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Who We Are

Project Hope & Charité is a team of believers who love Jesus and consider serving needy orphans and widows in Africa as a way of serving Him.

The PHC team straddles both sides of the ocean: Africa and North America.  We present our team here according to continent.

Africa-Based PHC Team

	Madame Alexandrine Zokoe Madame Alexandrine is the Director of FEC (PHC’s name in French). Alexandrine is a trained mid-wife and skilled teacher of children.  She resides with her husband in Bangui, her home serving as the hub for much of FEC’s activities.
	Madame Claudine Touaboy Madame Claudine Touaboy serves as the coordinator for PHC’s remote school in Bangui. Formerly a pastor’s wife until her husband died in 2001, she is group mother for one orphan group, and oversees much of the ministry on the southwest side of the city of Bangui.
	Ginger Hock (GBIM, C.A.R.) Ginger is PHC’s Africa-Based Director for the Hand in Hand orphan schools.Tim Hock, Ginger’s husband, helps out in many ways including maintenance and physical plant at the PHC Center, and advising on gardening issues.
	Barb Wooler (GBIM, C.A.R. & Winona Lake, IN, USA) Barb comes to Bangui 3-4 months each year to work alongside PHC’s directors: Ginger Hock, Hand-in-Hand Director, and Alexandrine Zokoe, Sponsorship Director. Barb attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.

USA-Based Team

	Carole Gordon Carole administrates all matters having to do with the logistics of sponsorship.  She continues to keep the office work going when the rest of the PHC crew is out of state or country.  Carole attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Judi Orme Judi manages the news side of the PHC website. Judi is married to Pastor Larry Orme of the Penn Valley Grace Church in Telford, Pennsylvania.
	Lila Sheely Lila served as a missionary in the Central African Republic for 18 years before returning to the States to teach nursing at Indiana Wesleyan College.  Now retired, Lila uses her mastery of Sango each day by translating sponsor letters to orphan children.
	Miriam Pacheco Miriam’s primary job is PHC Public Relations, but is always ready to pitch in to help with mailings or other urgent needs.  She attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Kathy Brand Kathy is the USA-Based Coordinator for Hand-in-Hand partnerships.  Kathy attends the East Side Grace Brethren Church in Colombus, Ohio.
	Brenda Artrip Brenda is PHC’s videographer, photographer, and publication layout and design person.  Brenda has a vibrant love for God and is very active in her local church in Columbus, Ohio.
	Becky Dick Becky’s areas of help are many and varied, from helping with mailings, to travel arrangements for PHC teams, to teacher training seminars for PHC teachers in Africa.  Becky attends the Winona Lake Grace Brethren Church in Winona Lake, Indiana.
	Sylvia Totzke Sylvia is developing a new area of PHC ministry: small business enterprises for orphans.  Her past involvement and history with Africa missions projects provides a solid base for her present focus for PHC.  She and her husband are church planters in Columbus, Ohio.
	LeeAnn ParsonsLee Ann helps PHC in many ways including transcribing notes and letters.  A retired librarian, she also has a strong heart for putting quality reading materials in French in the hands of PHC orphans.

Our Story

How God Brought Together Our “Dream Team”

In 2004 Barb Wooler (GBIM, C.A.R.) and Alexandrine Zokoe started Project Hope & Charite, recruiting three pastors wives and one other GBIM missionary to the team. All of those women are still integrally involved with PHC ~ Claudine Touaboy, Suzanne Kpaina, and Ginger Hock (now the Hand-in-Hand Director).  Mm Albertine Tambe, part of the original team, went home to be with the Lord in late 2005.

The Growth of PHC Ministry

The pilot orphan group was officially launched in September of 2004, and three more orphan groups were launched six months later in 2005.   By February, 2006 we were caring for 320 children and by September 2006 we grew to 400 children. Once the orphan care center was completed the number of children we could care for jumped to 600 in 2007, 700 in 2008, and 850 in 2009-10.

True Team

The PHC team is built on trust and commitment, to the Lord first, and then to each other.  The team in the USA is solely volunteer.  The PHC Director, Barb Wooler, is a GBIM missionary.   The team is strongly relational, with strong accountability built on a foundation of trust, respect and gratitude for each other and the unique contribution each makes.  The PHC Executive Board is made up of four Central Africans and four expatriots (North American and German).