C - Child's holistic growth

H - Helping families & communities

I - Innovation and excellence

L - Lead by

D - Demonstrating the fruit of the Spirit

Child's holistic growth

• Children will be engaged in various aspects of development including physically, emotionally, intellectually and spiritually
• Basis: love God with all your heart, soul, strength and mind

Helping families and communities

• Programs for the families will include:
• teaching families the fundamentals of how to care for their children
• vocational training for the mothers in our program
• emotional and spiritual support via devotions, bible study and counseling
• Communities
• we will work to integrate children into their communities
• seek to have local run facilities by utilizing staff & volunteers from the community
• Basis: to effectively serve our children we need to serve the families and communities they live in

Innovation & Excellence

• Innovative in serving children with disabilities thru calculated decisions based on prayer, research and due diligence
• Excellence is the standard that we'll set for every program and activity involving our children
• Basis: Colossians 3:23

Lead by Demonstrating the fruit of the Spirit

• We will model the fruit of the Spirit in our interactions with the children, families and community. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control
• Basis: Galatians 5:22-23

80 children with a wide variety of disabilities, such as Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Hydrocephaly, Autism, Brain Damage and others. Most children come from low-income families, many living in very poor conditions that are not conducive to their health conditions.

Hired Nicaraguan staff provide services for the kids which include: Hippo Therapy (on horse), Physical Therapy, Special Education, Early Intervention and/or Palliative Care. Children attend weekly with a family member. Since many of the mothers are single and struggling to make ends meet, they are encouraged by the community of support at our center and training classes that are offered, including disability education, home economics and bible study.

In Managua alone, there is an estimate of more than 6,000 children with developmental disabilities. These children rarely have opportunity to go to school, and services are limited for them.

This program runs fully on support from donors such as yourself. Many volunteers have come to help with building projects and staff training as well as provide financial support. Thank you if you are one of those who have given of your time or resources to help us keep going. We would not exist without your support.