Institutional Child Care

Our institutional childcare center provides comprehensive support including safe and nurturing environment for children, healthcare and nutrition support, and educational and developmental programs.

The children who were once disparate, due to the adverse impacts of HIV/AIDS and other social problems, are now hopeful and optimistic about their future and working towards attainment of their God given potentials.

The supports to the children under the institutional care include but not limited to: provision of shelter, food and nutrition, clothing, health care and medication, education, psychosocial support and others. BoH Gondar Children’s Village is one of the fewest orphanages in the country, which successfully fill the gap and shortcomings of many institutional childcare centers by applying the principle of “family-based approach” in providing holistic care and support for orphans and highly vulnerable children (OHVC).

Childcare Approach

Holistic childcare is an inclusive childcare approach that considers all the factors that affects the overall development of a child. BoH’s institutional childcare center provides holistic care and support for an average of 100 OVC (53% females) every year.

Child Admission & Growth

The children admitted to the center are infants and kids below 4 years of age. These children grow in the clean and conducive compound of BoH in the Gondar town where they get holistic care and support until they reach adulthood to join universities or other institutions to be trained for the rest of their life.

Empowering Independence

Ultimately, BoH aims at enabling each child to be self-sufficient and lead its life independently. This goal is being attained successfully as many children are graduating from universities and securing different jobs that enabled them to lead their own lives. Many of them are supporting the ministries of their mother organization, BoH, with great zeal and commitment.

BoH Children’s Village

BoH Children’s Village constitutes 12 dormitories, each with a capacity to accommodate up to 10 children. Boys, girls and infants live in separate dormitories.

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Dormitories

BoH Children’s Village constitutes 12 dormitories, each with a capacity to accommodate up to 10 children. Boys, girls and infants live in separate dormitories.

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Mothers & Care Givers

All the children need close attention and they have 8 mothers and 6 care givers to give intensive care and love. These mothers and care givers are hired by BoH and trained properly to show motherly love, compassionate and emotional attachment for all children.

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Father

There is also a man who is hired to work as a father for all children. He is trained well to play father’s role, giving guidance, mentorship and psychosocial support for the children.