Village Partnership is an opportunity to help a village in Sierra Leone overcome the obstacles of extreme poverty, illiteracy and endemic disease through committed partnership. Since its inception as a medical clinic partnering with teams of visiting doctors, Mercy Hospital has provided medical outreach to a network of villages surrounding Bo. In 2017, the Child Reintegration Centre launched a child scholarship and support program to reach the villages, so that children can go to school and receive case management services. Recognizing that the best way to help children is to equip, streng...

A DAY OF FUN FOR A LIFETIME OF HOPEHelping Children Worldwide partners with faith-based and community organizations to transform the lives of vulnerable children and families. HCW's flagship initiatives, the Child Reintegration Centre and Mercy Hospital, provide essential services to thousands of children and their families in Sierra Leone, providing educational support, medical care, family strengthening, and spiritual mentoring. Through Village Partnership, the CRC and Mercy are transforming whole communities, bringing them life-giving water, sanitation, medical services, school improveme...

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THANK YOU FOR BECOMING A FAMILY EMPOWERMENT ADVOCATE.HOW TO CONTRIBUTE:Select "donate or sign up" to begin donating now to support family empowerment. Important: If you have decided to become a registered Empowerment Advocate, engaging with the families you are supporting, please also fill out the registration form.Every child deserves to grow up in a safe and loving family; every family should be strong and empowered to care for their children! 52% of children in Sierra Leone wind up living in the street. CRC equips and strengthens families facing severe poverty to stem the chronic flow o...

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There are 20,000 street-connected children (children who live or work on the street without appropriate adult supervision) throughout Sierra Leone. Poverty, not death, is the number one reason that children are separated from their families in Sierra Leone. Two years ago, after successfully reintegrating every child placed in Residential Care with a loving family, Helping Children Worldwide and the Child Reintegration Centre (CRC) in Sierra Leone decided to tackle the widespread issue of family separation (often called the Orphan Crisis) in a way that would ultimately bring every child off ...