Hope For The Nations

Learn more about this Program Program: CHILDREN AFFECTED BY CONFLICT & WAR

Wars have changed: today wars are primarily civil wars and civilians are targets rather than collateral damage. Today many warring groups specifically target women and children in order to spread fear through a population. This has led to a situation in which armed conflict disproportionately affects children.

Children who live in conflict zones or who have been through a war have suffered in many ways and need many different forms of assistance to regain a semblance of normalcy. Although children are extremely resilient, conflict makes children more vulnerable to the effects of their broken environment:

many have lost their family and friends;
many have lost their homes;
their community - and sense of community - was damaged;
Access to health care and education have been disrupted;
many have experienced physical trauma due to injury, illness, lack of nutrition or abuse;
Many have experienced emotional trauma from witnessing violence, losing loved ones, or being abused.

Hope for the Nations is particularly concerned about these children and seeks to address their needs using many different approaches. Explore the different projects that HFTN supports and consider how you can get involved.

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Funds Raised: $1,150.00 CAD
Project
MYANMAR (Burma): Children's Homes

We have recently partnered with 2 homes in Burma. The home currently cares for 24 children. Five of these children are HIV positive.

Two local people have pooled their meager savings to purchase another small acreage where another 15 children live, cared for by a house mom and a young handyman. The house is quite rudimentary being bamboo and thatch construction. An out- house and pig pens are the only additions along with the well and new water storage tank fed by powered air compressor.

All of the children have basic shelter, nourishment and are in school.

With support that has come in, we have built a goat shed, duck/chicken coop, small duck pond, rice storage shed and 200 bags of rice, and have purchased more goats. The investment in livestock is intended to eventually produce a source of income for the project. Bricks were also purchased for the next phase of development.

The immediate goal is to amalgamate both of the homes on the acreage since the city is at capacity. This would necessitate the construction of separate boys and girls dormitory buildings with an attached kitchen and worship hall. Construction would be of a simple nature but of more substantial products, i.e. brick, wood and corrugated tin roof rather than bamboo and thatch.

Longer term goals are to have 50 children by 2010 year end and to purchase a larger truck to transport the children to and from school.

To sponsor a child in this project, please click here.