Thomas founded Many Hopes after visiting East Africa in 2007. He observed how children who had survived injustice had the same desire that he had as a child in Northern Ireland to act against injustice there, but that they did not have the two things needed to act on that desire: education and a supportive family. So he started Many Hopes to bridge that gap so they could leverage their desire. Born in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles," educated at Queens University, Belfast, worked for one of the two Nobel prize-winning signatories of the Belfast Peace Agreement, and is a former columnist. His belief that seemingly intractable problems can be solved by bringing the right influences to bear on them stems from his Christian faith. He liv
Thomas founded Many Hopes after visiting East Africa in 2007. He observed how children who had survived injustice had the same desire that he had as a child in Northern Ireland to act against injustice there, but that they did not have the two things needed to act on that desire: education and a supportive family. So he started Many Hopes to bridge that gap so they could leverage their desire. Born in Northern Ireland during “The Troubles," educated at Queens University, Belfast, worked for one of the two Nobel prize-winning signatories of the Belfast Peace Agreement, and is a former columnist. His belief that seemingly intractable problems can be solved by bringing the right influences to bear on them stems from his Christian faith. He liv
