Healthy Children = Healthy future

Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development estimates that there are 17.5 million orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) nationwide.

Children are often not given the nurturing love and individual attention they need for their development and well being and for them to grow into resourceful adults. The damage is often more on children less than three years of age and this can also be due to the fact that there may be some struggle with putting children in care at this age.

According to researchers, there are different categories of children in the orphanages, the fully abandoned children, parental identification and recognition, children under care and protection due to legal, birth disputes. There is also the cases where there are maternal deaths and the father cannot take care of the child. In some cases, a father decides to take the child to another family member to take care of him/her, however this can sometimes lead to abuse of these children. So basically, children come and go for many reasons.

More H.O.P.E. Community Care is determined to provide a nurturing and loving home for children aged 0-18 who have been orphaned, regardless of the cause. MHCC ensures that these vulnerable children receive proper care, education, and emotional support, helping them grow into confident and resilient individuals during their time with us. We are linked with other organizations and programs that will offer the child a life that is somewhat normal. Our hope is to be able to provide the right temporary care for them until they are put with a GOOD home that will be vetted to ensure the safety of the child is not compromised.

Our goal is to build a better future as we know, children are the future. Healthy, well rounded children = a Healthy future.