Project Overview

In partnership with: Children's Vision International

Background

On any given night in the streets of Bogotá, Colombia, there are approximately 13,000 children without a home and most have no one to care for them. Some call them the generation of invisible children. They have never been legally registered and have neither name nor nationality. To some, they do not exist. Children's Vision International has heard their cry and answers the need by providing children with a safe, loving home. With the help of mission teams and generous donations,
they are giving new life and hope to the children of Bogotá and beyond. Their first home, Genesis House, opened in 1993 and can now provide care for up to 40 children ranging in age from birth to eight years. This is the rescue centre for the home. Here they take in infants and small children: children that live in boxes underneath bridges; children that not only endure birth defects, but are victims of neglect and abuse. Most children received into the home suffer from chronic malnutrition, bronchitis and parasites, as well other intestinal diseases. Some are children whose parents are drug addicts, prostitutes or delinquents. Others are victims of war whose parents were forced to leave their homeland and are now unable to provide and care for them.

The Project

In 2010 a LIFT team rewired Genesis House, the nursery. LIFT has been asked back to rewire Numbers House, where the older girls live.

Skills required

• electrician
• labourer

Number on team

6 - 8 people.

When?

November 2012

To make the project viable we would ask for a donation of:

£1200

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