Our vision & mission
How it all started
Abba Child Care International was born from a passion to do something for the 148 million orphans we do have worldwide. This passion led us to build our first children-home in India, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. We don't call it an orphanage, because we do not want to emphasize the fact that our children are orphans. Instead we decided to call it 'Abba Children Home', Abba is the Hebrew word for father, and we wanted these fatherless children to experience the love of a father and mother like other children do. It was in September 2010 our home was officially opened and our children moved in. We were very happy for completing our first project successfully . Click here to see the final report (only in Dutch but with a lot of pictures) of this completed project.
Our vision
However, I wanted to do more. With over 148 million orphans worldwide, I wanted to do something substantial, I wanted to make a difference, I wanted to help them. So then we launched our charity under the name 'Abba Child Care International'. Our vision was to provide care for 10.000 children worldwide, regardless their: race, religion, education, gender or age. Our dream is to provide them a loving home, food, medical care and education to give them the perspective of a bright future.
Our mission
The way we want to fulfill our vision is treefold: First of all we are looking for sponsors who just want to sponsor a child financially. Secondly we see the need to build them a house to shelter them if needed. Thirtly we have devoleped a plan that we have called Abba Family Homes (AFH). This plan is revolutionary. So what do we do? We buy a piece of land, give this land to a poor family that wants to sponsor a child. On this land they can grow food, sell it and make a living on their own. We also help them with a small contribution in caring for their adopted child for the maximum period of 10 years. After ten years they are independent and they themselves can care for the child. In due time they can buy the piece of land for themselves and so escape the cycle of poverty. So we say at AFH "give a child a family and this family a future. "Two birds with one stone. You can read more about it at the Abba Family Home page.
Give a child a family and that family a home
To fulfill our vision to care for 10.000 children, we need people who want to adopt a child financially for only € 25,- a month. When you are interested to sponsor a child, just click here to read more. Sponsoring a child is a continuous thing, however, building them a home is a one time project. So far we have done our first home in Guntur for 100 children. After that we have started Abba Village, a big project for 1000 children in Rajasthan. However, shortly after launching it, we felt to adjust our strategy from the classical childrenhomes to what we call Abba Family Homes, were we do place these children into adpotive families. Click here to see this project. If you are interested to sponsor our building projects just click here.
Abba Child Care International was born from a passion to do something for the 148 million orphans we do have worldwide. This passion led us to build our first children-home in India, in the state of Andhra Pradesh. We don't call it an orphanage, because we do not want to emphasize the fact that our children are orphans. Instead we decided to call it 'Abba Children Home', Abba is the Hebrew word for father, and we wanted these fatherless children to experience the love of a father and mother like other children do. It was in September 2010 our home was officially opened and our children moved in. We were very happy for completing our first project successfully . Click here to see the final report (only in Dutch but with a lot of pictures) of this completed project.
Our vision
However, I wanted to do more. With over 148 million orphans worldwide, I wanted to do something substantial, I wanted to make a difference, I wanted to help them. So then we launched our charity under the name 'Abba Child Care International'. Our vision was to provide care for 10.000 children worldwide, regardless their: race, religion, education, gender or age. Our dream is to provide them a loving home, food, medical care and education to give them the perspective of a bright future.
Our mission
The way we want to fulfill our vision is treefold: First of all we are looking for sponsors who just want to sponsor a child financially. Secondly we see the need to build them a house to shelter them if needed. Thirtly we have devoleped a plan that we have called Abba Family Homes (AFH). This plan is revolutionary. So what do we do? We buy a piece of land, give this land to a poor family that wants to sponsor a child. On this land they can grow food, sell it and make a living on their own. We also help them with a small contribution in caring for their adopted child for the maximum period of 10 years. After ten years they are independent and they themselves can care for the child. In due time they can buy the piece of land for themselves and so escape the cycle of poverty. So we say at AFH "give a child a family and this family a future. "Two birds with one stone. You can read more about it at the Abba Family Home page.
Give a child a family and that family a home
To fulfill our vision to care for 10.000 children, we need people who want to adopt a child financially for only € 25,- a month. When you are interested to sponsor a child, just click here to read more. Sponsoring a child is a continuous thing, however, building them a home is a one time project. So far we have done our first home in Guntur for 100 children. After that we have started Abba Village, a big project for 1000 children in Rajasthan. However, shortly after launching it, we felt to adjust our strategy from the classical childrenhomes to what we call Abba Family Homes, were we do place these children into adpotive families. Click here to see this project. If you are interested to sponsor our building projects just click here.