shepherd's arms children's home

In 2012, Jason and Leanne Buchholz first visited the Shepherds Arms Children’s Home in Bohol, Philippines. They instantly fell in love with the children and since then, many trips have been undertaken with the help of HPI members. During these trips, a new boarding house has been built, a new kitchen, bathroom and laundry, outdoor wash station, a fence around the perimeter has been erected and a new swing set too.

A few years later, Rizsa Albarracin, an Australian-based Managing Trustee of the Shepherds Arms Children’s Home became a member of HPI’s Management Committee.

Since then, HPI and Shepherd’s Arms work closely together toward making the Children’s Home self-sustainable. Below are the some of the outstanding projects completed, which are still currently running:

• Solar panels
• Aquaponics (vegetable gardens and fishpond)
• Poultry and piggery farm
• Water tank

In 2019, a medical clinic was built to provide free basic health services to the children’s home and to the surrounding disadvantaged communities.

This is an ongoing project as there is always work to be done. Child sponsorship is available for this project, please click here for details and to place your interest. Regular Medical Missions and other project-based missions are also undertaken at the Children’s Home and the surrounding villages, if you are interested in volunteering with any of these please contact us.

Contact: Rizsa – rizsa.albarracin@hpi.org.au or 0424 722 449