The Miracle Foundation's Work
The Miracle Foundation has instituted a variety of initiatives, which directly address the children’s emotional and educational needs. The Miracle Foundation has also created several community programs that address orphan prevention, maternal/infant mortality rates, and computer literacy, while also helping to strengthen the ties between the children and their surrounding community. These programs include opening their doors to village children for nutritious meals and education; providing the local community access to computer training; and a safe home for single mothers and their newborn children.
Emphasis: The Miracle Foundation’s model emphasizes family units, both through the family-style living environment at the orphanages and the child sponsorship program. Housemothers are the head of each family unit and, therefore, a key component of the model. Through a partnership with, The Miracle Foundation hires widows and single mothers who have been properly trained to serve as Housemothers. With a 10 to 1 ratio of children to Housemothers, the children receive consistent, loving care and a foundation for attachment—something that most orphans are denied.
Education: Additionally, The Miracle Foundation has a comprehensive education plan for the orphans in their care. The plan includes college-prep courses, English proficiency, computer literacy, and guidance for the orphans in choosing and following a career path.
Read more about this topic: The Miracle Foundation
Famous quotes containing the words miracle, foundation and/or work:
“How exquisitely minute,
A miracle of design!”
—Alfred Tennyson (1809–1892)
“The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it would not be praiseworthy, and would be a form of hypocrisy, which is one of the evils of Pride. The man who is falsely humble, we know from our own experience, is one who is falsely proud.”
—Henry Fairlie (1924–1990)
“What saved me then? Nothing but pregnancy. And each time after I had given birth to my work my life hung suspended by a thin thread.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)