GRATITUDE.
“I've been thinking a lot lately about how you've supported my education for over ten years. I would not be where I am today without your generosity and belief in me. I am so incredibly thankful for everything you have done for me.”
“When I arrived at the EMPOWER house, I just loved reading and learning new things there. I was also so happy to have good food and clothes. I also got pencils for school, as I had always wished. And a lovely bed! Importantly, I also learned how to love, how to calm down, how to overcome, and how to prepare myself to become a strong man.”
“Our house parents would counsel us and help us in our education in any way that they could. I am so so grateful to them for their kindness. The best thing about living at the house was that the parents made us all feel like we were living in one big happy family. We had so much time to study and have fun, whereas back in the village, even I could go to school, when I returned home, I would have to look after the cows so there was no time for study.”
18 mentoring nests in Asia alone, where we protect and educate vulnerable young people
294 young people are being mentored and educated each day
56 are studying for bachelor’s degrees at university
13 are preparing for community work by studying in Bible College,
5 young people have become medical doctors
1 young man is currently studying to become a general surgeon, and 1 of our girls is in medical college
Many have become professional engineers, lawyers, counsellors, NGO Workers, schoolteachers, and accountants
2 are high school principals
Beginning in 1990, Empower Asia’s original mission station was based in Bangkok, Thailand. The primary reason for commencing this work was because of the frightening number of children, both boys and girls, who were being trafficked into the sex industry. So we decided to open safe homes that protect children and offer them the opportunity to not only graduate high school but also move on to university education.
