OUR HISTORY
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As our name suggests, it all started with one heart being
convicted by our merciful God. Our founder, Dan Yeager, was visiting an
orphanage in Java, Indonesia in 2004 when he unexpectedly found himself
weeping and deeply touched by the plight of the children there.
Aware that he alone could not meet the myriad of needs,
Dan teamed up with Steve Williams who together formed an organization and
recruited a team with a shared vision. A Heart for Children was soon
established.
Soon after, a network of volunteers began to grow launching AHFC on its journey to become a channel for funds that supports, protects and educates these needy children.
Dan left California in 2008 to set up full time residence
in Bali, Indonesia with the executive support team remaining here in the
United States. This has enabled him to reside alongside the orphanages and
personally provide daily support and oversight to the caretaker staff and
children.
In 2010, AHFC stepped out in faith and leased a partially
built two-story building on a parcel of land in the village of Klungkung.
The view from the 2nd floor stretches from the local rice fields, banana
trees, farmers and villagers to the distant Indian Ocean. Dan, a retired
engineer, finished designing and building the facility as the official home
of AHFC, where he now lives full time with his loving wife and co-laborer
Tati.
“AHFC Vocational and Training Center” has become central
to our Christ centered outreach and a refuge to so many children who now come
to feel loved, learn, worship and play.
Dan continues to develop key relationships throughout the
region creating greater awareness of the life changing service for which AHFC
has been called. Dan has become well known in the area by the children as
“Opa Dan”, Grandpa Dan.
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Thursday, January 10, 2013
Our History
Our Mission
A Heart For Children (AHFC) is a humanitarian relief
organization founded on Christian principles and faith to serve orphaned and
abandoned children in Southeast Asia. At each orphanage and village we support,
AHFC establishes personal relationships with the children and their caretakers.
“It is only through personal relationship and interaction that we can truly
begin to understand the real life challenges these children face.” Dan Yeager,
Founder of AHFC
Our mission is to raise funds for:
- Clean water, food and clothing
- Health care
- Orphanage homes and their upkeep
- General education and bible studies
Our goals are:
- To make known the vast needs of the children in Southeast Asia
- Provide a way for caring people to make a direct and personal impact
- Nurture the children in safe, loving environments to become happy, productive citizens and potential leaders in their communities
“Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he
will not depart from it” Proverbs 22.6
AHFC is an all-volunteer, 501c3 registered nonprofit
charity. All officers and directors serve without compensation. Your donations
go directly to aid orphaned and abandoned children on a most immediate needs
basis and are tax deductible as allowed by law. AHFC is also a registered
charity in Indonesia as A Heart For Children International (AHFCi).
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