Retreat Center

Giving Hope, a global impact nonprofit based in New Orleans is dedicated to changing lives through love. Our mission is simple: to give glory to God and to promote human dignity.

Lynhaven Retreat Center

The percentage of homeless women in New Orleans has increased by 66 percent since 2012. The New Orleans Mission is addressing this statistic to positively impact homelessness in New Orleans. “These women are the most vulnerable of our homeless population,” said David Bottner, executive director for the New Orleans Mission. “Of the homeless women in New Orleans, 92 percent have been abused sexually or physically. The problem is deeper than meets the eye, and it is our duty to help them. Currently, the New Orleans Mission offers 32 beds for women in the city of New Orleans. Lynhaven Retreat Center opens in 2018 as a haven of recovery and reengagement for these precious women.

Giving Hope helps to raise money to make this amazing facility available for women that have faced homelessness and human trafficking. Our desire is to give hope to broken and help provide the means for them to meet God in a real and powerful way.

Graduates from the Giving Hope Retreat Center as of August 2017