In furtherance of James 1:27, La Providencia will house, feed, clothe, educate, pro- vide medical care, and provide loving families for 96 boys and girls in the Aguas del Padre community outside of Siguatepeque, Honduras (approximately 1.5 hours from San Pedro and 2 hours from Tegucigalpa). In addition, it will house, feed, clothe, educate, and provide medical care for 96 other at-risk children from the local community. These children will be given a family environment, spiritual nurture, high-quality education, and practical training to enable them to live spiritually fruit- ful lives and take their place as leaders in Honduran society.
Once in operation, it is expected that La Providencia will have an operational budget of about $200,000 per year, which will be funded through PWM’s unique sponsorship model. Below is a map of the site and a description of the various buildings at La Providencia:
Family Homes
Each home is approximately 2,500 square feet and will hold 8 orphans and their parents. There will be 2 children per room and 4 children per bathroom for a total of 5 rooms and 3 bathrooms. The home will also include a kitchen, family room, living room, dining room, and screened in porch.
Widows’ Home
An approximately 4,300 square foot building, designed to hold all 20 widows. It will have 10 bedrooms and 5 bathrooms and contain all the basic living necessities for the women.
Medical Center
The medical center is of great importance to our facilities as 20%-30% of the orphans will be infected with AIDS/HIV, and many others will be malnourished and suffering from physical disabilities. The center is staffed by a full-time doctor and three rotating residents from a local medical school. It is also our hope to install fiber optic lines and recent technology that will allow doctors from the United States to oversee certain operations and communicate with our doctors during surgeries.
The clinic is approximately 12,000 square feet and includes:
| Boy’s ward with 12 beds | Ultra sound room | Doctor’s break room |
| Girl’s ward with 12 beds | X-ray room | Research lab |
| Emergency room | Either a CT Scan or MRI machine | Two interior gardens |
| Operating room | Pharmacy | |
| Three exam rooms | Waiting area |
Warehouse
The warehouse, which is approximately 3,350 square feet, includes 6 rooms, a set of bathrooms complete with showers, and a breezeway with a pit that allows for easy maintenance of vehicles.
It is our hope that one day these rooms will be used for wood shop, metal shop, and other similar training for the children. If any of the homes ever need a new chair or their stove malfunctions, they can just place an order at the warehouse for someone to repair their needs. This will save money for the orphanage and provide more jobs for local Hondurans.
School
The school will educate all ages from elementary to high school. It is our hope that the children will come out of this school well rounded with knowledge in many different areas. We want the school to provide the children both with “book knowledge” provide them with the insight to survive in many different situations.
Dining Hall/Multipurpose Building
The main purpose of this building is to be a dining hall for the school during school months. It will hold approximately 233 people for dining and is about 20,000 square feet.
For nine months out of the year, we will feed all 192 children three meals a day, five days a week.
The building also has a stage area so that it can be easily transformed into a room that can be used for conferences, guest speakers, and special presentations. We have also engineered the stage with hydraulics so that we can move it up and down between the two floors. This will allow for efficient moving of furniture depending on the function of the main room.
This facility will serve as the school until the school building is completed (likely in 2010).
We will also transform the dining hall into a recreational area that will include a small indoor soccer field so that the kids will be able to stay active during the rainy season.
Administration Building
The administration building will be approximately 3,050 square feet and will serve as an office building for the employees overseeing the site.
Laundry Facility
The laundry facility will be approximately 1,400 square feet and will have enough equipment for each home to do their laundry. If we have a situation where the mother cannot leave the home because of a disabled or sick child, we have installed washer and dryer connections in each home.