Bittersweet Day at Mama Jean's Home!

Our Mama Jean's Home had a bittersweet day yesterday. We officially went from 10 boys down to 8 boys.

We had a goodbye party for our twins, Baraka and Favour.

The twins came to Mama Jean's Home in December of 2013 at the age of 4, having been dropped off to a street kids centre by a relative.

Earlier this year, the twins' mother found out where they were and wanted to see her boys. It was a super sweet reunion for them.

They boys even called their mother her name in their tribal language; a language they hadn't spoken in over two years.

Over the past several months, we've worked slowly at building their relationships and for this moment to happen. We did home visits to ensure that their mother lived in a safe environment. We allowed the boys to go on their school breaks to spend at their mother's home. Once we all felt (the boys included) that things were good, we set up the boys to move back home with their mother and their siblings.

Yesterday was that day!!! And to see the boys and their mom so happy with each other and knowing they were being permanently reunited, was such a blessing.

The boys will be sponsored in their home, with their mother to assist her. We will be working with the mother to help start a business to generate more income for her.

Should you wish to sponsor Baraka and Favour, it is $50 per month per boy or $600 per year per boy. The support will cover food, school necessities, and a water filtration system to ensure that the family has clean drinking and cooking water to help eliminate unnecessary water-born illnesses.

Please visit our website (http://www.one5ministries.com/contact-us/) on how to donate toward the support of the boys.

Have questions? Email us at support@one5ministries.com.

Thank you!

Waiting for cake and soda!

Baraka and his mother!

Having their cake and soda

Most of our Mama Jean's boys (one is visiting family)

Favour and Baraka with their mother

Praying over Baraka and Favour

The boys praying over Baraka and Favour

The boys reunited with their family!

Support our Mama Jean's Home boys....

Christmas and 2017 (where has 2016 gone!) are just around the corner.  It's the hustle and bustle time of year of baking, shopping, wrapping, and decorating. 

For us, it's also the time of year, to prepare the 2017 year of finances and budgets and support for our Mama Jean's Home and the boys who live there. 

Mama Jean's Home is a safe place for boys who've been abandoned on the street or have come from abusive or neglected homes. We currently have eight boys living at Mama Jean's and are contacted on a regular basis to take-in another boy who's come for a horrible situation.

We need your support in order to care and provide the necessities for these boys and any new additional boys that we welcome into the home in the future.

What does it cost to support a boy at Mama Jean's Home?

The full amount of sponsoring a boy is $150 per month.

Here are the different options for sponsoring one of the Mama Jean's boys:

Full Sponsorship:                            $150/month                                       $1,800/year

Partial Sponsorship:                        $100/month                                       $1,200/year

Partial Sponsorship:                        $50/month                                         $600/year

One boy can have a maximum of three sponsors, depending on how each of the sponsors set up their support for each boy.

What does the $150 per month cover for the boys? 

It covers home and staff expenses, food (well-balanced meals), education (fees, supplies, uniforms), medical care (therapy, counselling), and any emergency needs that may arise.

Should you support one of the boys, you will receive a complete profile, picture, and letter from your sponsor boy on a yearly basis. At any time, you can send letters, pictures, and small gifts to your sponsor boy.  You can also send an extra donation around his birthday and/or Christmas and we can purchase a gift for him here from you.

If you would like to do a yearly donation and would like it to apply to your 2016 tax donation receipt, please ensure your check/cheque are delivered to the US or Canadian addresses (depending on where you live), NO LATER THAN December 16th, 2016. This will ensure the time of having the checks/cheques processed.

To read some of the stories on our boys, go to http://www.one5ministries.com/community-based-care/sponsorship/mama-jeans-home/ and click on each of the boys' profiles. 

Should you have any questions, please email us at support@one5ministries.com

Thank you!