The Children's Home Bhogpur

That they might have abundant life

Vision Statement

The vision of the Children's Home Bhogpur is to become a caring community and an efficient institution that will touch and transform children in the name of Christ.

Core Values

Devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ, who touched the bodies and lives of those considered to be unclean

Spiritual and moral values taught in the Holy Bible

Love for children

Acceptance of all that is noble in Indian culture

Simple, disciplined life and hard work

Respect for the dignity of all human beings created in God's image

Spirit of forgiveness and reconciliation

A Brief History

In 1945 Dr. John Taylor and his wife, Dr. Elizabeth Taylor, while doing their medical mission work in India, were approached by a group of leper patients and asked to start a home and school for their children. With the help of a small group of sponsors, the gift of a bungalow and seven acres of land, 12 boys moved to the campus near Bhogpur village, and this was the beginning of the Children’s Home. From the start, the vision was for a home environment, caring and nurturing the whole person – body, soul, and spirit. The Children’s Home Bhogpur has expanded to include two branch homes: Roorkee which was started in 1980 and Dhanauri in 1994. Another branch home was operated in Sudhowala from 1992 to 2007, but it was discontinued due to administrative problems and shortage of finances. Education has always been a central emphasis of the homes. Home Academy was started at Bhogpur in 1974 and later a primary school was started at the home in Roorkee.

Each campus has adequate dormitory space, dining halls that double as study halls, kitchen facilities, dispensary, office, staff housing, play areas, gardens and fruit trees.

Number of children in the homes as of July 2008.

	Bhogpur	Roorkee	Dhanauri	Total
Boys	153	68	37	258
Girls	209	125	16	350
Total	362	193	53	608

The number of students studying at Home Academy at Bhogpur is 465 (346 home children, 20 staff children, 99 day students)

Location

Bhogpur is a village 20 miles from Dehra Dun, just off the Rishikesh road. Dehra Dun is about 150 miles north of New Delhi. Roorkee is about 60 miles from Dehra Dun, on the Delhi road, and Dhanauri is just 8 miles outside Roorkee. The Children's Home is located in the state of Uttarkhand (formerly called Uttaranchal). Children come to the Home from many states in northern India.

Children’s Homes Bhogpur Objectives

To provide a home and education for children of leper parents without regard to race, caste or creed.
To establish homes for orphaned and otherwise needy children.
To establish educational institutions to provide education to the inmates of the Homes and children from other segments of the society.
To make available job-oriented skills, training or higher education, to the extent reasonably possible, to all deserving children and staff.
To impart moral values to the children so that they may become productive citizens of our country.
To promote, manage or contribute to other institutions having similar objects.
To do all such things that is incidental and is conducive to the attainment of the aforesaid aims and objects.

A recent meeting of the Board