Transition Homes

The project began in 2012, as one of the projects of Sus Hijos / His Children Foundation, supporting young adults and teenagers from both public and private children protection centers across El Salvador. When these teenagers turn eighteen they are required to leave the centers where they have been most of their lives, forcing them into independence and a reality very different from what they are used to.

Although forced to leave the center, these young people have yet to achieve an appropriate level of education, are not emotionally prepared for a life change, most do not have a family waiting for them and they lack the fundamental skills to obtain a formal job. They are completely unprepared to sustain themselves financially outside of the centers they have called home.

Some of these young adults, completely out of options, were forced to live on the streets. It was there we recognized the same faces we had seen grow up in the centers, begging on the street, without a roof over their heads.

Thus, the Fundación Sus Hijos Transition House Project was created, providing a house for young ladies and a house for young men, formerly known as:

“Potter’s Hands” – Girl’s Transition House (GTH)

and

“Forest of peace” – Boy’s Transition House (BTH)

GTH april 2020

BTH april 2020

The Transition Home Project is designed for young people with the desire to excel but lack resources or tools to achieve their dreams and a family able to support them. We have also accepted young adults from low income communities with limited opportunities, as well as young adults we’ve come to know through projects and programs we partner with.

There are five main areas of focus within the program for the integral development of our youth; job placement, education, physical health/wellness, psychological care, and spiritual growth.

Through these pillars, we encourage our young adults to continue with their academic preparation. We help them pursue possible scholarships based of their current standing, from grade school to college. Our goal is to provide them the training and experiences needed to later improve their living conditions.

We seek to train young people in areas such as oral and written expression, resume creation, personal presentation, interpersonal relationships, vocational workshops, technical courses and internships that provide connections that open job opportunities, guaranteeing future independence.

As a foundation we strive to promote responsibility, self-esteem, good habits, decision-making and autonomy, promoting management of personal finances and independence, to ensure stability in our graduates and culminating a successful transition.

As a transition house, we seek to reinforce Christian values and principles that can integrally build up our young people’s lives. We provide emotional care, psychological process and follow up of each young person, whether that be individual or collective, to benefit their adaptation to society.

We take on the responsibility of facilitating medical care according to the needs of each of our youth; taking into account physical and mental health, visual and dental health, or any other necessary treatments that can improve their quality of life.

With each new young person that joins one of our transition houses, a different adventure begins. Dreams and goals that seemed impossible begin to take shape! Using the five pillars of the program as a basis and working day by day as a team with all the leaders, our youth are empowered to create new foundations. These foundations drive them to forge a clearer purpose for their lives, giving them the chance they deserve to successfully adapt to society.

Through these means, our transition houses protect, educate, train, instruct, and empower young Salvadorans with great ideals. We believe in those without the means to achieve their ideals, so they can learn to believe in themselves.

 

 Luke 9:48 NIV

Check out our projects!

Bible Study

Also known as CBS program short for “Community Bible Studies” through this program we’ve been able to share the gospel in many different orphanages both government and private ones. We visit them at least once a week, teaching them about the love and grace of Jesus. We also include our transition houses in this program, we have a weekly devotional with all of them on Sundays.

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Centers we minister in

We work with the main orphanages in El Salvador, like CISNA, San Martin (Special Needs), San Vicente de Paul, Guirola and many more centers, both public and private. We also minister in juvenile prisons. We share the word of God with them, we do fun activities, sometimes we even get to take them out on a fun trip to places like the beach, bowling, movies or whatever we know they will like.

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Transition Homes

The project began in 2012, as one of the projects for Sus Hijos / His Children Foundation, supporting young adults and teenagers from both public and private children protection centers across El Salvador. When these teenagers turn eighteen, they are required to leave the centers where they have been most of their lives, forcing them into independence and a reality very different from what they are used to.

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House Building Program

The main objective of the project is to provide a wood House or a concrete House for a family at risk of separating; when the government determines that a family doesn’t meet the minimum criteria for good living conditions for the Child, he or she is considered to be taken away from their family to live in the orphanages.
That’s when we come in.
We build house thanks to the donations we receive from our donors, which God has always used to bless these lives.

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Feeding the Homeless

It is our desire to see this ministry nourish not only the physical needs, but the spiritual needs of those who are often forgotten. Many of these are children who have run away or have reached the limit age to remain in the government centers and didn’t have elsewhere to go.
We feed around 200 people in a run, we feed everyone on the streets: prostitutes, children, drunk and addicts. We don’t hold back, you shouldn’t either.

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Cosmetology School

The cosmetology school project, born in the heart of our founder, was named to honor his mother’s salon: “You’re someone special” in Hampton, Virginia and was named after the phrase she always used when evangelizing.
This project teaches 6 different foster care centers. They receive classes throughout the week in 8 different classes, depending on the level of practice they have. They start from the very basics from how to use a hairdryer, wash hair, cut hair to a lot more.

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Mission Trips

Come serve with us, we work for the Lord, we work for His Children. We take short- and long-term missioners, sometimes is a team from a Church, School or just a group of friends. You’ll serve along Sus Hijos / His Children Foundation staff and help us with the orphans, communities and our programs in El Salvador. We can help you come and set up a budget or maybe even help you on a fundraiser for your mission trip.

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Events

Our foundation prepares different events during the whole year, one day we would be making animal balloons with the kids or another day we would be all dressing up to celebrate a special moment. While most of these events are for the orphans in the centers, we would also have special celebrations for specific times of the year where we would have the States Diner restaurant prepare something special for its customers.

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Culinary Program

This is our biggest program so far, is a culinary school which includes States Diner restaurant, States Bakes Bakery, States Cafe Cafeteria that allow us to provide a job and most of the times a first job experience for these young boys and girls between the ages of 18 to 22 at risk who aged out of ISNA care (government institution) that are interested in culinary skills.

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Bible Study

Centers we minister in

Transition Homes

House Building

Feeding the Homeless

Cosmetology School

Mission Trips

Events

Culinary Program

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+503 2252-6706