It obviously takes a lot to power our school and shelter and all of our buildings. We do our best to reduce electricity, turning off lights when not in use, using windows and skylights for lighting when possible and very minimal use of air conditioning. (Only a few rooms in all of our buildings even have air conditioning!) Giving to this special project provides the power to wash the clothes, keep the food cold in the refrigerators and keep the light on for caregivers in the nursery rocking babies in the middle of the night. 

Many children arrive from situations in which they were begging, looking through the dump for food or things to sell, or relying on a few grains of rice as their only nutrition. New children that come to CSC often don't know when to stop eating during their first few meals. They are accustomed to having so little that they gorge themselves until they begin to trust that meal time is consistent and reliable.

We provide 3 healthy meals a day, 365 days a year. The cost to feed each child is just under $4 per day. To feed all the children on any given day, the cost is $281 per day. 

Will you help us feed these kids?

Most CSC kids attend our Children of Hope School. But eventually the older students need to go to a school in Cebu City that offers higher grade levels.  These teens are some of our high school students and we have so manhy of them at CSC right now! This special project goes to help cover the cost of their tuition through these schools.

We take birthdays seriously! Each child gets a celebration for their big day, which includes their favorite meal, a couple small gifts, and a few personally invited friends from the other houses. One of the highlights is always when the child selects a staff member to pray just for them on their birthday.

This is an important opportunity for us to make sure each child knows that they are loved. It takes $70 total to provide for the festivities. This has increased due to increasing costs in the Philippines and also because we are offering our teenagers the option of doing an off-site birthday outing with a few friends. These tend to be slightly higher cost, but it offers an extra dose of independence for these older residents. 

When children come to CSC, they have often experienced malnourishment. We provide healthy meals and snacks at the shelter, but the children benefit from taking regular multi-vitamins. Other vitaimns and supplements tablets can also boost the immunity of the children, who have often have been struggling with multiple health conditions. As you can imagine, we go through bottles of vitamins in a pretty intense rate. If we have 77 children at the shelter and they each take a multi-vitamin once a day...that is 28,105 vitamins each year just in multi-vitamins! By supporting this special project, you will be helping to supply these needed supplements. 

If you have access to large quantities of vitamins for donation, please contact Jill at the US office.

Every week we distribute medicine to our kids. This is simply a part of providing for the number of children in our care, many of whom are dealing with unique medical issues because of their backgrounds. This amount covers standard medicine for typical childhood illnesses such as ear infections, pink eye, tapeworms, asthma and many others, as well as daily medicine for children with severe medical conditions such as kidney or digestive issues. 

The Outreach Department at CSC is one of the unique areas of our ministry that doesn't always get a lot of press, but is very important. We have a Social Worker assigned to working with families who have been served by CSC, including families with a child who came to live with us temporarily, and then returned home. This program touches those families that still need help. This fund also helps families in our community who have experienced a tragedy and need help to get back on their feet. We currently work with 40 families through this program! Your gift to this project helps those in the community around our shelter.