'House of Hope' is our residential care centre for orphaned and vulnerable kids. We have 28 orphans in our care, 18 of them live in the House of Hope, the others are in community foster care. They range in age from 19, 18, 17 right down to 2¹/₂ We have 2 care workers, one resident and the other works day time. In a fatherly role we have Pastor Andrew from Zion AoG church.

House of Hope Barbara and some the kids in our care House of Hope Staf and kids

We took in 3 new children to the House of Hope while we were there. The first was a little boy of 2¹/₂ called Joanis. His story is not a typical one for us but nevertheless the heart beat of Jesus says 'care'... 

Joanis

Joanis lives within earshot of Zion Nursery and Primary School in a 2 roomed hut just off one of the busiest streets in Bo, with his Mother, Father, sister and a new baby sister. His mother has sickle cell anemia and has quite severe mastitis . Joanis father has polio, contracted during the war years when immunisations were impossible. He can only walk on crutches. He does a little tailoring to try and support his family. They are struggling to look after Joanis, who is very bright and adventurous. He is also very anaemic and medical intervention is required.

We have taken him into the care centre for while to build up his strength and blood levels and also to give his parents a  break. We plan to return him with his family when he has improved and they aready to receive him.

Joanis's father and baby daughter

Joanis's parents 2 roomed house

Our Head of Ministry Development, Cynthia Kanu, showed us two more children that had recently lost their mother. As part of an outreach to Muslim women she  encouraged others to befriend two Muslim women each and let the Light of Jesus shine into their lives. These two childrens' mother was one of the women Cynthia had befriended.

 Pictures to come soon...