To facilitate successful outcomes for orphans and vulnerable children in Sierra Leone, by providing them a stable and safe environment with nutritious meals, education, health care, psychosocial support, opportunities for spiritual and character development, protecting them against abuse and exploitation.
Our Mission
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We provide each child with three wholesome meals and safe drinking water each day.
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We monitor each child's growth to ensure that the child is growing well compared with his or her peers.
FOOD & NUTRITION
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We provide each child with a safe, stable, sanitary and comfortable home environment under the consistent care, attention and support of loving and caring adults.
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We provide each child with clothing and toiletries.
SHELTER AND CARE
Our Approach
As despairing orphaned and vulnerable children experience overwhelming multiple challenges on the journey to success our solution is holistic. We support our in these critical foundational areas: food and nutrition, shelter and care, child support, education and life skills, and spiritual development.
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We protect each child from any abuse, neglect, maltreatment or exploitation (sexual, economic and others).
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We provide protection within the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, by employing vetted staff.
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We recognise each child's right to freedom of expression and appropriate information.
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We solicit the opinion of each child in decision making that affects them.
CHILD PROTECTION
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We recognise that each child has a right to the highest standard of health
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We make every effort to safeguard the physical and mental health of each child
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We provide each child with access to quality healthcare.
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We offer each child with opportunities to participate in leisure and recreational activities.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Core Values
Our actions at the House of Caring are guided by a sense of honesty, fairness, respectability, humility, discipline, enterprise, dignity, integrity, compassion, and courage. We encourage our children at the House of Caring to embrace our values.
Who we are
We are a dedicated and concerned group of individuals in the United Kingdom, United States of America and Sierra Leone, who care about the welfare of children.
We come from various professional backgrounds: academia, business, accounting, architecture, medicine and health, information technology, public administration, and others.
Who we serve
This organisations started after the civil war, which ended in 2002. Tragic events of recent years have also created orphans, which is why our work continues.
We guide the success of our children all of whom have been orphaned.
Before our children come to us, they have likely experienced many more risks and negative outcomes than their peers because of their inability to access education, healthcare and protective services.
For 18 years, House of Caring operated from rented premises in Wellington, Sierra Leone. During that period funds were raised to allow us to erect our own premises nearer Freetown. Through fundraising and the very generous contribution from Dr Leslie Leigh, Dr Danni Suskin and other doctors and staff of Gwinnett Neonatology PC from Georgia, USA, the present building was completed, and the home opened in 2021. It is a family-orientated residential care facility and currently supports 9 boys, between the ages of 8 and 11.
Boys who have graduated from the home are now gainfully employed and giving back to society.
Support our material needs
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New or gently used computers, laptops, printers and new ink cartridges.
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New folding twin bed and mattresses.
Support our Capital Campaign
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To purchase land and construct another House of Caring facility for girls - £200k
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To install a solar power system and borehole water system for the future girls home - £40k
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To purchase furniture for the future girls home - £15k
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Monthly expenses for running each home - £1500.