Project Summary

Founded in 1968, Hope Children's Home has rescued nearly 5,000 children between the ages of 2 and 18.  Most of these children have been discarded, abused, unwanted, or orphaned.  Some of them have faced life situations that left them a little off track.  Our purpose at Hope Children's Home is to share Christ with the children and mold them into Biblically educated members of our future society.

The need to take care of more, especially younger, children has increased dramatically.  We have had a vision of creating a smaller, more intimate family setting for our children for many years.  Finally, our prayers have been answered.  Thanks to generous donors, we have the financial support to initiate the Cottages of Hope.  These cottages will be nestled within the beautiful natural setting of our 55 acre campus and will be the future of our ability to care for younger children and provide a loving family setting.

The plan is to develop four cottages in a small village with a playground/park area in the center.  Each cottage will provide living space for house parents and up to 12 children.

The two key factors for this project are:

• The ability to keep siblings together in a family setting allowing the children to develop in a normal family environment that teaches them life skills, interpersonal relationships, responsibility, and Christian values.
• To expand our ability to accept younger children into the home (ages infant to 8 years old) and provide a safe, loving, and nurturing environment for them.

Within the current boys and girls dormitory environment, these factors are nearly impossible to provide.