1. ASHALAYA (House of Hope)

 

ASHALAYA Children’s Home was conceptualised to make a difference in the lives of orphaned children from broken families, children living on streets and children of commercial sex workers. These homes are small units of a family based environment where the children are not only fed and sheltered but also they are provided a home, which they can call of their own.

 

Current Status: ASHALAYA began on 7th July 2006 with two children in Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. Currently ASHALAYA is sheltering 79 children, both boys and girls, aged from 2 yrs to 17 years. The children are provided with the best of education and care in an environment of love and peace.

 

 

 

2. HOPE Centre (An outreach and Day care feeding programme)

 

While surveying the red light areas, we felt the need to reach out to the Victims of Human Trafficking and specifically their innocent children, who are constantly bombarded with all the evil influence, sexual immorality, prostitution around them. This immoral scenario impacts the little children in a wrong manner, putting a question mark on their future.

 

Hope Centre is an outreach for the Victims of Human Trafficking and their children, focusing to bring educational and moral awareness and transforming them with the love of God. We teach and feed the children with a proper nutritious meal daily, believing that through these acts of compassion, we can reach out to the children, the Victims of Human Trafficking and the neighbouring slum areas. We have trained teachers & volunteers who are conducting these educational & feeding programmes.

 

Current Status: Hope Centre is functioning in Navi Mumbai-based Turbhe Red Light slum since October 2007, everyday serving to 120+ children and the Victims of Human Trafficking.

 

 

 

3. Care Home

 

The rapid spread of HIV/AIDS in India is a cause of great concern. In the growing scenario of HIV+ affected families, the little children are left behind, as the parents die of AIDS, leaving them with tremendous amount of rejection, fear, loneliness, starvation and in many cases ultimately death. God has burdened our hearts to respond to this need.

 

Current Status: We have a ‘CARE Home’ at Sector-12, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, sheltering 11 children, which provide these innocent little lives with touch of love, compassion and genuine care. More importantly, we believe God in His sovereignty to touch and heal them.

 

 

 

4. Project Dignity (An initiative for Empowerment)

 

Under Project Dignity, we undertake the following activities:

 

• Supporting Widows: Making a difference in the lives of widows, an extended hand of mutual help means lot to them, helping to live with dignity!

 

• Educational scholarships: Providing educational assistance to the needy, poor & deserving students.

 

• Women Empowerment: Empowering underprivileged women through the ‘Tailoring Training Programmes and Small Savings Groups.

 

• Providing Micro-business loan project: For small-time entrepreneurs, who are hard-working and need financial assistance to come up in life.

 

 

 

5. Project Asha

 

Project Asha is for HIV awareness, counselling & care and deals with providing care, counselling and support to the HIV infected ones and their devastated families. We share the love of God with them and help them to overcome guilt, fear and rejection and ensure their salvation.

 

 

 

 

How is Rays of Hope Ministries funded?

Rays of Hope Ministries is completely a faith-driven and independent ministry and all its funding come from ministry partners who are individuals from different walks of life. These are donators who graciously pledge in cash and kind through one time donations or recurring fixed donations every month.

 

 

What is City of HOPE’s greatest need?

PRAYER…in the areas of:

• Payments towards the purchase of land
• Wisdom and guidance for layout and construction of the project, town planning etc.
• For all necessary permissions to be granted with proper and transparent documentation of funds.
• For God to call more prayer partners and likeminded people with a burden to work for the cause of the hopeless.
• For God to raise up more financial partners to sustain the needs of the project.
• God’s direction in choosing the right ministry partners
• Knowledgeable people to direct families in crisis to a safe haven like City of HOPE.

 

 

 

Partner ‘City of HOPE’ in three easy steps

 

Remember the 3 Ps

• PRAY
• PARTICIPATE
• PROMOTE