Eschol Ministers to Children

Eshcol, ITMI’s latest project caring for abused and abandoned children. Graham and Jene Des Fountain write, “We have three little ones who have been with us now for some time and will be leaving at the end of September. It’s always a heartache to see them leave, but [our] present home is too small to accommodate them for extended foster care.” They will go to a children’s home.

“It’s not the best,” Graham notes, “but our faith is strong that the Lord will supply a larger, more adequate facility so we can look after more children for a longer time.”

That is what Eshcol, or “cluster” is all about. A cluster of small homes to shelter South Africa’s abused and abandoned children. There is a property available that would be ideal to meet this urgent need. The Des Fountains have put up their life-savings as a down payment. They need our generous help – now.

Recently they received a 13-year old girl who was with them 18 months ago. She and her sister were living in a parental abusive situation. They had been removed to foster parents, then to a children’s home, then back to their birth-parents.

“The situation there was tenuous” Graham said, “and she asked to come here [to Eshcol]. Everything within me cries out to have her safely with us, but we don’t have room to foster as well as be an emergency home.”

“She is such a lovely young girl,” Jene observed. “At 13 years old [she has] already experienced what she should be protected from. She has a fine mind and wants to become a children’s lawyer within South Africa’s legal system.” Your investment in this ministry is a positive vote for South Africa’s future generation.

Eshcol is an ITMI approved project. Gifts for this ministry are tax-deductible [Give Online: click here].