Sunday, October 11, 2009

Children's Heaven


Children’s Heaven is a community based non profit organization which started its operation in July 2004 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Our program is dedicated to improving the lives of orphaned girls who had lost one or both parents to the AIDS epidemic. We achieve these goals primarily through sponsorship, which connect these girls with their individual sponsors.

Our program currently benefits more than 75 girls, while we have about 150 on our waiting list waiting for sponsors.


Mission Statement

Our mission is to embrace and empower the precious orphaned girls entrusted to our care in an effort to minimize their socio-economic vulnerability. We provide essential services to our children along with compassionate care, love, hope, security and religious guidance. We also equip them with the necessary skills, knowledge, opportunity and self assertiveness that will enable them to lead healthy and productive adult lives.


HIV and AIDS

Young people are becoming sexually active and at risk of contracting HIV at relatively early ages. The incidence of new HIV infection among young people indicates that HIV/AIDS continues to grow; infecting this generation and leaving them without hope and future.

Ethiopia is one of the African countries that is highly affected by the HIV pandemic. Located in Eastern Africa, Ethiopia is among those countries that are loosing their productive population at an alarming rate. In addition, the growing number of child-headed households affects the rights of children and their access to education, basic needs, development and protection as well as increases the vulnerability of children especially girls to sexual exploitation, adult abuse and neglect.

Children some of who are living with HIV/AIDS, or have lost one or both parents to this debilitating disease often experience discrimination and exclusion from the community as a result of the stigma. Consequently, psychological wounds are manifested in depression, isolation, aggression, eating and sleep disorders.

Children’s Heaven want to give them a safe environment where they can get love, security guidance and provision of their basic needs and help them develop as human beings that God intended them to be.

Our mission is to serve the needs of helpless children by providing essential services, compassionate care, love, security, religious guidance and to equip them with the skills, knowledge, opportunity and self assertiveness to lead healthy, productive adult lives.

Children’s Heaven is committed to openness and transparency in our business dealings and has adopted a policy of preparing its financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Our donors and volunteers are an important part of Children’s Heaven family. They should feel confident of handling of our resources with prudence and highest level of integrity.

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