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What We Do

The primary focus of ESTHERS Children is to prevent children living in at-risk situations from becoming involved in street life and prostitution. 

 

Our work is 3-fold:

  1. Community Outreach
  2. Family Intervention
  3. Substitute Family Homes
 

ESTHERS Children uses a holistic approach by seeking the total transformation of a child – physical, spiritual, emotional, mental, and intellectual.

 

Mission Statement

To provide a safe and loving environment where abandoned and orphaned children living in at-risk situations can reclaim their childhood and grow into independent adults.

Vision Statement

Developing substitute family homes and community centers globally helping children living in at-risk situations to discover and develop their gifts and talents, and educating them to become independent adults with a passion to serve others.
Substitute Family Homes PDF Print E-mail

Substitute Family Homes is the third and biggest part of our work.  Once a child is identified through the community outreach work, we begin our six-phase restoration process (strategic plan) that will help them to either be reunited with their families or develop them into self-sufficient adults able to support themselves.  Our hope is that they would use the skills and values they
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Family Intervention PDF Print E-mail

Family Intervention is the second part of the work we do at ESTHERS Children.  When a child or children are identified as a candidate for our substitute family home program, we begin by intervening with the family.  We assist the family by helping provide food,
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Community Outreach PDF Print E-mail
 

Community outreach is where our work begins.  It is here that we form the relationships to carry out the other two facets of our ministry: family intervention and substitute family homes. We believe that not only is it important to invest in the individuals and families, but in their communities as well.  In affiliation with SAC, our Brazilian partners, we are working in 3 local communities; 2 in Recife serving 600+ children and their families, the third serving the indigenous people in the interior of the state.

 
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Problem PDF Print E-mail

Researchers say that there are four different levels of street life:

  • Children spend their days on the street stealing and begging, but return home at night
  • Children spend all of their days and most of their nights on the streets, rarely returning home.
    • Children live permanently on the streets; either by choice or because they were
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