MISION VIDA NUEVA
305 Lancelot Ln, Opelika, AL 36801

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Organizations Filed Purposes: MVN Operates a Government-Authorized Orphange in Guatemela for Children who are Orphaned, Abandoned and Abused. We also do outreach to villages and families living in extreme poverty. Our Mission is to empower God's Children to change the world

Since 2016 we have received 143 children through the court. The children are rescued from their situation and placed in our home. We provide medical and psychological care for each child, give them a home, education and social services, and an opportunity to know the Lord. We have capacity for 34 children at one time & work hard to give each child the tools they need to overcome their trauma before the judge places them back with family. Children with no family begin the process of adoption through the government. Children who are not adopted live with us until they are 18. In 2020 $132988 was spent on direct care for the children, a clinical psychologist, coordinator, social worker, on call doctor, health insurance. $64688 was spent on travel, transport, conferences & training needs for home. $26342 was spent on education, groceries, social services, medical expenses. $21686 was depreciation of the building and property of the home, $13697 went toward maintenance expenses and 24/7 guardian, $8724 was spent on bills such as trash service gas, light and other community expenses, $1987 went towards office expenses and legal fees

Mision Vida Nueva also has a program that focuses on surrounding villages of which families are living in extreme poverty. In 2020 the village ministry provided a vented stove with water filters for 80 families A total of $36680. Due to the pandemic and the natural disasters that occurred here through out the year left many people starving and without shelter, the village ministry was able to provide thousands of pounds of food directly to the affected communities and also work in food shelters. Food served to these families included rice, beans, milk, sugar, cornflour, pastas and others in, total $10500 was spent to get the goods to the communities . 1130 familes received 40lbs of food each. 1500 plates of food were served in shelters and another 540 bags of food weighing 80lbs each were given out. 6 children with cleft palate were provided formula, 9 abandoned elderly were visited and given food, and 3 young adults received scholarships to study for the year on these services $2689 was spent.

Mision Vida Nueva also has a program that focuses on the evangelization, discipleship and transformation of families in need. This is the family ministry. The family that heads this ministry was set to move down to Guatemala in the middle of the year. Due to the pandemic and the borders shutting, they were unable to move down However they did rent a house and prepare for their arrival and ministry. A total of $41471 was spent of their ministry needs Throughout the year. Their plan is to build strategic relationships with families in order to equip, encourage and reconcile them through the love of Christ. Apart from this ministry $249 was spent giving a stove and water filter to a family in need, and $605 was spent to help a young man in the community that fell from a second story building when burned by a high tension wire. This went to pay his medical expenses. After the hurricanes destoyed our region in November, many families lost their homes. Funds for disaster relief efforts were collected and $5303 was spent on helping some of these families rebuild their homes and provide food and medications for their needs.

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