Children's House
- We are building a real home in Riobamba/Ecuador. The first two houses, which we were able to complete in October 2014, currently serve around 60 children regularly as a place to go for lunch, homework help and spiritual children's programmes.
- In order to fully focus on the school children, our ‘Immanuel children’, we have given up the 40 daycare places at the end of 2024.
- The care of these Immanuel children is made possible by financing the daycare places. Through these regular donations, we provide these children with constant support for a solid education and vocational training. They and their families also receive pastoral, psychological and social care from our local staff.
- The Immanuel houses not only care for children, but also host a small church congregation for church services and other programmes.
- We regularly organise health campaigns.
- Through these measures, the children experience and learn Christian and ethical values.
Outlook
Our vision is to build a multifunctional building for the children and also for the church that will be built there, as our existing buildings are already inadequate.
We would also like to be able to take in young and single teenage mothers to give them and their children a future and an education. Unfortunately, this is also not possible without new buildings!
Unfortunately, we've had to repeatedly scale back this vision in recent years as increased costs and other financial burdens have had to be compensated for. What we need here is:
- Prayer and intercession for the expansion of Immanuel and support for the construction of the building, which we expect to cost around 200,000 euros.
- Faithful long-term donors to secure the existing children's places and their expansion
- Permanent support for the missionary family that is now on site
