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.
Institutional Child Development
The Institutional Child Development program is the core of BoH's work. Through the BoH Gondar Children's Village, we provide comprehensive holistic care for orphans and highly vulnerable children (OHVC) using a family-based approach that sets us apart from typical institutional care centers.
Children in residential care annually
Dormitories in Children's Village
Female children supported
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.
Our Journey
Bridge of Hope provides long-term, family-type institutional childcare for orphans and vulnerable children (OVC). Children receive holistic support including housing, nutrition, health care, education, and psychosocial services.
Program Phases
Phase I (2001–2006)
120 OVC admitted — Admitted 120 orphans and vulnerable children into full institutional childcare.
Children's Village constructed — Built a fully equipped children's village with homes, clinic, school, cafeteria, water systems, and agricultural facilities to support the children.
Holistic care established — Children received education, health care, nutrition, and protective care from the start.
Phase II (2007–2011)
147 children in care — Expanded to support 147 children during this phase.
Family-type homes introduced — Introduced family-type homes, each run by a trained mother to create a nurturing environment.
Comprehensive support — Children received balanced nutrition, shelter, health care, education, and psychosocial support.
88 children adopted — 88 children were adopted through legal domestic and international adoption processes.
Phase III (2012–2016)
156 children supported — 156 children grew under institutional care during this phase.
80 children reintegrated — 80 children reaching adulthood were reintegrated with relatives.
Education from K–University — Continued providing education from kindergarten up to university level, including follow-up for reintegrated children.
Enhanced support systems — Strengthened psychosocial and educational support systems.
Phase IV (2018–2022)
82 resident children — Supported 82 resident children, including 78 newly admitted, most of whom were abandoned babies.
Specialized care — Provided intensive care, maternal attachment, and specialized care for children with disabilities.
64 children placed in families — 42 children were reintegrated with family, and 22 adopted domestically.
University graduates — Increasing numbers of former BoH children graduated from universities and colleges.
Phase V (2023–2027)
82 children in family-type care — 82 children continue to receive family-type institutional childcare.
Holistic development — Children benefit from psychosocial support, capacity-building training, socialization programs, and quality education.
143 reintegrated children followed — Continuous follow-up support for 143 reintegrated children to ensure educational success.
Long-Term Impact
Transformed lives — Hundreds of vulnerable children have grown into healthy, educated, self-sufficient adults.
Loving homes found — Many children rescued as abandoned babies were adopted into loving homes.
Independent professionals — Former residents are now university graduates, professionals, and independent community members.
Stability and opportunity — Institutional childcare has transformed lives by providing stability, safety, and opportunity.
