Programs

Restoring Lives Through Every Stage of Life

At House of Life, each program is designed to provide healing, belonging, and opportunity. Together, they form a connected ecosystem of care that supports children, young mothers, and future generations.

Programs

Every Life Deserves a Chance to Thrive

Boys and girls homes

A Place to Belong

Our Boys & Girls Homes provide a family-style environment where children can experience stability, care, and the opportunity to thrive.

More than a place to live, it is a place where children find belonging, guidance, education, and support as they grow into confident and independent adults.

Program Highlights

  • Family-style care
  • Education support
  • Life skills development
  • Emotional support
  • Long-term commitment

Mama and baby shelter

Restoring Hope for Young Mothers

The Mama & Baby Shelter provide a safe, supportive, and nurturing home for pregnant teenage girls who have been abused, trafficked, or abandoned, as well as for their babies.

Through housing, healthcare, education, emotional support, and life-skills development, we help young mothers build a stable future while creating a strong foundation for their children.

Program Highlights

  • Safe housing
  • Medical and prenatal care
  • Education support
  • Parenting guidance
  • Emotional healing

Senior Center

Coming Soon

As part of our long-term vision, House of Life hopes to expand its impact through a future Senior Center program.

This initiative is being developed to provide care, community, and meaningful opportunities for older adults while continuing our mission of restoration and support.

Future Program Highlights

  • Community-centered care
  • Intergenerational connections
  • Purpose-driven activities
  • Social and emotional support
  • A future built on belonging

How Can I Help?

Ways to Give

Every life restored is possible because someone chose to care.

Donate

Your gift helps provide housing, care, education, and long-term support.

Mission
Trips

Serve on-site and experience the mission firsthand

Volunteer

Support daily life through service, care, and meaningful connection.

Our Sponsors & Partners

We are grateful for the churches, organizations, and partners who help make this work possible.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I donate?

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How can I donate?

You can give a one-time gift or become a monthly partner through our secure online giving page, or by PayPal, Venmo, Cash App, or Bitcoin, all linked from our Donate page. However you choose to give, you're helping fund a safe place for a child or a future for a teen mom in El Salvador.

Can I visit House of Life?

Yes — many of our most faithful supporters have visited in person, and we'd love to welcome you. Visits are arranged in advance and coordinated with our team so we can protect the routines and privacy of the children and teen moms in our care. Email houseoflife@micasakids.org to talk about timing.

How are donations used?

Your gift goes directly into daily life in our homes: meals, medical and prenatal care, counseling, schooling, and the caregivers who care for our children and teen moms around the clock. As a guide, $25 covers a week of meals and essentials for a child, $100 helps fund a month of healthcare and emotional care, and $250 helps sustain safe housing and long-term care.

How can I volunteer?

We welcome volunteers for both short visits and ongoing support, from childcare and educational activities to administrative help and light construction. Every volunteer completes an orientation on our safety and conduct guidelines before serving, because protecting our children and teen moms always comes first. Email houseoflife@micasakids.org or call +503 2556 0300 to start the conversation.

What percentage goes to administrative costs?

We keep overhead low, under 10%, so more than 90 cents of every dollar you give goes directly to the children and mothers in our care, not to overhead. If you'd ever like more detail on how funds are used, just reach out to houseoflife@micasakids.org — we're glad to share it.

What does a mission trip involve, and how do I sign up?

Mission teams serve alongside our staff on projects like construction, children's activities, teaching, and facility improvements, a chance to experience the mission firsthand. Every trip is scheduled directly with our team so we can match your group's skills and dates to what the homes need most. Contact us at houseoflife@micasakids.org to talk through options and current openings.

Is my donation tax-deductible?

Yes. House of Life operates under Mi Casa International, a registered U.S. 501(c)(3) nonprofit, so gifts given through our website are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. You'll receive a donation receipt for your records after every gift.

Do you accept groups, churches, or company partnerships?

Absolutely. Churches, businesses, and civic groups partner with us in a lot of ways: sponsoring a specific project, hosting a fundraiser, organizing a giving drive, serving on-site as a team, or building an ongoing partnership. Tell us about your group and what you're hoping to do, and we'll help shape something that fits.

Can I sponsor a specific child or teen mom?

Rather than pairing you with one named child, your monthly gift supports the whole home a child or teen mom lives in, their meals, their caregivers, their schooling, their counseling. We do this on purpose: it protects the privacy of the children and young mothers in our care, and it means your support keeps a home running even as the specific children in it grow and move on. If you'd like a closer, more personal connection to your impact, tell us, we're glad to share updates from a specific home or program.

Why don't you share the children's names or photos more openly?

Every child and teen mom in our care has a story that belongs to them, not to a caption. We don't publish names, identifying photos, or personal histories without explicit permission, in keeping with the same child-safeguarding standards we hold our own staff and volunteers to. You'll still see the heart of what happens here, daily life, milestones, transformation, just told in a way that protects the people living it.

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