Orphan Children Ministry

House Mercy Children Home Is another one of House of Mercy Children Ministry project, about 29 abandoned children sharing a small room. We ensure that the children are well looked after, general welfare is being taking care of.

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me. -Matthew 25:35

“What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” James 2:14-17

Since God visited me and called me for His ministry I have travelled and visited many villages, towns, and cities in our state of Andhra Pradesh to proclaim the good news of Christ. This is what I saw during my visits: many children roaming the streets and begging for food; some children were picking the rags to sell for food; many children are abandoned; many are sexually abused; some children are working at the small road-side hotels as dish washers; some girls are forced into prostitution; some children are stealing food at the train station or bus stations; some children are begging in front of the Hindu temples.

More than 400 million children live in India that is more than in any other country in the world. An estimated 26 million of these children are orphan and live in the streets. Often, these children daily lives consist of begging and digging through trash for scraps of food before searching nightly for a safe place to sleep on the street. Many inevitably turn to crime or prostitution to survive. These children in need of Home, School, Teacher, Future and Hope.

Love and Action Mission for Poor Ministries is dedicated to making a difference in these children’s lives by providing home, clothing, schooling and medical care.

Our goal is to reach 1000 children within the next 10 years. There are currently hundreds of children waiting for support. Some of these children come from families that are so poor that they don’t even have enough money for food on a daily basis. Others are orphans who have no family to care for them.

You can sponsor a child today for only US $50 per month. This will insure that they have food, shelter and clothing. These children are also able to attend school – an option that many of them never had before. They will also receive biblical training and hear of the love of Christ.

It is in the heart of God to raise orphans and destitute children and we the founder members of Ministry are privileged to be involved in this humble task.

We know that it is a task we could never accomplish without the helping hand of friends like you. We indeed pray that you will be encouraged to partner with us to give these children the future they deserve.

The main aim of this House of Mercy Children ministry is to relieve the human sufferings of some of the poor, neglected and destitute children below poverty line irrespective of caste, color, creed and religion. This institution is working very hard to provide some children with good education and help these children to reach certain standards in the society. This institution is very committed to prevent child labor and provide them with the basic education.

Preference is being given to orphans, neglected, semi-orphans and to children from broken families. Orphan children are taken care until they get married. Each and every child is given good education and this House of Mercy takes care till they are well settled in their life.

Why Children?

Children-at-Risk Fact Sheet:

The world’s population has reached an all-time high of 6.8 billion, with 27 % of the population under the age of 15, almost half of the world’s 2.2 billion children alive on the planet today are growing up in poverty- 1 billion. Taking an honest look at the state of the average child growing up in the world is sobering. While there has been unprecedented progress and development in the past century, millions of children are still abused and exploited. We must continue to use creative and strategic solutions towards creating a world where all children are safe, nurtured, and valued.

If it were not for the children’s home, hundreds of India’s children would still be living on the streets with no hope of a life free of danger, starvation, begging, or even slavery. Many have no parents, others have only one parent, and several are just not able to financially provide for their children

Hunger and Malnutrition:

In the world today, enough food is produced everyday to adequately feed everyone. Yet, over a billion people do not have enough to eat. Not only does malnutrition cause deaths every year, but when children are malnourished, they are much more likely to become sick and not properly develop.

HIV/AIDS:

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic disproportionately alerting poor communities. In some countries, so many people have died of AIDS that it is literally transforming nations. Children are especially vulnerable to becoming sick or having their lives disrupted by losing a parent. According to the UNAIDS, in 2010:

(1)2.1 Million Children were living with HIV.

(2)280, 00 children died of AIDS.

(3) 430,000 children under the age of 15 were infected with HIV.

Clean Water:

Access to clean water is essential to the health of every child. While often ignored, diseases from drinking unsafe water has taken the lives of millions of children and caused countless absences from school. • About 4,500 children die each day- or 1 child every 20 seconds-from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities

(1)84% of the deaths due to unclean water in the world are children under the age of 14 (World Health Organization). • Children in living in impoverished conditions often carry 1,000 parasitic worms in their bodies at any time (UN Water 20010).

Children AT-RISK FACTSHEET

(2)Millions Of women and children spend several hours a day collecting water from distant, often polluted sources (2009).

Sexual Exploitation:

Children are especially vulnerable to being sexually and economically exploited. Across the world, poverty forces children to work, and makes them more open to being tra”cked.

There are an estimated 158 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are engaged in child labor
Every year, 22,000 children die in work-related accidents (International Labor Organization).
8.4 million children are trapped in slavery, tracking, debt bondage, prostitution, pornography and other illicit activities (International Labor Organization).
1 million children are exploited by the global commercial sex trade
Nearly half of the victims of human tracking are children
1.8 million Children were involved in commercial sex work worldwide.

Children in War

War and armed conflict radically a!ects the lives of millions of women and children worldwide. The physical, mental, and emotional well-being of children in conflict is put at risk. The scope of the issue is immense.

In 2008, 18 million children were forced to leave their homes as either a refugee or an Internally Displaced Person
There are 200,000 to 300,000 children currently being used as soldiers in conflicts worldwide (Human Rights Watch).
More than 2 million children have died and 6 million have been permanently disabled or seriously injured as a direct result of armed conflict over the last decade
Between 8,000 and 10,000 children are killed or maimed by landmines every year

Homelessness and Street Children:

Every child has the right to a safe and stable place to live. Children living on the streets face violence, exploitation, neglect, chemical addiction, and other abuses. The vast majority of children raised on the streets later have emotional, physical, and mental damage.

At-Risk Factsheet

Every year in India, 1 in 50 children experience homelessness any given year (National Center on Family Homelessness).
39% of the homeless population in India is children (National Coalition for the Homeless).
While the data on street children worldwide is di”cult to gather estimates that there are around 100 million children living on the streets.

The Girl Child

Because there have been economic, social, political, and cultural marginalization of women across the globe, female children are one of the most vulnerable populations on the earth. Ensuring the protection of women and girls is essential to creating safe and progressive communities.

Multiple studies have calculated that there are between 60 and 107 million girls missing from the earth today because of discrimination against female children. They have been lost due to infanticide, gender-selective abortion, or other gender based discrimination.
Only 43% of girls of appropriate age in developing countries do not attend secondary school
In 2002 alone, 150 million girls experienced forced sexual intercourse or other forms of physical and sexual violence
Nearly 1 in every 5 girls in developing countries that start primary school does not finish
130 million girls and women in the world have been subjected to Female Genital Mutilation

Sponsor A Child

House of Mercy Children’s Home

LAMP takes care of 26 orphans, in the House of Mercy Children’s Home. If it were not for the children’s home, hundreds of India’s children would still be living on the streets with no hope of a life free of danger, starvation, begging, or even slavery. Many have no parents, others have only one parent, and several are just not able to financially provide for their children.

Sponsor a Church Planter and His Family in the Field

LAMP has many pastors who need help as they are pioneering a church plant in unreached villages areas. As the pastor and family are fruitful and as they lead many believers to Christ, they then are helped through the church. We have over 50 Pastors who need sponsorship your gift will help reach a village for Christ! Your sponsorship will provide “rice and rent“ as they serve and church plant.

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