The House of Hope consists of two differing sections: one is the work amongst children who are blind and/or have special needs and the other area is a supported place of employment for adults who are blind and/or have special needs.  

The residential section houses children and young adult who live outside of the Bethlehem area.  Many of the children who board come from small villages and remote places and have very little experience of life outside of their immediate home environment. There are around 10 children each year who come and live at the House of Hope although there are many opportunities to expand this work with the recent refurbishment of the residential section building, but this very much depends on the number of volunteers available.  The children live at the House of Hope during the school year and visit their families during holidays and for a weekend once a month.  The residential children are cared for by local staff and volunteers 

from overseas and are all known as house parents.  The residential section of the House of Hope also provides housing to a number of young men, some of whom have come up from the residential section and once reaching 16 have been unable to rejoin their families so have continued on at the House of Hope. Some have jobs within the workshop onsite, whilst others help with small jobs around the home and others still, go out during the day to join in with other projects in and around Bethlehem. These young adults join in with the routines of the residential children.At the House of Hope we also run a day programme which many of the residential children attend.  Other children living within the Bethlehem area also come in daily for this.  The day programme is for children with mild to moderate special needs.