WHy FAMILY-BASED CARE?
We are championing a new model of care for orphaned and vulnerable children
Did you know 80% of the world’s “orphans” actually have at least one living relative? Restoring Hope has become a leader in what we call “family-based care” as we champion best practices in serving orphaned and vulnerable children. We come alongside families navigating loss and hardship to ensure children have the support they need to continue to grow and learn and thrive within their family context, preventing unnecessary separation.
How lives are transformed through family-based care
Adithya, Karthik, and Ravi Teja’s father was brutally murdered in their village when they were young. They and their mother, Koteswari, were left unprotected and unprovided for. Their future was very bleak as widowhood and fatherlessness can spell disaster in their culture.
Left without options, Koteswari surrendered the day-to-day care of her sons to our organization. With us, they lived with seven other boys in similar situations and were surrounded by the love of the local church, social workers, and village pastor. Koteswari would visit her boys about once every three weeks, whenever she was home from working in the fields.
In March 2020, Adithya, Karthik, and Ravi Teja were permanently reunified with their mother, moving back into their home with continued support from our team. This allowed Koteswari to once again be the direct caregiver for her own children, but this time with the empowerment needed to give her children a hopeful future.
This is one story among hundreds from Restoring Hope families, exhibiting why we believe family-based care is the ideal model for the future of orphaned and vulnerable children care.
