“We wait in hope for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his
Holy name.” – Psalm 33:20-21
Kids at Home shelters the needy, orphans, neglected and
abandoned children-boys and girls age twelve and below for four years now. We provide them proper
nutrition, health, clothing,
education, love and care.
Oftentimes people who visit the
center would ask, “Where do you get support for this program?” or “How do you sustain meeting the needs of the ministry?” And with gratefulness to the Lord we would respond by saying, “It’s all by prayers.” “It’s all by God’s great mercy and grace that we meet the needs of the entire program.”
As I work with the Lord in the past four years, I see wonders of His provision. Let me share you some:
1. He sets the place for this ministry. The house is designed with plenty rooms, small halls, garden and roof deck with an ambiance of a home wherein children would feel protected, loved and cared for.
2. He surrounds us with supportive people from DSWD Region III to start up with the programs and services.
3. He establishes good partnership with the Provincial Government Office and Marilao Social Welfare Office.
4. He opens a lot of doors to work with private institutions and organizations like SM Foundations, Wellmade Manufacturing, Pascual Laboratories, PICPA, The Lord’s Medical Hospital, KSK Food Products, Hapee Toothpaste, Christian Stewardship Association, Unilever, etc.
5. He brings skilled people to aid us with emerging needs beyond our capabilities (engineers, artists, CPAs, teachers, medical doctors, dentists, med techs, etc).
6. He enlarges our territory by meeting brethren of different nationalities; Australian, American, Chinese, etc. Also, by meeting our brethren from different denominations.
7. He cheers us up with comforting, encouraging and generous friends and partners from our home-church, CEC.
8. He creates opportunities to witness and minister to people from all walks of life who also give to the ministry.
Countless blessings, really! Each day the Lord surprises us with His exciting moves of love and concern … from chicken eggs to cash gifts! Indeed, our God is bigger than all these gigantic problems, threats and negative changes. I pray that as we face these adversities of life, we will still allow the hand of our Lord leading us to abound in giving for the fulfillment of His purpose for these children.
“He who gives to the poor will lack nothing…” – Proverbs 28:27a |
Temporary Shelter which is located in Patubig, Marilao, Bulacan. It gives temporary care, nutrition, education for needy and neglected children. As of today, we already have 16 dwellers (8 boys and 8 girls). We send children ages 5 and up to regular schools and encourage them to engage with activities that will develop their talents, skills and intelligences according to their own uniqueness and specialness. Every Saturday, we send two of our dwellers to our Feeding ministry to assist in giving food. It serves as their training to develop values of taking responsibility, doing good things for others and to expose them to befriend other children. On Sundays, we schedule group of children who will attend to our church for their spiritual growth and be able to mingle with other group of people. But we have volunteer Bible-teachers coming every Sunday afternoon in the center to facilitate Bible teaching, singing and other related activities. The dwellers’ life in the center has a routine schedule involving cleaning up one’s self and the assigned place, developing table manners, studying well, playing outdoor and indoor and developing friendship among themselves. 
Educational Assistance Program (EAP) aids poor families to give importance to education by providing school supplies for their children. Also, it seizes the opportunity to educate the parents through monthly Parents’ Effectiveness Service and weekly mothers’ class.
It was 13 years ago when we started the ministry among street children in Metro Manila and Quezon City. With a handful of volunteers we have touched many young lives with the love of Jesus by giving them food both for physical and spiritual nourishment. Celebrating special occasions such as Christmas was great! You could see the excitement in the eyes of these children when they received gifts and ate delicious food. 
1. Compassion. Not just to feel the pity but to love in action. You will not be contented feeling so sorry for their condition but this feeling will make you feel uncomfortable until you ask God to move His hands and do something for them.
4. Joy. There is indeed joy unspeakable every time I’m with these little children considering them as my own. I call them ‘anak’ though they call me ‘ate”. It is so exciting because these kids will express their love, concern and appreciation to you as well. Imagine, they are calling me ‘ate Claudine?’ even I tell them my real name, they will still call me by that name and I feel so special not because the name was after an actress but I can sense that it’s their way of expressing joy and appreciation. There’s real fun with them! Oh, how I wish I could bring them all to Hong Kong Disneyland! But seriously, I’m praying to God that by April or May this year we can bring them all to Rizal Re-creation Center for a camp to play freely, eat good food, sleep in a nice bed even for just a day or two.