The vision of Manjo Children’s Home is to create a sanctuary where street children, orphans, and children in need can find shelter, medical care, vocational training, and biblical principles for life, and ultimately help them discover their identity in Christ.

The project began in 2006 through a passion to share the love of Jesus with street children and orphans in Cameroon, Africa. The home is being built on 21 acres of fertile land outside of the town of Manjo in a village called Namba. It will serve as a refuge for children ages 3-17 who have been abandoned, abused, and orphaned.

Young children are educated in the fundamentals – developing a solid foundation of knowledge and practical skills, enabling them to mature into successful and productive members of society. The older children at the Home receive training in skills like carpentry, masonry, sewing, farming, computer skills, nursing, hairdressing, fine arts, and other skills they can use to find employment or start their own small business and improve their communities. The educational classes not only provide children with the skills to succeed in life, they also foster self-confidence and a feeling of self-worth and value in each child. 

Finally, each child has the opportunity to study the Bible so that they may live their lives in the knowledge that they are loved. 

On the 21 acres, four acres will be used for sports fields, including a soccer, track, and handball/volleyball fields as well as a basketball court and a tennis court.

Five acres of the land are dedicated to sustainable agriculture. The children of the home work with staff members to plant, tend and harvest a variety of plants. Alongside the fields, there is a small chicken coop, fish ponds, snail enclosures, and several goats. Not only does this farming produce fresh fruit, vegetables, soy milk, and eggs for the children to enjoy, but instills in the children a sense of purpose, ownership, and pride – all of which aims to help them become confident adults, ready and willing to give back to the community. 

The remaining twelve acres will hold several small houses for children, staff, and volunteer missionaries, as well as a 2-level multi-function building. The building will include a cafeteria, library, sanctuary, offices, recreation room, vocational training rooms, and an infirmary.