Why Farm of the Child?

Farm of the Child is a family-style orphanage on the northern coast of Central America’s poorest and least developed country – Honduras. There is a community of about fifteen volunteers that work to provide fifty children with a home, a family, an education, and Christian formation.

"Many of the orphaned children who arrive at Farm of the Child suffer from malnutrition and other health problems, little or no schooling and a lack of love and affection. At Farm of the Child, they receive a loving, home-like environment in which the children can grow, learn respect for others and become healthy, happy members of a loving family"

Volunteers make a 27 month commitment to serve on the Farm in a variety of ways such as administration, accounting, social work, pastoral ministry, teaching, medicine, maintenance and community outreach. Once arriving on the Farm, volunteers live together and are guided by the four pillars of community, spirituality, simplicity and service.

The purpose of this blog is to keep you updated on my journey to the Farm and to include you in this adventure! I will be keeping up with this as much as internet access in Honduras deems possible, and I am looking to this as a way to stay in touch with everyone, and to share these next 3 years with you all!

Letters and e-mails would also be much appreciated from you all, as I would love to stay updated in your life as well!

You can write to:

Finca del Niño

Apartado Postal #110

Trujillo, Colón

Honduras, Central America

or email me at sara.dephillips@gmail.com...

be sure to include your address! (No internet, phones, or TV on the property makes for the perfect amount of silence to write snail mail!)

Thank you all so much for your interest both in my life and this program! I would not be able to even attempt any of this without the support of my friends and family. Without the support of every single one of you! I look forward to continuing our walk of life together, even from different continents.