Hope For Home Ministries

TO CARE FOR ORPHANS INTERNATIONALLY

GROUP HOMES: OUR FIVE GROUP HOMES IN GUATEMALA (HOGAR DE LA ESPERANZA, HOGAR DE LA ESPERANZ II, HOGAR DE LA ESPERANZA III, HOGAR DE LA ESPERANZA IV, AND HOGAR NUEVA ESPERANZA) RECEIVED ELEVEN NEW PLACEMENTS IN 2021. WE SAW ONE PASS AWAY FROM SEVERE SPECIAL NEEDS AND ONE REUNIFIED WITH HER FAMILY. AT THE END OF 2021, 32 CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WERE RECEIVING CARE IN THESE HOMES. WE HAVE 19 GIRLS AND 3 BOYS LIVING IN OUR BOARDING HOUSE IN LIBERIA. ALL OF THESE CHILDREN WERE ORPHANED BY THE EBOLA CRISIS. THE COMMUNITY AROUND THEM HAVE OSTRACIZED THE CHILDREN BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA THAT CAME WITH THE EBOLA CRISIS. THESE CHILDREN RECEIVE FOOD, HOUSING, CLOTHING AND WEEKLY BIBLE STUDIES, PROVIDED BY A FULL-TIME CAREGIVER. THE CHILDREN ALSO RECEIVE FREE EDUCATION AND ALL OF THEIR MEDICAL NEEDS ARE PROVIDED. HIS SAFE HAVEN VILLAGE IS A COMMUNITY OF 7 GROUP HOMES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WE EMPLOY 7 WIDOWS, FOSTER MOMS, WHO PROVIDE DAILY CARE IN A HOME SETTING. WE ALSO EMPLOY 4 SUBSTITUTE MOMS TO FILL IN WHEN THE FOSTER MOMS ARE TAKING TIME OFF WORK. THE CHILDREN RECEIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY 5 DAYS A WEEK. A FULL-TIME COOKING STAFF IS EMPLOYED TO PREPARE 3 NUTRITIOUS MEALS DAILY TO THE CHILDREN AND STAFF. WE SERVED 28 CHILDREN IN 2021. THERE IS A TEAM OF 5 SECURITY GUARDS EMPLOYED TO PROTECT THE HOMES. ALL OF THE CHILDREN'S MEDICAL NEEDS ARE PROVIDED AT THE MEDICAL CLINIC.

MAINTAINED A RURAL VILLAGE MINISTRY (WHEELS OF HOPE) WHICH PROVIDED FOOD, MEDICAL TREATMENT, WATER FILTERS, AND SUPPLIES AS WELL AS MINISTERED TO THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF DESTITUTE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. IN 2021 WE MINISTERED TO 214 FAMILIES IN 16 DEPARTMENTS ON A MONTHLY BASIS. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE MINISTERED TO ANOTHER 41 FAMILIES WITH A ONE-TIME PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT OR WITH REGULAR VISITS FOR TRAINING, ENCOURAGEMENT OR SPECIAL RESOURCES. DURING THE COVID-19 CRISIS AND THE SUBSEQUENT ECONOMIC SHUT-DOWN THAT RESULTED IN A HUNGER CRISIS, WE PROVIDED OVER 75 TONS OF FOOD TO OVER 6,000 FAMILIES IN 15 DEPARTMENTS OF GUATEMALA, AS WELL AS PROVIDING MEDICINES AND MEDICAL TREATMENT TO FAMILIES.

SCHOOLS: OUR MINISTRY IN LIBERIA IS RUNNING TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. WE HAD 400 SPONSORED CHILDREN ATTENDING LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN GBARNGA, WHERE WE OFFER GRADE LEVELS PRE-SCHOOL THROUGH 4TH GRADE. AT FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN DENTA TOWN, WE HAD 134 STUDENTS; WE OFFER PRESCHOOL THROUGH 1ST GRADE. THROUGH INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIP, EVERY STUDENT RECEIVES AN EDUCATION, ONE MEAL EACH DAY, AND FREE MEDICAL CARE.