Kelly’s House Sponsorship

Bring life and joy to an exceptional child…

…sponsor a child with disabilities.

We have 35 children living in Kelly’s House today.

Each child has one or more severe physical or mental disabilities and is in the full-time care of our amazing Kelly’s House staff. We need Sponsors to partner with us to ensure these exceptional children who have known extreme poverty and the harsh loneliness that comes from a culture where they are often hidden from view – even in 2023. Our aim at Kelly’s House is to continue providing companionship, love, and professional medical care in order to enable these children to achieve their highest potential and greatest quality of life. Your monthly support of $40 enables us to do just that.

Those affected by developmental disorders, physical disabilities, and other special needs are often the most marginalized in impoverished rural communities. The child mortality rate for children with special needs in Guatemala is among the highest in the Western Hemisphere, and the uncomfortable reality is that these children often die of neglect and preventable causes. 

Through a gift of Sponsorship, you and your family are truly Saving Lives at Kelly’s House. 

When you Sponsor one of our children at Kelly’s House, you provide an exceptional child the opportunity to hope for the future. Sponsorship support of helps us provide occupational, psychological and physical therapies, nutritional support, wrap-around medical services, and a safe and loving home filled with loving and medically-trained staff. Your relational gift of cards, photos, and in-person visits with your Kelly’s House child will impact not only their life but yours in ways you may not yet expect.

Exchanging letters, small gifts, photos, and real-life hugs is where the real power of Sponsorship is found. Hope of Life encourages you and your family to visit Kelly’s House here in Guatemala: see our facility, meet our staff and experience a glimpse of daily life here on campus. We’ve got puzzles, games, and the playground is waiting! Come and see for yourself how Sponsorship is changing the lives of children with special needs in Guatemala today.

What is Kelly’s House?

Kelly’s House is dedicated to the memory of Kelly Loveland Gourley who lost her battle with cancer, and whose family provided significant support for its construction. This home provides for the needs of one of the most marginalized populations in Central America, those who live with developmental and physical disabilities. Kelly’s House provides daily needs, therapies, nutrition, support, care and love to these exceptional children.
“…I did not die, I lived! And now I am telling the world what God did.” Psalm 118:17