HOW DO WE USE OUR FUNDS?
Prevention: We believe that prevention is extremely important when it comes to the children, adolescents, and families in the communities we serve. We don’t want to see them on the streets or red-light districts in the future. Because of this, we invest in time with them, recreation, basic education, sports, food baskets, assistance with bills, social services, and residential visits.
Rescue: Adults and children who have been abused or live in an at-risk situation may have never lived in a safe and stable environment before. For this reason, we work to rescue children through our rescue home, Vila Betânia, and work through intervention with women and men who work as prostitutes on the streets of Recife. When you donate to Shores Of Grace, you are helping us to provide a safe and structured home for these children as well as providing assistance, such as food baskets, help with bills, professional care, gas, and groceries to maintain the ministry that goes to the red-light district every week, so that more and more people are able to leave prostitution and be truly free. In Philadelphia we help in much the same way, providing transportation, food boxes, clothing and help finding shelter or rehab facilities for at-risk adults and children living on the streets or in abusive situations.
Restoration: All of our ministries aim to restore the people we reach. That’s why, with your help, we are able to employ quality professionals as part of our team to accompany these people on the path to healing. In addition to maintaining our staff and the costs of our buildings (including our rescue home and base) , we also offer basic education, vocational training, social assistance, employment opportunities at Shores Cafe and our base, counseling and discipleship, food, clean clothes, and personal hygiene items .
