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Jireh Children's Home  ▪ What is it? ▪ Mission & Vision ▪ Programs & Services ▪ Objectives ▪ Accomplishments Fact As many as 4,000 homeless children roam the streets of Olongapo City, where most Jireh Home residents originate. They are easy to spot: they wear rags and rummage through garbage: they sleep on side walks, alleys and the doorsteps of night clubs: they beg for food and money. Some are hardly old enough to walk. Many succumb to illness or foul play. Child prostitution is rampant (The U.N. estimates there are 20,000 child prostitutes in the Philippines). The lives of these children are defined by a constant struggle for survival. Many live and die without ever experiencing true joy or love.  It is a Christian home for children, who have no home of their own: orphans, runaways, street children. victims of neglect, poverty and exploitation; children who have nowhere else to go and no hope for a better life. It is 4 hectares of pristine rural land located in Barangay Magsaysay in the town of Castillejos, Zamba1es province, Philippines. Half the property comprises cottages and facilities for modern living. The other half is an open land, set aside for agriculture and livestock. Jireh Children's Home grow much of its own food. It is a place where children grow up in a Christian atmosphere wherein personal and group devotions as well as ongoing Bible Studies are an integral part of the daily routine. JCHI provides the essentials of wholesome living, including the teaching of discipline needed for a Biblically grounded and productive life. The Home shall in all intent and purposes be a community of law abiding, God fearing cooperative society, sharing, caring, helping, and mutually growing up, developing and becoming constructive citizens of the Philippines. |
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