimbabwe
Phibion Gwatidzo, Chair
Joe Proctor, Co-Chair
Matthews Kunaka, Secretary
Dave Roussea, Board Member
Tariro Ndebele, Board Member
Dickson Mundia, Board Member
Staff
Jephat Chifamba, National Director
Garikai Masuka, National Administrator
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