When choosing a charity to support one should consider several things:
- What causes do I want to support?
- Choose a charity that addresses the causes you want to support.
- Find out if the charity is legitimate.
- Confirm the scope of the charity’s causes.
- Find out how the charity will use your donations.
- Decide what you want to give.
- Financial donations – cash, stock, legacy donation
- Goods or materials – books, clothing, car, boat, etc.
- Time/expertise
What are the causes of Philippine Mission? The number one goal of Philippine Mission is to “seek and save the lost” as the good book tells us to do. We do this thru two avenues: the residential care of orphaned, abandoned, abused, neglected children/children in extreme poverty; and evangelism of the lost in our community thru the establishment of a church of Christ and outreaches.
Philippine Mission is legal in both the USA (501c3) and the Philippines to meet all government requirements. We are registered and licensed by the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Philippines per Philippine law for the residential care of children. All property, and vehicles are under the foundation name…not individuals.
Each month we send out this newsletter to let subscribers know how we are pursuing our causes. Our website is also a testament to the work we do (www.casaesperanzaofangels.com).
Donations to Philippine Mission go directly to caring for children in need, establishment of the church, outreach/evangelism to the community, facility ongoing construction projects, staff salaries/overhead.
We accept child sponsors (monthly/yearly), monthly support, one-time donations, stock donations, books/educational materials, other tangible items, and encourage donations of time and expertise.
Consider making Philippine Mission your charity of choice!
Current Quarantine Situation at CEA
Our quarantine status has changed from Enhanced Community Quarantine to General Community Quarantine. We are able to move somewhat more freely within our province with the exception of those under 21 years of age or over 60 years of age. We are required to wear a mask when out in public and practice social distancing. At current time there are no cases of Covid-19 in our province due to the strict enforcement of the quarantine and closed borders. We do not expect school to resume until late August. For more information about what the children of Casa Esperanza have been doing read the article:
7 Purpose-Driven Activities the CEA Children Did To Survive and Thrive in Quarantine
Construction Update
Work continues on the second children’s home in coordination with Save Asian Souls. The ceiling is being installed and interior wall finishing is nearly complete. This will be home for 24 girls vulnerable to human trafficking as part of our “Prevent Human Trafficking Program”.
Sustainability Program
We have acquired 10 truckloads of “press mud” to begin establishing our permanent vegetable gardens. “Press mud” is a byproduct of the processing of sugar cane. After the cane is pressed and the juices clarified this “press mud” is left behind and is very beneficial as a soil amendment/supplement.
We are currently planning/designing the space where we will have our permanent vegetable gardens, fish farming, and chicken egg production. Also part of this area will be for our aerated static pile composting.
Producing as much of our own food will lessen the burden on donors and our dependence on other food vendors.
We currently already produce some of our own vegetables.
Some of our fruit trees are also periodically producing fruit for us such as: bananas, pineapple, atis (custard apple), papaya, calamansi (Philippine lime), and carambola (star fruit).
We also have a number of other trees not yet mature enough to produce fruit but hopefully will soon such as: avocado, guava, chico (sapodilla), mango, coconut, calabash, pomelo (grapefruit), and tambis (watery rose apple).
Colossians 3:12-14 (NKJV)
12Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection.
Ronald and Georgia Brown
Casa Esperanza of Angels
PHILIPPINE MISSION INC.
Tanjay City, Philippines
May 2020 Newsletter
Volume 6 Issue 64