About the CRC

On July 4, 2000, the Child Rescue Centre (CRC) was opened in Bo, Sierra Leone under the direction of Rev. John Yambasu and in cooperation with the Sierra Leone Conference of the United Methodist Church. The Sierra Leone UMC took the CRC into the structure of the United Methodist Church and has provided guidance and advocacy for the children. Bishop Humper brought people together in Africa and in the United States with a common goal to help the war-traumatized children of his country. The product of this is a well-respected children's facility that provides a life-saving and life-changing environment for these children.

The CRC consists of a residential home that houses, feeds, clothes and educates seventy children in a loving and safe environment. In addition to these seventy residential children, the Child Rescue Centre also supports 150 additional children living in family settings, by paying their school tuition, providing school uniforms, purchasing school supplies and providing health care. These children receive assistance from the CRC while continuing to live at home with their families or caretakers. Additionally, 30 children are being placed with loving foster care families and will receive education, healthcare and food support from the CRC.