This project will provide a home for sixty plus (60+) orphaned children and employ 10 staff, including 6 widows. Construction of our new building is complete, and now we have to furnish, equip, and staff the Home. There are thousands of children at risk of being trafficked in India, and we have already rescued some from that fate.
There are several million orphan children in India. Thousands of orphans live on the streets of villages, towns, and cities in Andhra Pradesh state alone. As a result thousands fend for themselves, and are vulnerable to traffickers. Since opening our smaller Home in 2013, we have had countless inquiries from villages in the region to take children that they have identified as orphans, but did not have the capacity to house them. This new home will give us that capacity.
Furnishing and equipping this new 7,500 sq foot building will enable us to increase our capacity from 25 to 60 residents, as well as providing a home and employment for 6 to 8 widows. Our children are brought into a family environment run by our director and his extended family who live right on the campus. The younger children attend the local school just down the street. Older children attend schools nearby. Widows who were previously not employed, now are able to provide for their families.
This project will provide our children a safe home environment, quality education, and the ability to rise up out of poverty, becoming productive members of their community.
This project has provided additional documentation in a PDF file (projdoc.pdf).
