While visiting with Amanda from Visiting Orphans (VO) about their programs and trying to set our church up with an orphanage in Africa she expressed an immediate need for an orphanage in Ecuador. She has been working closely with their administrators and they have had their funding cut off by their government and are in immediate need of assistance.
If you are a leader in your church with a missions committee or family ministry, or know an organization in your community who could partner with this orphanage for their needs please contact me or Amanda at Visiting Orphans to help. After reviewing their programs at VO and talking with Amanda you simply 'adopt' the orphanage. Your church groups or individuals can make vision or mission trips to the orphanage once a year (or more if you want!) and help with their needs financially as well as other items they may need. For example if something breaks down at the orphanage such as a washer or refrigerator and they don't have the means to repair it, your church group would fund this expense or raise money to help with the costs. You're caring for the children as well as the facility. Cards and letters, pictures can be sent back and forth between your group and the children.
If you are interested in helping and partnering with this orphanage please contact us and we can send you more information and even photos of the children. They are beautiful children!!! I don't know that I can share them here now, but will check with Amanda.
We are commanded by God to help the least of these, and sometimes an effort like this seems like the LEAST we can do.
† Advocating
Renea
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