This first home in the village area of Chevogere, with storefronts along the main road and living quarters in the back, sells hardware, bicycles and spare parts, building materials, food and household supplies and items like soda pop and candy. The boys and staff also recharge car batteries and give haircuts. From the profit, all 20 boys are supported.
In addition to enabling the boys to get back to the village, the creation of
“They are not street children,” Vincent points out. “They are just children on the street.”
this home has also reunited husbands, Simon and Jackson, with their wives and children. It has become a typical situation for husbands to work in the city while their wives remain in the village to raise the kids and run the shamba.
When the kids are taken in from the streets, though Audrey and Rick hope to find and reunite them with their parents, it rarely happens, for most of their parents have died. As often as possible, they get a written statement from the local chief indicating that the boy has rights to his family’s land when he turns 18.
Rick and Audrey hope to help create many more self-supporting homes in village settings for these children who have no place to go but to the streets. The children and staff become like a family to each other.
Audrey reaches out to the
despairing and gives
them hope.
Rick and Audrey have the vision to educate, disciple, train, and equip the children, enabling them to return to their own land. Living in their villages, they can be productive, godly citizens and leaders in their communities, planting and harvesting their own gardens, and perhaps running a small business.
Creating these homes means these children will not only experience African family life within the community, but they’ll also receive biblical training from the house parents and staff and build lasting friendships while attending the village schools and churches.
“They are not street children,” Vincent points out. “They are just children on the street.”
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