WHO WE ARE
Shepherd's Keep Background:
We started caring for abandoned babies in 1999 and relocated to our present premises after operating for 2.5 years and finding the organization had outgrown the buildings.
As a 24 hour facility for babies from birth to six months old, the name of Shepherd's Keep has become synonymous with excellence through hard work and dedication, and is favoured by most officials when seeking shelter for abandoned babies.
" We love because He first loved us. "
-1 John 4: 19
The aim of Shepherd's Keep is threefold,
- to provide loving, excellent care for abandoned babies and to work with social workers to find parents for all babies.
- to comfort and care for terminally ill babies and provide hospice care.
- to train caregivers from poverty stricken areas and impact HIV infection rate with education and counselling through our Hands of Mercy ministry.
Shepherd's Keep is a home for abandoned babies, HIV positive or not, from birth to six months old.
After opening the new facility, we have been blessed to have baby after baby coming to the safety of Shepherd's Keep, in the dark of the African night and at the crack of dawn—little scraps of humanity, often wrapped in nothing but an old blanket or towel, frightened and hungry, desperately tired and just wanting loving arms and that bottle of warm milk!
The work days are long and the nights even longer, but the staff sing songs of Jesus and their pure sweet voices ring out like angels, bringing healing and deliverance—one baby was at deaths door—the doctors said, "just hold him" and he is thriving and putting on weight—this is only possible with God as man cannot heal him!
FOUNDERS AND CUSTODIANS
- COLIN AND CHERYL PRATLEY
The work days are long and the nights even longer, but the staff sing songs of Jesus and their pure sweet voices ring out like angels, bringing healing and deliverance one baby was at deaths door the doctors said, “just hold him” and he is thriving and putting on weight this is only possible with God as man cannot heal him!
"With hindsight, we realise that by overcoming our cowardice and visiting the home, we are richer for the experience. Nothing could prepare us for the warmth and love that radiates there."
Daily News, 2 December 1999 - Seema Diahnan and Ashmika Mahara
OUR SPONSORS
We are extremely thankful for each and every sponsor of Shepherds Keep.
