Child Sponsorship
Introduction:
The Children’s Homes at the Abraham Project are one of the five ministry areas. At this time there are three homes, two of which are in operation with a maximum capacity of twenty children total. As part of Phase 2, an extension plan for further construction, we will potentially be building two additional Children’s Homes on a tract of land that was recently purchased.
What makes our Children’s Homes special is that they function with a family model. Each home is run primarily by a set of house parents called “tios”, who live in the home with their own children
The children we receive at the Abraham Project come from difficult situations where it was necessary to remove them from their homes. About half of these children will be returned to their parents or other family members. The other half will eventually be declared ‘abandoned’ meaning that all parental rights are removed and the PANI (Costa Rican child welfare) begins to search for an adoptive family. The adoptions out of the Abraham Project are about 50/50 international to domestic adoptions.
In order to maintain our rights to raise the children in a Christian environment, we do not receive any funding from the Costa Rican government. Therefore we rely solely on a base of donors who sponsor the children and are able to sow into their lives by their financial contributions.
To find out more about Child Sponsorship, you can download our child sponsorship brochure:
Child Sponsorship Brochure (front, PDF)
Child Sponsorship Brochure (inside, PDF)
Donations can be made in three different ways.
- Print out the child sponsorship brochure, fill out and detach the included form and mail it in with your first donation.
- Make an electronic donation through PayPal by clicking on the Donate button below.
PayPal
- Sign up to automatic donations by going to the following link http://cornerstoneinternational.org/article/automatic-donations-now-available Follow the given instructions and make sure you list “Operation Abraham” for the project that you would like to donate to.
Have questions? Click on Contact Us and send all questions by email to Stephen & Georgiana Thomas.
