After watching the videos from the last post, I realized how little I knew about the orphanage itself so I e-mailed my agency some questions. Here are their responses :-)
Where is Rivers of Hope located?
- It is about a 30 minute car ride from Port au Prince.
- A missionary family in Haiti (Willem and Beth seen in the Sofia film) has an orphanage/school/clinics and was approached by visiting missionaries to assist with adoptions. They did for a few but knew the need was greater than they could handle given their other mission responsibilities. They had a friend of many years from church, Rachel (also in the film), who operated a preschool in Haiti who was asked to assist. Rachel started coordinating these adoptions but knew there were more children who needed families. Through church contacts we were linked. After meeting with us and knowing our commitment to place children she used her own finances to open the orphanage in February 2007.
- 10. The age range is infant up to about 4 years old.
- For the most part, their parents are located near by and simply cannot provide for them due to various factors.
- Rachel is there often but does not stay overnight. There are 2 nannies who care for the children in the home.
- Rachel used her own finances to start the facility. She has received donations as well. Part of the adoption fees will go to care for the children and support the mission and care of more children.
