Happy Horizons Children's Ranch Programs:
Crisis Centers
Happy Horizons works with a number of Shelters which provide the children with a
structured and supportive environment. In the Crisis Centers, they are fed, clothed,
given a clean bed, diagnostic and medical treatment, educational and vocational
training, security, and most important of all -- love and hope. In addition, all are
provided with drug counseling. Boys and girls take shelter every night in each of the
Crisis Centers. Only about half of those who enter the Crisis Centers initially stay
more than a couple of nights.
About half of the children who return to the streets will eventually re-enter Crisis
Centers for an average stay of a few months. There, they actively participate in a
development plan -- setting attainable goals for their short-term and medium-term
future. Children also participate in non-formal educational activities which prepare
them for the public school system. Once the children become more stable, they move
on to the next stage.
Transition Home
Happy Horizons provides a safe house, which gives a protected enviornment that
helps children develop long-range goals and inspire a desire for an independent and
productive life. After their stay at Happy Horizons Children's Ranch, they continue to
be assisted with further education, job training and job placement to make sure
theirs is a Happy Future.
Group Home
Perhaps the most important step in the arduous journey from despair to
self-sufficiency involves residency in the Children's Ranch where children are
nurtured by a carefully chosen team of counselors who try to replicate a positive
family environment. It is in such a setting that children learn to bond with a
surrogate family while pursuing further educational or professional opportunities.
The children remain at the Ranch until their eighteenth birthday or until they have
completed their education. When the children leave the home as young adults, they
have vocational and life skills indispensable for independent living. They are
encouraged to pursue formal education or more advanced job training.
Crisis Centers
Happy Horizons works with a number of Shelters which provide the children with a
structured and supportive environment. In the Crisis Centers, they are fed, clothed,
given a clean bed, diagnostic and medical treatment, educational and vocational
training, security, and most important of all -- love and hope. In addition, all are
provided with drug counseling. Boys and girls take shelter every night in each of the
Crisis Centers. Only about half of those who enter the Crisis Centers initially stay
more than a couple of nights.
About half of the children who return to the streets will eventually re-enter Crisis
Centers for an average stay of a few months. There, they actively participate in a
development plan -- setting attainable goals for their short-term and medium-term
future. Children also participate in non-formal educational activities which prepare
them for the public school system. Once the children become more stable, they move
on to the next stage.
Transition Home
Happy Horizons provides a safe house, which gives a protected enviornment that
helps children develop long-range goals and inspire a desire for an independent and
productive life. After their stay at Happy Horizons Children's Ranch, they continue to
be assisted with further education, job training and job placement to make sure
theirs is a Happy Future.
Group Home
Perhaps the most important step in the arduous journey from despair to
self-sufficiency involves residency in the Children's Ranch where children are
nurtured by a carefully chosen team of counselors who try to replicate a positive
family environment. It is in such a setting that children learn to bond with a
surrogate family while pursuing further educational or professional opportunities.
The children remain at the Ranch until their eighteenth birthday or until they have
completed their education. When the children leave the home as young adults, they
have vocational and life skills indispensable for independent living. They are
encouraged to pursue formal education or more advanced job training.
| Happy Horizons Children's Ranch Happy Horizons Children's Ranch is a humanitarian ministry of the Assemblies of God, Philippines. It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation and defense of street children in the Philippines. The Founding Directors, Glenn & Nancy Garrison are leading advocates of children's rights in the region. Happy Horizons monitors and cares for hundreds of street children, many of whom have been abandoned or orphaned by civil war, abused or rejected by dysfunctional and poverty-stricken families, and further traumatized by the indifference of the societies in which they live. Ubiquitous and growing in numbers, many far too young to comprehend their fate, they beg, steal, and sell themselves for a hot meal, a hot shower, a clean bed. Living on the edge of survival, they are often swept in an undertow of beatings, illegal detentions, torture, sexual abuse, rape, and murder. Happy Horizons is dedicated to helping these children off the streets and back on the road to meaningful and productive lives. Last year, Happy Horizons gave assistance to hundreds of children through programs that foster stability and restore hope. |
Location: Cebu, Philippines
Founders: Glenn & Nancy
Garrison
Affiliation: Assembly of God
Outreach: All Children in Need
Contact:
1445 Boonville Ave
Springfield, MO 65802
Contribute or Donate to HHCR
Click Here
Founders: Glenn & Nancy
Garrison
Affiliation: Assembly of God
Outreach: All Children in Need
Contact:
1445 Boonville Ave
Springfield, MO 65802
Contribute or Donate to HHCR
Click Here
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