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Hope for Kids International Our history, our story, our passion See where Hope for Kids International is serving around the world

India
02/23 -03/08
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India
Uganda
04/06 -04/20
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Classroom in Uganda
Peru
06/08-06/21
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Our Story

Impacting the lives of kids around the world has never been a job for Tom Eggum; it has been a lifestyle. Thirty years ago, Tom sat in a college classroom reading about the struggles in the Soviet Union who suffered  silently behind the Iron Curtain. Tom took matters into his own hands and began to smuggle suitcases full of aid into the Soviet Union. He had eight successful trips into the Soviet Union until 1981 when he was caught, arrested and blacklisted by the KGB. He had his visa revoked and was forbidden to enter the Soviet Union for five years.

Instead of standing on the sidelines, he took six trips into China. He brought medicine, vitamins, antibiotics, clothes and shoes. From these life-altering experiences, he founded Hope 4 Kids
International.


Currently, Hope 4 Kids International  has been in over 94 countries bringing hope and necessary care to kids.


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