Unfortunately Kristin and Joshua were unable to come. We had been planning on them coming, but the doctor highly recommended against it as Joshua is still so young. So we took his advice and Kristin and Joshua are holding down the fort.
Yesterday I went with the Casa Viva team to follow along with them as they shot some video interviews with prominent people they work with in country. The point of the video was to interview families, pastors, and government workers who work directly with the Casa Viva program in order to create a video that can be used to recruit more families and churches to participate in the program.
One of the most unique interviews was with the national director of PANI (the child advocacy part of the government and a big political position). He spoke over and over again about the need for children to be cared for. He also reiterated what Casa Viva has been saying:
“Children should first be with their families and extended families, when that is not possible the second option should be placing them in a loving family, and then the third option should be a group home.”
I know this is true... You know this is true and yet we North Americans tend to want to come to places of need and build orphanages and children’s homes. Why not just harness the power of the family and place children into families?
Enter: Casa Viva.
Matt Schulte
Casa Viva USA
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