Home‑Based Care Initiative
Home-Based Care places orphaned children in family-style homes or with trusted caregivers, where they can grow up with stability, love, and the sense of belonging every child deserves.
A Better Way to Serve Children
Imagine a child, orphaned and overlooked, relocated from institutional dormitories into a handwritten note from a widowed mother—a small house where they finally feel loved.
Since 2008 in Zambia, and now also in Kenya, Pakistan, and Ethiopia, our Home‑Based Care model has built a network of family‑style homes and widow-led households.
Here, children eat together, share chores, attend school, go to church, and discover the dignity of belonging. This relational model offers not just the basics, but healing, identity, and hope rooted in community and faith.
Our Impact
How Family-Based Care Is Transforming Children’s Lives
198 Children Cared For in 2025
Orphaned and children are receiving full-time care in Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan and Zambia through home-based living environments.
100% Living in Family Settings
Every child in this initiative lives in a nurturing, home-style setting—not in institutional dorms.
212 Children Welcomed into Loving Homes
During 2024 we supported 212 orphan children to have a family and a home in Kenya, Pakistan and Zambia.
Funding Homes, Fueling Hope
Vision & 2026 Goals
What We’re Aiming to Achieve:
in 2026, we are committed to caring for 791 orphaned children through supportive family-style homes in Ethiopia, Kenya, Pakistan and Zambia. This approach is our most personalized care model—and also our most resource-intensive—requiring $460,000 to cover housing, education support, food, and caregiver care throughout the year
How It Works:
We partner with trusted local caregivers—often widows or dedicated house-parents—who provide nurturing, family-based homes for the children. Global Orphan Relief funds essentials like housing, food, schooling, and consistent oversight. These homes offer the love, structure, and community that every developing child needs to heal and thrive
Why It Matters:
Unlike institutional care, Home-Based Care offers children the emotional connection, stability, and dignity of true family life. Though it's our most costly initiative, the return on investment is a generation raised with love, community, and purpose. You’re not just donating a home—you’re offering a lifelong foundation.
Key Goals:
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Add 791 children in 2026
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Raise $ 460,000 to care for the children served through this initiative
Homes and Programs in Action
Active Homes and Community-Based Support
House of Faith, Silembe (Zambia)
Located in Silembe, Zambia, House of Faith is the first home established by Global Orphan Relief in 2007. This campus provides a safe, family-style environment where children are cared for by house parents. The children live in small groups, attend a local school, help with gardening, and participate in daily devotions and church life. This home has been the foundation for our family-based care model.
House of Hope, Sinazongwe (Zambia)
House of Hope began serving children in 2014. It now hosts multiple family homes, offering a loving environment where children experience the stability of a consistent caregiver, shared meals, school routines, and spiritual nurturing. The children live as siblings, building deep emotional bonds while receiving essentials like food, clothing, and education.
Kalomo Home, Kalomo (Zambia)
Located in Kalomo, Zambia, this home provides support for older children—mainly teenagers—who are continuing their education in town secondary schools. Rather than transitioning to dormitories or institutions, they remain within a family setting that ensures continuity, emotional support, and guidance as they prepare for adulthood and future responsibilities.
Widow-Led Households
Operating in Kenya and Pakistan, this model keeps children within extended families—primarily with widowed mothers or relatives—while providing financial and material support for their care. These households ensure that children stay in a familiar cultural and relational setting, with their needs met through local partnerships and regular follow-up. It’s a low-cost, high-impact approach rooted in trust and community care.
Invest in a Child’s Home and Future
Home-Based Care is our most intentional—and most costly—way to support a child. But the impact is life-changing. Your gift helps provide a safe home, daily meals, education, and the love of a stable family. Whether you sponsor a child or give to the initiative, you’re creating a place where healing begins and hope grows.