Going Global
Mathew 28:19-20

The CARDBOARD PROJECT

The Cardboard Project is a major campaign which we launched in 2008, targeted at homeless rescuing WOMEN and the CHILDREN who live in Cardboard boxes, plastic sheet covered make shift tents, leaking tin roof shacks and in similar hopeless living conditions. Our core objective is to rescue them from these living condition, place them in a temporary shelter until a permanent home is found for them.

The second focus is on addressing their health issues and that of their children. Many have HIV AIDS and their children [some infected]are also in need of urgent health care, routine vaccination, and day to day medical & dental care.

Added to that is our commitment to help the rescued families gain access to good quality food and clean water. All these areas & issues are addressed simultaneously in order to achieve a wholesome outcome. Most of the Mothers and their children live in squalor, filthy environment, lacking in education, access to school, hope and security.

How the find the Mothers? They are not very difficult to find as many live on the streets. under bridges, in refugee camps and generally where you find a lot of poor, impoverished and displaced people in the nations. So many live in slums and the chances of coming out of there is very slim unless there is an active program of intervention such as the PRECIOUS MOTHERS project.

SELECTION CRITERIA
1. Women living in dire poverty. [*The forgotten ones no one wanted.]
2. Single, divorced or widowed with children.
3. With sickness, terminally ill with cancer, HIV or similar conditions.

LIVING CONDITION CRITERIA
1. Must be living inside & outside under the following conditions.
2. Bare floor on the inside of their homes, tent or shack.
3. Living under the polythene rubber tents, cardboard boxes, using ropes and sticks for support.
4. Shabby tin homes with leaky tin/thatched roof in a broken down state & in need of repair.
5. Living in thatched roof of palm trees but falling apart & not standing well under the weather.
6. Simply homeless.

FURTHER ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
1. Bio-Data,life & background story including educational level and current status of existence.
2. Photographic/video evidence of the living condition of the mother is secured on file.
3. Medical records/clinical proof of sickness/illness [especially HIV & Cancer] is obtained. [For effective treatment planning].
4. Photographs of child/children, their education, status and health situation.
5. Miscellaneous helpful details and background information is obtained & provided by case worker

CURRENT PROJECT NATIONS
India
Pakistan
South Africa
Malawi
Uganda
Kenya
GREATEST CHALLENGE
Finding adequate funds to help us rent.build homes, feed the Mothers & kids, establish permanent medical clinics and provide appropriate vocational training, empowerment and restoration to the Mothers & their children. To see how you can get involved, please: