The Okoa Kids
Okoa's residential child rescue program is truly unlike any other. Children come to Okoa directly from the police, local hospital or the local government social welfare office. Each and every child is welcomed to Okoa and immediately integrated into the family.
Though Okoa's Rescue Center is incredible and our staff is passionate about the kids, we do not believe that any child should have to grow up in an institution. To that end, we work diligently to find permanent homes for each of our children. This means tracing relatives and resettling the child in a home, or finding a domestic adoptive family.
Children who are resettled into their families are still followed up with by the Okoa staff. Their families receive some support from the organization, but the ultimate goal is to empower the families to reach a point of being able to provide for the kiddos themselves.
Okoa kids range in age from babies who are just hours old and up to young adults in college! Each child is cared for as an individual according to his/her needs.
At Okoa, we believe that every child deserves the world! Okoa's goal is to help all of the children reach their full potentials...and to ensure that they know how loved, valued and precious they are along the way!
What does Okoa provide for the kids?
OKOA + YOU = FAMILY
How do we provide for the kids?
This is where YOU come in!
Okoa Care Teams
What do you give?
Between $25 - $250 monthly
What do you get?
Quarterly letters from your child and/or updates on their resettlement process
Picture or video updates when available
A homemade Christmas gift
To know that you are being prayed for and loved on a daily basis
How can your $25 - $250 per month help?
Your financial support equips our staff to provide a safe place & intentionally care for every child that comes through our doors with a holistic approach for however long they need it.
What exactly do we spend the money on?
We doubled the size of our Rescue Center in 2020 and changed our caretaker to child ratio. In the baby home it is 1:3, dorms are 1:5 and the Independent Living Program is 1:5. Our social workers are a 1:5 ratio as well. We do 5-9 resettlement’s every quarter. That means 20-36 children every year are going home to their forever families.
We have just 3-4 kids to a room
60 staff members
100 kids in school
30 babies
What kinds of kids come to the Okoa Rescue Center?
Babies thrown in latrines
Babies whose mom’s died in childbirth
Children in witness protection who are waiting to testify in court
Very sick and malnourished children who need specialized care and/or surgery
Babies of trafficking victims who are too young or are having too much trauma induced mental health issues. These are referrals from our GBV shelters and TOP Campuses.
Neglected and abandoned babies and children
Children of convicted criminals who need a safe place to live so that they don’t face retribution from the victim’s relatives
“For to be free is not merely to cast off ones chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others. ”