From 16 years of being in the field, OHF Founder Mr. Robert Kee has authored several books offering different perspectives on helping the poor, social work, and the stark contrasts of living in an affluent society versus a developing country.

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• This sharing session was held to share the experiences by Operation Hope Foundation (OHF) in constructing more than 150 affordable Rice Bag House (RBH) in Dhading, Bhojpur and Kavre Districts.
• The event provided a platform to share and interact on the implementation, affordability, technical feasibility and lessons on constructing low cost housing in the Himalayan regions.
• The focus was to hear the experiences and to explore other ideas of low-cost housing solutions to provide the vulnerable beneficiaries with less financial capacity to reconstruct their houses with the government grant.
• This program was organized by the Housing Recovery and Reconstruction Platform (HRRP) – Nepal and Operation Hope Foundation, and was facilitated by Minar Thapa Magar, HRRP, National Coordinator-General Coordination.

• Do you know what is the cost-benefit ratio? Cost is the expense of the project while benefit is what is actually received by the poor.
• Have you wondered how an orphanage is run and how they prepare the children for their future?
• In a cash economy with no credit, how can kickbacks and fraud be prevented?
• How much of a child sponsor’s donation actually goes to look after, care for and develop the sponsored child?
• Have you wondered which charity you should support? Do you know what questions to ask to ensure your donations are used for the purposes you want?

This book provides practical answers and insights to these questions.

Love our neighbour is a command that penetrates deep into the Christian soul. It is a call to put faith into action. This book puts together the various proverbs, parables and teachings of Jesus into a convincing argument that sees good works as a fruit of salvation. Good works substantiates and authenticates the gospel.

This book is for Christians who need encouragement and support that their social work is as important as evangelism. It is for missionaries who has to defend their social work against churches who evaluates their performance solely on the basis on how many churches are planted. It is for the many Christian orphanages, shelters, livelihood ministries that are struggling from lack of support and understanding of what they are trying to achieve. It is for Christian leaders who want churches to be part of the solutions of the many problems faced by the world today.

This book is about my personal journey that tries to bridge the gap between Sunday sermons and what happens on Monday. It is how the search for a meaningful and practical faith over 10 years took me to Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Nepal. It is, at most times, an unplanned journey where all I need is obedience to enter doors that God has opened, and where often I was rewarded with unexpected joy.

It is hard to be a thinking Christian; one who questions the validity and authenticity of the Christian faith, of the relevance of current religious dogma, and perpetually comparing the walk of the talk. It is even harder to be a practical Christian, who needs to put his faith and beliefs into practice. There is a huge gap between what is taught by Jesus and what is being practiced. At times, it seems as if two different religions were being taught; an ideal one for us to aspire to and feel proud of and a practical one, which we can easily obey and feel good about. I need a faith that is more than an idea, a living faith that sustains me seven days a week and not just on Sundays and one which I can embrace passionately and hold onto until death.

Living in an affluent society, we are trapped by our need for comfort and security. Life becomes sterile, repetitive and boring. With globalisation, competition has intensified and many jobs have gone global, seeking the most talented employees at the lowest cost. Robert explores an alternative career and lifestyle in this book. Working for a charity in a third world country is not as impossible as it may seem. It provides an opportunity not only to make a difference, but to grow and develop as we meet challenges after challenges. Knowing that our work matters, our life becomes precious and fulfilling. We find life varied and meaningful as we work to provide hope for orphans, jobs for poverty stricken villagers and community projects that provides more food, better sanitation and improved health. For those of us in the second half of our lives, we can make it count and live a life of passion and purpose. The photos are taken during OHF’s projects in Cambodia, Nepal and Laos. See the joy in the faces of the children and the poor. They need us as much as we need them!

This book is Robert’s story of how he obeyed God’s call to help the poor. Over 20 years, he found the calling to be challenging, exciting and fulfilling. Passion gave him the enthusiasm, but faith is essential to keep on going. As a businessman and engineer, he started innovative projects from houses made with rice bags to Ultra-Violet Water Treatment System. Doing good well is hard in Cambodia and Nepal as there are technical, management and myriad challenges to overcome. He imbued Operation Hope Foundation with an entrepreneurial drive and a missional zeal to execute projects where 80% of the donation benefits the poor. While other charity defines benefits as what they gave to a third party to deliver the services, Robert defines benefit as what the villager receives. Without tangible benefits like salary or stock options to attract top talents, Robert found God will ALWAYS provide. It is a journey of faith-strengthening obedience.