HABITAT & EDUCATION PROMOTION (HEP)

EDUCATION • YOUTH SPORTS • ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Helping Children Learn, Play & Grow — From Omaha to Togo

Habitat & Education Promotion creates opportunities for children and communities through education, affordable youth sports, and environmental stewardship. Together with volunteers, schools, families, and community partners, we help children build healthier, stronger and more hopeful futures.

OUR IMPACT

Impact That Continues to Grow

From Omaha neighborhoods to rural communities in Togo, our programs connect education, healthy activity, environmental responsibility and community participation.

2,000+

Omaha Students Reached

300+

Annual Soccer Participants

6,200+

Students Supported in Togo

10,000+

Trees Planted
WHAT WE DO

Three Programs. One Mission.

Children thrive when they have opportunities to learn, stay active, belong and grow in healthy communities. Our programs bring those opportunities together.

Play. Connect. Grow.

Our affordable and inclusive soccer programs give children opportunities to stay active, develop skills, build confidence, practice teamwork and experience belonging.

Equip Children to Learn

We provide school supplies and educational resources that help students arrive prepared, confident and ready to learn while strengthening the schools that serve them.

Plant Today. Grow Tomorrow.

Working with schools and communities, we plant and care for trees that provide shade, food, environmental education and long-term community resources.

NOW REGISTERING

Fall 2026 Soccer Camp

Give your child an active, affordable fall filled with soccer, teamwork and fun. Our six-week program welcomes children ages 4–14 at all experience levels.

AGES
4–14
COST
$30
PROGRAM
6 Weeks
TIME
9:00–10:30 AM
DATES
Aug. 29–Oct. 17
EXPERIENCE
All Skill Levels
WHERE WE WORK

Local Roots. Global Impact.

Omaha, Nebraska

Through partnerships with families, schools, volunteers and community organizations, HEP makes educational resources and affordable youth sports more accessible to children in the Omaha area.

Togo, Africa

Working with schools and rural communities, HEP combines education support, youth sports and environmental stewardship to create long-term opportunities for children and communities.

OUR STORY

It Started With a School Supply Reward

In 1995, in rural Togo, a young Kodjo Drofenou watched university students from his village recognize top-performing children with school supplies. The simple gesture changed how he viewed education.

Years later, that experience helped inspire Habitat & Education Promotion. What began as a desire to encourage students has grown into programs connecting education, youth sports and environmental stewardship in Omaha and Togo.

STORIES OF IMPACT

People Behind the Impact

Every number represents a child, family, school, volunteer or community helping build something better.

Growing Through Soccer

Affordable, volunteer-led soccer creates opportunities for children to stay active, learn teamwork and build confidence in a welcoming community.

Equipped to Learn

School supplies and educational resources help students arrive ready to participate, learn and pursue their goals with greater confidence.

Growing a Greener Future

School and community tree planting connects environmental learning with shade, food, resilience and long-term local resources.

PARTNERSHIP

Impact Grows Through Partnership

Businesses, schools, volunteers, community organizations and donors help make our programs possible.

GET INVOLVED

There Is a Place for You in This Mission

Give

Help create the next opportunity for a child through a one-time or recurring contribution.

Volunteer

Share your time, talents and experience with children, families and communities.

Partner

Bring your company, school or community organization alongside our programs.

Help Create the Next Opportunity for a Child.

Education can open a door. A soccer field can create belonging. A tree can serve a community for generations. Together, we can create more of those opportunities.