Orphanages

Refuge House/Oasis Orphanage - A girls home and orphanage in the Ivory Coast.

Refuge House opened in February 2003 as a home for street girls who are taken in and given basic education and vocational training in sewing, cooking, and crocheting.  Oasis opened in November 2005 and combined with Refuge House. It is for children ages newborn to 16.  Here children who have lost parents due to AIDS, War, or just Poverty and illness, will receive a loving home, an education and medical treatment.            Director - Esther Krebo

Casa Emanuel - An orphanage in Guinea-Bissau.

Here the children are ages newborn to 18. The children here who lost parents due to AIDS, death in childbirth or just poverty and illness, will receive a loving home, education and medical treatment. We have about 155 children in residence, a K-12 school and a hospital on the grounds. We purchased land in March of 2009 and are in the process of building a second orphanage nearby. Director - Isabel Mora

Exodus House/Dorcas House - An orphanage and Girl's Vocational Training Center in Benin.

We started Exodus House in December of 2004. Currently we care for 65 children. We feed any child who comes to our door. Dorcas House opened in May of 2008, originally this home housed twenty girls aged 13 to 20, but recently we have combined the vocational center with Exodus House orphanage in one building. The girls still learn trades ranging from sewing, weaving, soap making, jewelry production and baking.  Basic reading, writing and business principals are also taught. Director - Pulcherie Ologoudou

Canaan Center - An orphanage in Ivory Coast.

Canaan Center's children range from the ages of 2 to 16. These children are taken in from the streets and markets or brought to us when their mother dies in childbirth. Some are orphans who have lost parents to AIDS or war.  Canaan Center is about an hour outside of the city of Abidjan. Director - Jeanne Zonde