2011 ORPHANAGE MAKEOVERS FUND.
CAN YOU HELP? Peace Gospel International is in urgent need of $96,000 to fund critical quality of life improvements at 9 of our orphan homes which lack many fundamental necessities. Due to the life-changing impact we saw from the "makeover" at our oldest and largest (India) orphanage last year, we are eager to apply some of the same improvements at our other orphanages.
ANY AMOUNT, however insignificant it may seem, will make a very substantial impact in the life of an orphaned child.
As always, we appreciate your ongoing response to our fund-raising appeals for our orphanages. Questions? Comments? Ideas? Give us a shout at info@peacegospel.org.
THE PROBLEM. These orphanages are operated by our native pastors and church members who have reached out with compassionate hearts to the orphans in their communities, providing them with a loving home environment, and basic access to nutrition and education. However, the facilities where our native teams house these orphans are very primitive and lack basic quality of life components you and I take for granted. In addition, many of our orphans lack shoes or even a fresh pair of clothing.
WHY IS IT LIKE THIS? Most of the orphans under our care are rescued from a life on the streets, child labor situations, or sadly, the sex trade. They come from deplorable conditions. So you can imagine our native teams, lacking funding, are happy to just give them 3 square meals a day, a loving home, and a roof over their heads. In an orphan-rescue ministry, you grow not so concerned about having modern amenities in the home and new shoes on the children's feet— you're just glad you've rescued them and that they're in a safe and relatively healthy environment. However, we have felt called to raise the standard of care for these whom the scriptures proclaim are very dear to God's heart.
OUR SOLUTION. We feel it is our calling to provide these orphans with the best we can offer; what we would expect our children in the West to have basic access to, and to do it all in a way that's sustainable— that's why we've empowered all of our orphanages with local small businesses our native teams operate— so they can rely more on their own God-enabled ingenuity & hard work than on donations from abroad. However, we've got to help them take care of some critical challenges that cannot wait for business profits— that's what this fund is for.
What this fund will provide for 191 children at 9 orphanage homes:
• Kitchen upgrades to handle cooking loads & improve sanitation
• Dining tables & chairs for the children to avoid eating on the floor
• Major upgrades to existing toilets and bathing rooms
• A small fridge for each orphanage home
• Water purifier for each orphanage home
• New vegetable gardens or improvements to existing gardens
• New fences or other measures to add security around the homes
• Roof repairs to prevent rainwater leakage
• Other miscellaneous repairs to the homes
• Solar backup generators for frequent, crippling power outages
• New shoes— for many, their first pair
• New school uniforms
• New set of regular clothes
• Umbrellas for rainy seasons
• Various school & art supplies
• Desks & chairs for home study time
• Various hygiene items for every child
• New guitars and other instruments
• New beds, mattresses, bedding (many upgrading from floor mats)
• Mosquito netting for beds
• Bicycles for orphanage staff members
• New play equipment like soccer balls, bats, etc.
For when the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it gave witness of me, because I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, and I made the widow's heart sing for joy. —Job 29:11-13
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