SAVING ABANDONED BABIES
In 1999, Pastor Cheryl Allen was told that 50 babies were being abandoned every month in Johannesburg, many of them dying in dirty alleyways or derelict dumpsters. The Berea Baptist Mission Church decided to put a Baby Saver Box into their perimeter wall to try save these children. Since then, hundreds have been saved through the box, but many others have also arrived, either: direct from the mothers, or from hospitals, or from the police, or from other such avenues.
Sadly, the abandonment of babies continues, and so the work of Door of Hope must also continue.
BRINGING CHILDREN HOME
BABY HOMES
We love our children and consider each residence their home until such time as they are reunited with family, adopted into a family, or join the Children’s Village family.
RE-UNIFICATION
Social Workers will always consider placing children into the care of healthy, biological family first.
ADOPTION
We love uniting families through adoption, placing our children with their new forever mom and dad (or single parent) and possible siblings.
CHILDREN’S VILLAGE
Some of our children will be placed into family at the Children’s Village. Here they will find a loving community of moms and dads, and ‘extended family’ to love and nurture them.
BUILDING PEOPLE OF CHARACTER
We want to intentionally build people of character in five key areas:
1. CHARACTER
We must raise our children to be people of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
2. COMPETENCE
We must develop our children with the necessary skills to not only survive in the world but to thrive in it.
3. CALLING
We must equip our children, helping them to discern, and live out, their unique gifting and purpose in the world.
4. CONFIDENCE
We must instill in our children a healthy belief in themselves, and ultimately a faith in God and what He can accomplish in and through them.
5. COURAGE
We must encourage our children to live lives of bravery and valor.
BRIDGING A BETTER WORLD
If we can raise a generation of world changers, we can make this world a better place.
Our world needs people of character. And with your help, we can nurture graduates from the Children’s Village to live lives of quality, starting a legacy that will build on itself for generations to come.
