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The TIKVA Care Shelter · Medellín

Provide shelter — and hope — for women and children.

When leaving a violent home means sleeping on the street with your children, “get out” isn’t advice. The Care Shelter is the missing third option: safe housing, meals, training, and a 4-month path to independence.

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of displaced people are women & children
80%
of displaced people are women & children
of women here have experienced violence
63%
of women here have experienced violence
families housed at a time
15
families housed at a time
from crisis to independence
4 mo
from crisis to independence

The goal

$2,000 a month opens the door

Startlingly little, for what it buys: housing, three daily meals, staffing, and programming for 15 mothers and their children — every month.

Monthly operating pledges

Goal: $2,000/month

Be one of the first — help us fund month one. Every monthly pledge moves the shelter from blueprint to address. One-time gifts furnish rooms and fund the launch.

$25/mo

feeds a sheltered family each week

$100/mo

keeps a family sheltered & mentored

$250

furnishes a room for move-in day

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The model

A runway, not a waiting room

Every family follows a clear 4-month path designed to end the crisis — not park it. Residents are selected from women already walking with TIKVA’s weekly programs.

  1. Month 1

    Stabilize

    Safety first: a secure room, three meals a day, medical attention, documents, and psychosocial support. Crisis mode ends here.

  2. Months 2–3

    Train

    Skills training and mentorship through TIKVA THRIVE — sewing, artisan work, financial basics — while children continue school and tutoring.

  3. Month 4

    Launch

    Job placement, income, and the transition into independent housing — with the TIKVA community still around the family after move-out.

A Colombian “hogar de paso” shelter building — the model TIKVA is working toward

A “hogar de paso” (transitional home) in Colombia — the proven model the TIKVA Care Shelter follows.

Who will live at the Care Shelter?

Up to 15 mothers and their children at a time — women in acute crisis (violence, homelessness, displacement) who are already known to TIKVA through consistent involvement in our weekly programs.

Why a 4-month program instead of an open-ended shelter?

Because a runway beats a waiting room. The structured path — stabilize, train, launch — moves a family from crisis to independence and then opens the bed to the next family. The TIKVA community remains in their lives long after move-out.

What does it cost to run?

Approximately $2,000 per month covers housing, three daily meals, staffing, and program costs for all 15 families. Monthly pledges are what turn the plan into an open door — one-time gifts help us furnish and launch.

Where your money goes — and who handles it

TIKVA operates under the fiscal sponsorship of New Hope Community Church in Clovis, California, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. That means an established US church provides the legal structure, accounting, and oversight — so a small ministry in Medellín can stay focused on the work, not the paperwork.

  • Your gift is tax-deductible in the US — you’ll receive a receipt from New Hope Community Church
  • New Hope covers all payment processing fees: 100% of your gift reaches the field
  • Giving runs on Church Center, the secure platform by Planning Center used by thousands of churches
  • Cancel or change a monthly gift anytime — no phone calls required