We at He Cares want to share the blessing of being able to change a life!  You can do this by giving whatever you wish to share with the kids!  You may share your time as a volunteer, share your resources, whether your livelihood skills, extra food, clothes, books or financial support.  Please read our stories below.  Also feel free to ask us about these things if you need to clarify something. 

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Through the years, many volunteers have been enriched by the time they spent with the children.  Some came all the way from France (see Vince's picture at left).

By spending an hour or two with them, you will know that they have touched your life powerfully in more ways than you'll ever know.  You will surely receive more than you will give. 

Anyone can volunteer. You don't have to be a professional social worker, or teacher, but you have to have a heart that is open and willing to help the children.  Come and join us!  We will find something for you to do (and we are open to suggestions!).

Here is one man's story...

A Call to Serve
How I Came to Know My Mission in Life
by Boy Sobere

Since I was in college, I had a penchant for food and whenever I had extra money, I liked to treat my friends and classmates to a nice restaurant.  I like feeding people.  Later on, when I graduated from college and began to work in Manila, I also realized that I have a heart for the poor. 

One time when I read in the newspaper a story of a poor little girl in Malate, who out of poverty and the insistence of her mother, was forced to work as a prostitute to support her family, I felt my heart grieved and broken.   I felt her pain, but could not help her.  It was the first sign of the call that God has placed in my heart to serve the poor, even though it would take several more years for this call to be made clearer and firmer.

From that time on, the pain in my heart continues whenever I see in the streets of Metro Manila the plight of the poor.  The sight of little boys and girls barely clothed, no slippers and with malnourished bodies grieves my heart.  It was then that I started to give food, money and clothes regularly to them whenever I had extra.

It was several years from this time I joined the Light of Jesus Community that I was able to discover my mission in life - to serve the poor.  It was during one of our retreats where God revealed and confirmed to me what was actually already there in my heart - the lifetime mission to serve the poor especially the children.

When I was going through the entire exercise of the retreat - prayer, meditation and listening to the talk of Bro. Bo, I felt inner peace and everything went on smoothly.

At the end, when I had written my mission statement in a piece of paper, I felt joy, peace and a sense of certainty of what I wrote.

Now I had my mission in life, where do I go Lord?  One day this question was answered when one of the sisters in the community invited me to serve the streetchildren.  She gave me an address.  That was the beginning of my service. 

I am now in my 4th year in the He Cares Foundation. (written year 2000)

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Dear Friend,

The He Cares Foundation invites you to be a channel of God’s blessing to the poor.

For many years now, the He Cares Foundation has been providing for the physical and spiritual needs of local street children. At present, an average of 40 to 50 children benefit from the once-a-day feeding accompanied by daily prayer and bible sharing. The drop-in center also gives these children a place to go in case of emergencies, such as illness. In addition, the foundation is currently working with the Red Cross to educate these children and their families on health and nutrition and is in negotiations with DECS to allow the center to provide credited non-formal education.

But there is still so much to be done. The ultimate vision of the foundation is, of course, to get children off the streets and enable them to live healthy, safe, normal lives and become happy and productive individuals of our society. Among other things, we would like to increase feeding to three times a day, provide a permanent shelter, and increase educational (click here for more info on education) and livelihood programs. But we can’t do it alone. We need your help.

You can make a difference in the lives of these needy children. In their name, we ask that you share whatever you can with them. Join us in our mission and let us all be channels of God’s blessings. 

In Christ,

Bro. Joe Dean Sola
Missionary/Founder
He Cares Foundation, Inc.

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FINANCIAL SUPPORT

We rely on GOD’s provision through relatives and friends.  We have coin banks labelled "Tulong Niyo Dugtong sa Buhay Ko" (Your help is my Lifeline) at stores, offices and with families.

NEEDS

• Permanent House for the Foundation
• Stable financial support
• Volunteers to teach and train
• Financial Support for Education
• Clothing
• Sports Facilities
• Tools - Carpentry, electrical, mechanical, handicrafts
• Food
• Service Vehicle
• Schoolbooks for Mini-Library

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