{"id":242,"date":"2020-04-25T03:02:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T03:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?page_id=242"},"modified":"2023-08-28T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T04:44:06","slug":"watoto-villages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.watoto.asia\/en\/our-work\/watoto-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"Watoto Villages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Watoto villages are a haven of security, peace, education, purpose and spiritual vitality.\u00a0 We hope to provide orphaned and vulnerable children a loving family environment, with a housemother and siblings who love them, so that they can call this a home. Our rescued children live in one of our three villages with a caring housemother from the age of 2 until graduation.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The villages incorporate schools, medical facilities, outdoor spaces with sports fields&nbsp; that allow the children to grow up healthily.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We aim to raise them with love, so that they will one day become leaders who bring sustainable change to their nation and beyond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGjsy8BKxUE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>Our Watoto village setting reflects a familiar traditional dwelling for people in Africa. The houses in our villages are positioned in clusters of nine houses, and provide all the essentials of a basic home. 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