Program: Love Your Neighbour
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Love Your Neighbour
Bangladesh is a country that is affected by natural disasters, overpopulation and poverty. There are millions of orphans in Bangladesh who have lost one or both parents, making the child especially vulnerable. Love Your Neighbour is an organization who’s mission is to rescue the most destitute children bringing them into a loving home where they have both physical nourishment, social and emotional healing along with proper education. This level of care is vital to a child who’s family is unable to care for them– instead of living on the streets, being forced into early marriage or worse, these children have a bright future.
Love Your Neighbour was established in 2005 with a home for boys then in 2016 a home for girls was added. Today there are 40 girls and 35 boys being cared for at Home of Love. Home of Love is a safe and nurturing environment where the children receive excellent care.
Brenda Davisson, a board member of Servants International has been a stakeholder and ambassador/partner with the organization since 2014. Brenda has traveled to Bangladesh several times and seen firsthand how the organization operates and is helping them to become self-sustaining with projects such as: cattle and goat farming, raising chickens and ducks, installing a state of the art water treatment facility, installing Wi-Fi and computer equipment, as well as develop educational enrichment programs such as art and music.
Many of the children who grow up at Love Your Neighbour, are earning their college level degrees and are able to thrive in the local community. Some graduates return to Love Your Neighbour to work in a serving role.
Over the next few years Love Your Neighbour would like to build and deploy a medical clinic. This clinic would serve not only the orphans but the local community providing basic medical care.
Your contribution to Love Your Neighbour will give hope and help transform lives of these precious children.