The Myth of “They Won’t Remember”
When a very young child goes through something difficult, a common reassurance follows: “They won’t remember anyway.” It sounds comforting.It sounds merciful. But it depends on what we mean by remember. We usually think of memory as stories — moments we can describe later. First birthdays, first homes, certain places. Babies don’t keep memories that […]
Why Family Should Always Be the Goal
Around the world, children’s homes, or orphanages, exist because sometimes children cannot safely stay where they were. That is also why we exist. We are a temporary baby rescue center. Babies come to us in moments of crisis, and for a time we become their consistent caregivers, their temporary family. We learn them, soothe them, […]
Love is Not a Feeeling – It’s Predictability
Many people assume babies need more attention, more toys, or more stimulation to thrive. But what they need most is far quieter than that — and it shapes every decision we make in how we care for them.
What Family Means: Why Family Changes Everythi
For years, the word orphanage has been linked with safety and compassion — a place where vulnerable children could find food, care, and protection. And while those intentions are good, around the world people are beginning to see what we’ve known all along: children grow best in families. At His Cherished Ones, this belief has […]
Orphan Care – bridging the gap
When most of us think of the definition of “orphan,” we think of a child whose parents have died. Though that is technically the definition, most organizations today, especially children’s homes, use the word differently. Approximately 80% of children in orphanages, are not true orphans. “Poverty orphans” or “social orphans” are children who have been […]
Home Visits – the Family Connection
As we love and care for the babies in HOH, we also strive to connect with their families and the community around us. One of the ways we connect with community is by going on home visits to foster and adoptive family homes. Some are nearby, some are more remote. All are special and a […]
Furaha!
If you have been around HCO for awhile, you will remember our single mothers sewing project, Furaha. About five or so years ago, we started a project of training single moms with an income generating skill that they could use to provide for their families. After learning to sew, they would participate in making some […]
A long awaited full family
This forever family has been in waiting to officially become family for a very long time! Little Hope and her Auntie Emily have had a special bond since she was an infant. Since Auntie Emily lives just around the corner from the baby house, it was easy for Emily to take her home to spend […]
Reunited, and it feels so good!
Finally, after such a long, long time, we got to send a sweet boy home with his mama! Mama Jaden left Jaden with us two years ago when the children’s home she grew up in requested for us to help her. She was in high school when Jaden was born and they wanted to help […]
We are a family
We have a weekly fellowship where all of our HCO/HOH staff gathers for some singing, testimony and sharing time. Every time our sweet Auntie Emily shares, she always wants to start with a greeting and response that everyone now knows. Emily: “Brothers and sisters”Everyone: “Sisters and brothers”Emily: “Sisters and brothers”Everyone: “Brothers and sister”Everyone: “We are […]