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Causes: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Children & Youth Services, Humanities
Mission: To care for orphans internationally
Geographic areas served: Guatemala and Liberia
Programs: Our two group homes in Guatemala received three new placements in 2018. We saw two children pass away from severe and untreatable birth defects and one aged out of the system. At the end of 2018, 25 children with special needs were receiving care in these homes.
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 2018 we ministered to 197 families in 65 different villages on a monthly basis. In addition, we have ministered to another 48 families with a one-time provision of equipment or with regular visits for training, encouragement or special resources.
We completed construction of a Birthing Center in Escuintla, Guatemala.
This facility provided maternity care to over 50 women, delivered three babies, and gave midwife training to women in the area. The Birthing Center has two labor and delivery rooms, a recovery room, an exam room, a kitchen, and lodging for on-site staff.
Our ministry in Liberia is running two Bible institutes, two elementary schools with feeding programs and medical service, a group home for children with special needs, and a mobile medical clinic.