I want to help!
The Team
- Mike Bouguenon
We are a registered non-profit based in South Africa. We currently run an animal sanctuary where we have found ( as an unintended consequence) that children with tough upbringings, who have lost a parent, are lost in many ways come to find solace and a friend in spending time with animals.
These are children who are either disabled or suffer from abuse or have some form of 'god hole' in their lives that needs to be filled with people who can lead them in faith in a safe environment.
We are proposing to build a 'house of god' community centre for them with activities, animals for therapy, councillors and teachers on a single property. All led by people with a fear of God and a willingness to guide and teach these children and provide a sanctuary that is not available to them anywhere else in this world.
This may come across a little 'culty' but nothing could be further from the truth. This project will be built on god's word by the will of God and will have live internet cameras covering the entire property, to protect the children in our care, to involve the families of the children we help and for the donors to this project to see how their money is put to use.
This project for children and animals will be built on a suitable, 'fit for purpose' small holding property in South Africa, designed to create the best environment for children who need sanctuary in a place to thrive and for local day visitors i.e. local schools or families in need of some TLC.
It cannot be stressed enough that this project will be carried out with God's guidance, in accordance with his holy spirit to his will with the purpose of bringing the love of our Father to the children who need to be touched by his Grace.
Our current website is www.colouroflove.org.za and we are members of Freedom Church, Benoni, Johannesburg, South Africa who are also raising funds for building new church (currently using a school hall to do their good work) Freedom Church Benoni
Update #12
Please ask us for a copy of our business plan to see what we are trying to achieve
Update #11
This video shows the power of faith from a dog who knows that he will win over this child who continually rejects him. He shows patience and kindness and eventually finds favour through the grace of this child......... a lovely interaction between animal and human.
Friends Forever! Dog Befriends Little Boy With Down Syndrome (youtube.com)
Update #10
We welcome donors to be part of this project, to take credit for supporting the planting of a Christian based shelter in Africa. Your involvement can be as deep and as wide as you would like. This could be a place for missionaries across the world to come and participate and work in God's grace.
Update #9
Our Promotional video overview, is made to communicate a sense of the vision that we are trying to make manifest to glorify God's holy name. It is by faith alone that this will come about and we have faith in the works of our Lord.
Update #8
This is us explaining the base reason for our #fundraising, who we aim to help and how we plan to do that.
Update #7
Recovery from Childhood Trauma (nacr.org)
This is our sweet spot. In Africa, there are no government funds allocated to this type of trauma. Yet, this situation is prolific, caused by general violence, domestic violence, children losing parents to AIDS, Tuberculosis, an underfunded hospital system. In short, the value for life and the love for God's children is absent where it is needed most.
Update #6
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/d2f4ttPxFoLVE9J4/?mibextid=p7WL9T
Our morning feeding.....
Update #5
morning feeding time for some of our santuary animals...... https://www.facebook.com/share/v/d2f4ttPxFoLVE9J4/?mibextid=p7WL9T
Update #4
Some videos on animal assisted therapy:
