Project Areas: Child Sponsorship: History

Note that the history is shown with the most recent events at the top

  • Oct 2011    - Sponsorships had increased to the level of:
  • Total Students - 1,422
  • Haiti - 915
  • Mexico - 235
  • Jamaica - 144
  • Guatemala112
  • Zambia - 16
  • Schools in Haiti - 85

 

  • Oct 2011- School lunch pilot program initiated in Bricourt, Haiti

  • Sept 2011 - Timothy House school in Mexico added to program

  • Aug 2011 - Committee decides to provide New Testaments and “101 Favorite Bible Stories” books to all third and fifth graders in all fields (plus the “101 Favorite Bible Stories” books were given to all teachers), funded by the Mission Committee

  • Mar 2011 - ACSI Vida school in Guatemala added to program

  • Jan 2011 - Bible Story Book distribution program initiated for all students in sponsored schools in Haiti (Approx. 15,000 “25 Favorite Bible Stories” books delivered)

  • Dec 2010 - Lifesong for Orphans school in Zambia added to program

  • April 2010 - ACSI Jesus Salva school in Guatemala added to program

  • Feb 2010 - Haiti Earthquake Student Help Fund established

  • Dec 2009 - Lancaster school in Mexico added to program

  • Oct 2009 - Sponsorships had increased to the level of:
  • Total Students - 1,164
  • Haiti - 743
  • Mexico - 193
  • Jamaica - 155
  • Guatemala - 73
  • Schools in Haiti - 84

 

  • April 2009 - HCH child sponsorship donation raised from $21 to $25/month. All primary schools in all fields now at $25/month rate

  • Jan 2009 - Transition from Living Word Ministries to Help a Child in Haiti (HCH) as Christian education partner

  • Mar 2008 - Assistant was added to MEBSH Child Care Office in Cayes, Haiti

  • Dec 2007 - Child Sponsorship Committee member added to MEBSH Child Care Board

  • Sept 2007 - Isaiah 55 school in Reynosa, Mexico added to program

  • Oct 2007 - Sponsorships had increased to the level of:
  • Total Students - 979
  • Haiti - 704
  • Mexico - 129
  • Jamaica - 120
  • Guatemala - 26
  • Schools in Haiti - 85

 

  • July 2007 - Child Sponsorship conducts seminar for Living Word teachers in  Haiti

  • Dec 2006 - New Beginnings in Jamaica was added as a Field Office

  • Aug 2006 - VES School in Guatemala was added

  • Jun 2006 - Rio Bravo was determined to no longer fit the "poorest of the poor" classification and was discontinued as a Field Office

  • Sep 2005 - Magdalena in Mexico was added as a Field Office

  • Jan 2005 - ACSI Schools in Guatemala City were added

  • Nov 2004 - MEBSH in Haiti began sponsoring Trade School Students

  • Oct 2004 - Living Word Ministries in Haiti added Boucan Moran and Mayette schools with up to 50 students sponsored at each school.

  • Jul 2004 - The Morton Child Sponsorship Office moved to new facilities in Morton

  • Apr 2004 - ICCD in Jamaica was added as a Field Office with up to 15 students

  • Apr 2004 - World Team pulled out of Child Sponsorship in Haiti and asked ACWR Child Sponsorship to take over their remaining sponsorships

  • Nov 2002 - Living Word Ministries in Haiti added the Hatte Jolibois school to their program

  • Aug 2002 - Sponsorships had increased to the level of:

  • CCCD in Jamaica - 76 students
  • MEBSH in Haiti - 192 students and 62 schools
  • Living Word in Haiti - 216 students
  • Ixtlan in Mexico - 25 sponsors for school outreach
  • AMMAR in Mexico - 109 students

 

  • Oct 2001 - Living Word Ministries in Haiti added the Demeline school to the program

  • Sep 2001 - AMMAR, in Juarez, Mexico was added to the program with Bluffton brethren functioning as the Field Office

  • The Child Sponsorship Office moved out of Bro Stan and Sis Carol Schick's home to office space in Morton.

  • Jul 2000 - Living Word Ministries in Haiti added the Bon Samaritan school to the program

  • Apr 2000 - CCCD in Jamaica add the Knockpatrick Campus to the program

  • Jan 2000 - Software for The Child Sponsorship program was developed and implemented just in time to replace the old program which was not Y2K compliant.

  • Winter 1998 - Ixtlan in Mexico joined the program with 10 sponsorship opportunities

  • Aug 1998 - Brochures with an announcement letter were sent to all the Apostolic Christian Churches to officially kick off the Child Sponsorship Program

  • Summer 1998 - Living Word in Haiti joined the program

  • Jul 1998 - Pilot phase of the program completed.  The first announcement was made through the Silver Lining.

  • Fall 1997 - Pilot program with CCCD in Jamaica began

  • May 1997 - Pilot program with MEBSH in Haiti began

  • Feb 1997 - Brothers Ken Baum, Tim Butikofer, Stan Schick and Mark Wuthrich traveled to Haiti to investigate child and school sponsorships with MEBSH, Christian Aid Ministries and Palm Grove Schools (Later called Living Word Ministries)

  • Late 1996 - ACWR Child Sponsorship Program was officially formed