The Children’s Home Project (TCHP) exists to increase the love safety, nourishment and hope in the lives of youth in Honduran Orphanages and Children’s Homes.

TCHP works primarily with two centers:

Nueva Esperanza is a government home for 0-14 year old boys and girls.  The children are in this home because they have been orphaned, abandoned, abused, are socially at-risk or due to their families severe poverty.  This home is understaffed and underfunded therefore the kids aren’t receiving what they need physically, educationally or emotionally.

Proniño is a privately run home for former street boys ages 8-18.  Most of the boys have been rescued from a life of drugs, violence and fear on the street by police, employees or volunteers.  This is a home with a lot of hope as they rehabilitate, educate and provide many opportunities for the boys.  The boys attend public school with their peers and learn either welding, electricity or carpentry.

A few of the ways TCHP is working to enrich the lives of the children in the homes is by:

1. Building a strong group of Honduran volunteers that regularly invest in the children through Bible study, crafts, games and personal relationships.
2. Improving their diets through the addition of protein in their meals.
3. Bringing five teams of North Americans to work on week-long projects that will benefit the centers as well as forming relationships with the kids.
4. Connecting North Americans to a sponsorship program to financially assist the center as well as encourage the child through letters and small gifts.

How you can help!

1. Help recruit a team to serve in one of the centers in 2012, or join an existing team
2. Sponsor a child

a. It costs Proniño $200 per month to provide food, housing, and other essentials to each child that lives there.

b. You can select a child and provide all or some of the monthly cost to be at Proniño.

3.  Host a toiletries drive

4.  Make a donation to The Children’s Home Project

Please contact Jenny Kast with any questions!

602-574-6612

jkast@hth.org

For more information and stories about the kids, visit The Children’s Home Project blog