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BE A HERO PROJECTS
In conjunction with our Field Partners, Be A HERO builds Children’s Homes, schools, refugee housing, medical clinics, vocational schools, water projects and other structures that will benefit children at risk. Our projects start at about $4,000.00 – we encourage everyone to work together with a group to raise funds for the project of their choice (click on Fund-Raising for Projects in the sidebar). You do not need to raise the entire budget for a project – we will combine your group’s funds with others until we can build the project. Every dollar helps!
100% of funds donated for a project go to the project – Be A HERO does not keep even one dollar for administration. We are able to do this because we have donors that contribute specifically for the administration, development, and expansion of Be A HERO.
When the project is completed, a report, photos and budget will be posted in our Completed Projects section.
Note: Be A HERO will apply donations according to the wishes of the donor wherever possible. Occasionally a project becomes fully funded before we can remove the Project Proposal from our website. In this event, Be A HERO reserves the right to apply the donation to either a similar project, or another project at the same Children’s Home.
CURRENT BE A HERO PROJECTS - Click project name for more info
Click here for a worldmap of project locations
Be A HERO also has some larger projects, ranging up to $5,000,000.00, that are not posted on our website. If you are interested in supporting any of these projects, please call our Head Office in Kelowna, BC at (250) 717-1003 for further information.
| Goma, D.R. OF THE CONGO |
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City: Goma
Orphanage: Mamma Jeanne's Orphanage
Number of Children: 300
Description: Since 1993, Mamma Jeanne and her staff have cared for more than 800 children. Some have been reunited with their relatives. Many have been victims of rape, and a small number have been infected by HIV/AIDS. The goals of Mamma Jeanne's home are to work to reunite separated children with relatives, care for the children physically, and provide them with love and counseling to aid in their healing after severe trauma (witnessing murder, rape, beatings, etc.), and to provide the children with an opportunity to attend school.
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| Riobamba, ECUADOR |
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City: Riobamba
Orphanage: Ark Children's Homes
Number of Children: 48 children living at the Home; support of an additional 300 not living on premises
Description: In 1996, ARK was founded when the Allan family went to Riobamba from Kelowna, BC to help the children of Ecuador. They have grown tremendously and now have an orphanage on land that they own, their own school, as well as a baby house. They have seen over 300 children come through their doors, and they continue to support these children as if they were a part of their family.
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| Accra, GHANA |
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City: Accra
Orphanage: Agape Children's Home
Number of Children: 90
Description: The Agape Children's Home is a full-service residential facility with the sole purpose of caring for orphans in Africa. The children have lost both parents and have nowhere else to go. Many of these orphans have not been to school, and are sick and malnourished. Most have not had the opportunity to hear the Gospel and have never attended church. All of the orphans are given their own bed, food, medical care, and education at a private school. They are loved and cared for by Christian staff.
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| Nyahururu, KENYA |
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City: Nyahururu
Project: Campus development
Number of Children: 430
Description: Heroes of the Nation provides a home for children at risk. These children may be orphaned or either unable to live at home or be supported by their parents. These Children's Homes are in the form of orphanages, single-family housing, or hospitality centers. The children are provided with housing, education, and health-care. Education and training is culturally relevant and is centered on developing leaders for their societies. Our basic children's objective is to provide them with the fundamental necessities for a fulfilling life. We provide them with a family structure that includes parental care and education. We train them to become both productive members of society, and leaders in society as well. To accomplish this, we first get children off the streets and into homes where they feel they belong. The love, education, and community we provide is more readily accepted and integrated into their world-view. |
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| POIPET, CAMBODIA |
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City: Poipet
Orphanage: Cambodian Hope Children’s Home
Number of Children: 48
Description: Cambodian Hope Children’s Home will become a place of refuge for orphans, street children and those rescued from the sex trade. A full residential facility is planned including dorms, a school, and a vocational school – a safe home where a bright future can begin.
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| Nairobi, Kenya |
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City: Nairobi
Orphanage: Bethlehem Community Centre (BBC)
Number of Children: 210
Description: The Bethlehem Community Centre (BBC) was established in 1990. It is situated in the Soweto slum of Nairobi – home to over 160,000 people of whom 95% have an annual income far below the UN poverty level of $400.00 US. Soweto has no water, electricity, or sanitation.
The situation at Soweto is deplorable – sewage runs openly down the street, housing consists of shacks created out of rubbish; garbage is everywhere, children in rags run barefoot through the neighborhood, unemployed men loiter in groups, trudging back and forth into the city in their fruitless attempts to find work. BCC is a shining light, a haven in the filth and darkness.
The main focus of Bethlehem Centre is to provide care for destitute children, the majority of whom are orphans as a result of HIV/AIDS or conflict. The children’s home provides 100 orphans with care, medical attention, an education, and training.
Bethlehem Community Centre supplies primary schooling to 210 children, including both the resident children, and children from the surrounding community.
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City: Pasig City
Orphanage:Construction of Pre School and Elementary School and purchase of land.
Description: The goal is to purchase the property they now lease in order to improve
and expand the Pre-school and Elementary Schools as well as the Care Home to help even more children at risk.
Jesus Loves the Little Children Foundation, Inc. (JLLCFI), under the direction of founders
Chito and Rachel Sanchez, has been working in Pasig City, Philippines (a suburb of Manila) for
the last 8 years, reaching children, youth and adults through their various humanitarian services. They have channeled into community outreach programs such as: formal and informal education;
construction of restrooms and showers; building and operating a Children’s Home for orphaned
and former street children; supplemental feeding for hundreds of community children;
educational health-related seminars and workshops; and assisting various micro-enterprises. |
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| Kitale, Kenya |
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City: Kitale
Description: Be A Hero is partnering with Love Mercy and Hope for the Nations to complete this project. Children’s Home of Mercy in Kitale, Kenya needs support for basic needs, education, the purchase of land and buildings, and the development of a school and the transforming of a slum.
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