Far East: Orphanage

Home For Abandoned Children Orphanage

Our organizational founder, Rev. Melvin Black, met a Philippine nun, Sister Estela Marie and she informed him about her mission to Makilala, North Cotabato on the island of Mindanao to start a home for abandoned children.   The Way: EMI and Sister Estela Marie decided to partner and worked in conjunction on-site in the Philippines from 2009 until 2011 to build a home for abused and abandoned children.

The project started with a desire and donated land and assistance from many people to build the facility. Our organization helped clear the land, obtain building supplies and payed for local labor to assist with the construction of the home. The mission project included planting crops, providing clothing and education, temporary housing, and feeding projects for the children.  As the mission continued, attention turned toward projects to sustain the home.  This includes making soap to sell and buying a freezer to resell fish purchased from General Santos, Mindanao.  The Way: EMI also donated a chain saw to cut and build furniture and clear more land.

Once the home was able to sustain itself, Sister Marie returned to Italy and The Way: EMI began its next mission project for a Medical Clinic at Bahay Aurora Orphanage in the Philippines.  Currently, the local community and church in North Cotabato continue to support and run the home for the children.