Girls’ Home

Part of living at La Casa de Las Lilas (Familia Feliz’s home for girls) is cooking partially indoors and partially outdoors. Since the old indoor kitchen is becoming a bedroom to accommodate an influx of new students, the outdoor kitchen needs to be remodeled with counters, tile flooring, walls, and new eaves to protect the refrigerator that will be moved outside.

Total cost: $500 USD

Suggested donation amount: $100 USD

Last year, only eight girls lived in La Casa de Las Lilas, but this semester we are preparing to double our number. With twice the Lilas comes the desperate need to rearrange the house to accommodate another bathroom. Currently, the gray and black water lines both go to the same place and are not draining properly. In order to repair this, we will need to dig up the pipes and reconnect them to the septic tank. Building onto the side of the house will also require cement, brick, and plumbing for this bathroom which will fit perfectly alongside the existing ones.

Total cost: $700 USD

Suggested donation amount: $100 USD

One of the more pressing items currently on the agenda at Familia Feliz is the construction of a new school building. With government inspections imminent, it’s vital that the temporary buildings originally constructed for classes decades ago are replaced with a safe, well-built, and durable structure. We plan to build the school in three parts, starting with leveling and pouring the concrete floor for the first unit.

Estimated total cost for first unit: $10,000 USD

Suggested donation amount: $500 USD

Currently we are expanding La Casa de Los Leones to make a larger living area and give space to remodel the single small bathroom into multiple stalls. These stalls will be neatly tiled and provide the ability for the little Leones to prepare quickly instead of one at a time and allow house parents to supervise more easily.

Total cost: $500 USD

Suggested donation amount: $50 USD

House parents are the backbone of Familia Feliz. These caregivers are often the first consistent, positive presence our kids have experienced. Unlike student missionaries who typically only spend one year involved in the kids’ lives, house parents are in it for the long haul. Please help us provide the monthly salary that allows them to stay; helping our kids grow into capable, healthy, Christian adults.

Monthly costs: $430 USD

Suggested donation amount: $430 USD

Cooking food for 40+ children takes a lot of rice, beans, and a variety of fresh, local produce. Help us continue our unbroken tradition of making sure no one goes hungry by providing all the groceries we will need this month.

Monthly costs: $3,000 USD

Suggested donation amount: $100 USD

With so many kids always finding ways to have good, clean fun, that means clothes rarely stay good and clean. Shoes, shirts, and pants are constantly being worn through, stained, out-grown, or repurposed. Help us make sure we can keep this constant need a priority by donating to our clothes and shoe fund.

Suggested donation amount: $10 USD

Here in Beni, school events are taken very seriously. Unfortunately we are often unable to participate in county-wide competitions and celebrations because our school uniforms have become outdated, outgrown, or lost. With matching uniforms for every student, we can demonstrate to our pupils that we take education seriously.

Suggested donation amount: $15 USD

Every week we gather to sing the national anthem. Unlike other schools in the area, we don’t have our own band. And trust us, this isn’t because the kids don’t like singing! The only thing standing in our way is some durable band instruments to help us start our own mini-orchestra.

Suggested donation amount: $15 USD