THE MERCY MATERNITY HOUSE INC

MERCY HOUSE GLOBAL SPONSORS THREE MATERNITY HOMES IN KENYA CALLED THE REHEMA RESCUE CENTER FOUNDATION, A LOCAL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES HOPE AND SUPPORT TO VULNERABLE YOUNG GIRLS WHO HAVE BECOME PREGNANT THROUGH DESPERATE AND OFTEN VIOLENT CIRCUMSTANCES. IN 2024, MERCY HOUSE GLOBAL RESCUED SIX PREGNANT GIRLS AND SAW SIX NEW BABIES BORN. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2024, 90 GIRLS HAVE BEEN RESCUED AND 89 BABIES HAVE BEEN BORN AT REHEMA HOUSE. AT THE THREE RESIDENTIAL HOMES IN KENYA, THE TEEN MOMS RECEIVE WEEKLY TRAUMA-INFORMED INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING. BEYOND MEETING PHYSICAL NEEDS, THE PROGRAMS PROVIDE FOR SPIRITUAL DISCIPLESHIP AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING. TUTORS PROVIDE THE GIRLS WITH A BASIC EDUCATION WITH A GOAL TO REINTEGRATE THEM BACK TO SCHOOL OR TO TRANSITION THEM TO A VOCATIONAL JOB PROGRAM ONCE THEIR CHILDREN REACH THE AGE OF TWO. WHEN THE GIRLS REACH THIS TRANSITION POINT, MERCY HOUSE GLOBAL'S SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM PROVIDES FOR THEIR SCHOOL FEES, UNIFORMS, AND BOOKS, AS WELL AS FOR THEIR CHILDREN'S EDUCATION. VOCATIONAL TRAINING ENSURES THAT THE TEEN MOMS DO NOT END UP HOMELESS OR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AFTER THEIR TIME AT REHEMA HOUSE. THE GIRLS ARE INTRODUCED TO A VARIETY OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS INCLUDING HAIRDRESSING, SALON SKILLS, TECHNOLOGY, MUSIC CLASSES, BAKING, COOKING, AND SEWING.

MERCY HOUSE GLOBAL ASSISTS VULNERABLE FAMILIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BY TEACHING THEM ARTISAN TRADES AS WELL AS CREATING DISTRIBUTION AVENUES FOR THEIR GOODS TO BE SOLD. PROVIDING THE FAMILIES WITH RELIABLE INCOME FOR THEIR FAMILIES PREVENTS HOMELESSNESS, FOOD SCARCITY, AND BECOMING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, AND ALLOWS THEM TO HELP SUPPORT THEIR OWN FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES. MERCY HOUSE GLOBAL SELLS THE ARTISANS' PRODUCTS IN ONLINE AND PHYSICAL RETAIL STORES, AS WELL AS THROUGH FIVE SUBSCRIPTION CLUBS CALLED MHG CLUBS. THERE ARE FOUR MONTHLY CLUBS CONSISTING OF MORE THAN 2000 SUBSCRIBERS, AND ONE QUARTERLY CLUB WHICH HAS A SUBSCRIBER BASE OF ABOUT 900. THE ITEMS FEATURED IN THESE CLUBS EMPOWER WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE, CONSISTING OF OVER 50 GROUPS IN APPROXIMATELY 30 COUNTRIES AND COUNTLESS ARTISANS. FOR THESE VULNERABLE FAMILIES, THE SUPPORT OF MERCY HOUSE GLOBAL AND THE SALES OF THEIR PRODUCTS IS HELPING THEM BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES WITH DIGNITY.