Help for Orphans International is a non-profit organization which provides superior education facilities and materials for orphans around the world.
Our overall purpose is to elevate the well-being of orphans and empower them to succeed in whatever endeavor they choose. We provide an exceptional learning environment, along with educational tools that bring out the natural ability in our students, as well as give a firm grounding in the basics necessary for self-sufficiency. We are helping orphaned children help themselves. We firmly believe education represents a powerful tool for generating jobs, improving incomes, and expanding the opportunities available to these orphans. Our focus is on helping to create self-sufficiency among orphans by supplying the orphaned children with a basic education as well as teaching sustainable agriculture.
By providing our curriculum to already established schools as well as creating new schools for orphans in areas that have few educational resources, Help for Orphans International improves the lives of as many orphans as we can support and reach. In addition to the state-of-the-art phonics, reading, life and study skills courses that are easy to teach and self-paced, we also train teachers to create a specific curriculum to provide their students with skills that are relevant to their community.
In many of the orphanages we reach out to, certain basic needs have to be met before we can begin the educational process. Help for Orphans provides food, clean water, vaccinations, clothing and other needed supplies in order to establish an effective learning environment.
Having already begun building schools and assisting orphanages in India, South America, Uganda and Kenya, Help for Orphans International intends to expand as rapidly as possible in order to meet the needs of as many orphans as we can reach. The rapidly increasing numbers of orphans, particularly in Africa and other countries hit hard by recent natural disasters, create a tremendous need for assistance. Please help us by making a donation. We will utilize it effectively in order to create a sustainable solution for these children.
An interesting thing has happened with this blog I wrote over a year ago. It has become a Google hit. When you type in "Delhi orphanage" - it comes up first.
A lot of compassionate Indians and Americans have offered to help. We have a hard time keeping up with them, which is why I'm writing this blog - to give people a more comprehensive report on what's going on with our orphans in Delhi. Here are the stories of a few of the orphans. Anyone interested in helping should email Wilson Bunn directly at wjbunn@gmail.com. Many people have asked to help in the comment section below. I can no longer respond to them, but Wilson can. We do not do adoptions and cannot take one-time visitors to the orphanage. God bless you.
HOPE HOUSE
Our children come from poverty stricken slums, outcast leper colonies, and homes of prostitution. Many of them are orphaned or abandoned. They have not been cared for, provided for, and held no hope of an education. By God's power each of our children were brought to the doors of the Hope House.
Once admitted, the children are provided with clothing, soap, toothbrushes, and lots of love! They are assigned to a small family group which is cared for by a staff member. Our children range in age from two years to sixteen years; we are committed to caring for each of them until they can support themselves in the plans the Lord has for their future. The Hope House is not really an orphanage; we consider it a family. We love our children, care for our children and discipline our children in order to be an example of the family of God.
The Staff The staff each received the Lord's calling to provide a home for the hopeless and forgotten children of India long before they were united in marriage.
The house "Dad" - Pastor Paul* started his ministry as a worship leader to a music group that brought songs of praise into unreached villages. While he was a full-time manager of Emmanuel Children's Home in Delhi, he was a student of Emmanuel Bible Institute.
At the age of sixteen, his wife Sarah* attended Emmanuel Bible Institute and started her ministry work by living in a leper colony. She has worked in many leper colonies and slums, as well as ministered to prostitutes and street children. The Lord brought them together when he called her to work at Emmanuel Children's Home. Together they sought God's plan and direction to fulfill their calling. In January 2007, the Lord's timing had come for the Hope House to begin.
The Vision
Beyond being a children's home, Paul and Sarah understand God's purpose to use the Hope House as a ministry to reach out to the unreached villages of Hariyana, India.
Already our temporary dwelling has reached its maximum capacity as home to twenty-three children and 7 staff members! We hope to be able to move the Hope House into the midst of unreached villages where more children of labor and exploitation can be reached. This area will also provide the opportunity to reach out to the mothers and fathers of the villages.
We have a dream of starting Children's Village of Hope - home to an orphanage, school, Bible college, rescue house, and elderly home. We have great faith that the Lord will provide land for the new home of the Hope House in His own time and way.
The children and staff lift up this prayer request every day!
Testimonies from the children
"My name is Bharat. I am eight years old. I have one brother. I am from a Hindu family. My mother and father are divorced and now my mother works as a prostitute. I was brought to the House of Hope by one of the leaders from my mother's prostitution area. I am in the first grade at Ebenezer Missions School. At the Hope House I take love to help out with my little brothers and sisters. I just learned how to throw a frisbee and put together a puzzle; now I love to do them both!
My name is Flora. I am six years old. I am from a very poor Christian family. I have three sisters and one brother. We lived in a large, Delhi slum. My mother is a house servant and my father is a laborer, so they could not provide for our family.
They decided to send me and my little sister, Sweetie, to the House of Hope. I am very happy in my new home. I am in kindergarten at Ebenezer Missions School. I love to play with my new friends and take care of my baby sister.
My name is Nazma. I am five years old. I have one brother and two sisters. I am from a Muslim family. My father is a drunkard, who beat us and did not provide for our family. My mother could not care for us, so she brought me and my little brother, Shanawaz, to the House of Hope. I am very happy in my new home. I go to Ebenezer Missions School. I am a little quiet, but I love to smile and jump rope.
My name is Shanawaz "Shanu". I am four years old. I have three sisters. I am from a Muslim family. We lived in a large, Delhi slum. My father is a drunkard, who beat us and did not provide for our family. My mother could not care for us, so she brought me and my older sister, Nazma, to the House of Hope. I am very happy in my new home, and I have just been enrolled in Ebenezer Missions School. My older sister is very good at taking care of me. I was very malnourished when I came to the House of Hope, but now my belly is shrinking and my body is gaining weight. Praise the Lord!
My name is Shivam. I am five years old. I have two sisters. I am from a Hindu family living in a large, Delhi slum. My mother has health problems and my father is a laborer. They sent me and my sister, Suman, to the House of Hope because they could not provide for us. When I first came to my new home, I was afraid to do anything for myself. I would not go to the potty, get dressed, take a bath, or even ask for a second helping of food. Now, I am so comfortable in my new home, and I am a big help to my staff leader, Brother Brij.
My name is Suman. I am four years old. I have one brother and one sister. I am from a Hindu family living in a large, Delhi slum. My mother has health problems and my father is a laborer. They sent me and my brother, Shivam, to the House of Hope because they could not provide for us. I go to nursery school at Ebenezer Missions School. I am so happy at the House of Hope. I love to eat and play with my new friend Sweetie.
Support and Contact Information:
* The Hope House is funded by financial gifts and gifts of provision (i.e. rice, meat, fruits, clothing, soap). * We greatly appreciate volunteers of service and time to our children. * This orphanage does NOT do adoptions. We can't help you adopt orphans. * The Hope House is located in Hariyana, India, 45 minutes from Dwarka and 45 minutes from Gurguon. * For questions please contact: parikshit saini informationheaven@gmail.com
Help for Orphans International is a non-profit organization which provides superior education facilities and materials for orphans around the world.
Beyond being a children's home, Paul and Sarah understand God's purpose to use the Hope House as a ministry to reach out to the unreached villages of Hariyana, India.