Nations Help over the years
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2007
Compassion
In 2007, Leonardo Paulino, the founder, during a course in the USA at the Haggai Institute, is taken by the strong feeling of compassion and hears the Holy Spirit say: “I called you to help my dying children in the nations.”
2008 e 2009
Creating the organization
In 2008 and 2009, the founder writes the vision and plans the creation of an organization directed to the aid of nations.
2010
A call to Haiti
In obedience to a dream, Leonardo Paulino visits Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, and faces a shocking post-earthquake scenario filled with highly vulnerable children. Moved by compassion, he begins relief operations for Haitian children, after meeting Ezechiel, a young man also dedicated to helping children. From there, a connection with the nation is established.
2011
NH is legally created. Aid to Haitian children and a call to Mozambique.
The founder returns to Haiti and, in partnership with Arte Que Salva, a project that aims to give paintings painted by children to plastic artists to make their own interventions, in order to generate funds and to enable more investments in relief actions. With the amount collected, in a single exhibition held at Ponteio Lar Shopping in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, more than 100 children from the Delma 33 region and an orphanage in Port Prince were able to be kept within a structured program of aid in conjunction with Ezechiel for approximately 2 years.
The founder visits Mozambique, one of the poorest nations in the world, and is driven by God’s compassion to structure relief operations for the country’s children.
2012
A deep connection to New Life 4 kids, in favor of children in Haiti.
A team of health professionals is mobilized by the founder to go to Haiti and take action on the living conditions of children. At the Corail orphanage, they meet Miriam, leader of a large American child welfare organization, New Life 4 Kids. The founder is invited to return and enter the mountains near the town of Pestel, located in the extreme west of the country. With the help of the Americans, he gets into the mountains and finds children dying of hunger and disease. He then decides to participate in the rescue of some of these children to the capital, Port-au-Prince. A deep connection begins with New Life 4 Kids, after returning with leaders and partners to carry out another rescue trip.
At the end of that year, in obedience to the dreams and directions of God, the founder visits and learns more about the children’s victims of exploitation in Cambodia. Moved by God’s compassion one more time, he receives the vision of rescuing and caring for children in this country.
2013
Relief operations in Haiti are maintained under the leadership of the missionary Ezechiel.
A new partnership with Arte Que Salva raises funds for operations in Haiti, Brazil, and Mozambique. NH sends a team of professionals to Mozambique. A project called Casa Nutrir, which produces special foods to combat the malnutrition of children from 0 to 5 years old, is born inside the CECORE (Sports Center Corredores do Reino) in that country, in the city of Nampula. The project is executed by CECORE-Mozambique. Many children in the area are rescued and have cognitive impairment prevented. A benefit for a lifetime.
2014
The vision of rescuing children within their families when possible is established.
The founder resides in Haiti for a period of time and concretizes a model of action based on the succor of high-risk children and their families through nutrition, education, housing, Bible training, and social development programs. In the same period, in partnership with New Life 4 Kids, there is another rescue trip in Pestel and mapping for the rescue of children in unreached areas. Nations Help starts costing the care of rescued children within the New Life 4 Kids. A house is rented out to the missionary Ezechiel and his family. The organization then has a solid base in the country.
In addition to these actions in Haiti, contacts are deepened with Brazilian leaders with experience in fighting child exploitation in Cambodia. A phase of studies is initiated to enable more concrete actions in the future.
2015
The rescue model is implemented.
NH consolidates relief operations involving children’s families with nutrition, housing, and education programs. There is also a growth in the number of children being cared for, especially in Haiti, in partnership with New Life 4 Kids, both in Port-au-Prince and in the countryside, in the villages near the city of Pestel.
2016
Another front in Haiti is opened.
NH maintains the support of children involving their families in Haiti with nutrition, housing, and education programs, and also implements a music and language school. The fronts are maintained in partnership with the American organization New Life 4 Kids. We supported the sending of the missionary Marileide to reside in the capital, Port-au-Prince, with the objective of advancing the relief of children in Cité Soleil, one of the largest slum complexes in Latin America.
2017
Haiti, Cambodia, and Paraguay
NH maintains the operations in Haiti, consolidating fronts in Cite Soleil and expanding the actions in Delma 33 with the rent of a new house to carry out the activities with the children. The partnership with the American organization New Life 4 Kids is maintained. The founder returns to Cambodia and a program of support for young Christian girls in areas at risk is started. In Paraguay, by invitation, NH visits a garbage dump, where children in a high poverty level need to work to survive, and makes important connections to open up future operations.
2018
Haiti, Cambodia, Paraguay, and Cuba
NH maintains relief operations in Haiti, in the region of Delma 33, Cité Soleil, and on the fronts with the American partnership, New Life 4 Kids. Procedures for legal registration of NH in Haiti begin. The support program for one young girl in Cambodia is maintained, in order for her to return to school. We officially partner with the Actos de Justicia ministry in Paraguay, in support of children and adolescents in the Pedro Juan Caballero region, with operations in a garbage dump where children work, and open a house for the shelter of children that need to be removed from that environment. Leonardo Paulino visits for the first time the nation of Cuba.
2019
Haiti, Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay
NH continued to maintain operations in Haiti and began supporting the construction of a home for the leader and children in the Delma 33 region. Operations in Cité Soleil increased in the number of children served and relief operations, in partnership with New Life 4 Kids, were maintained. NH began concrete negotiations to purchase land near the landfill in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay, to build a daycare center to serve children living near the city’s landfill. Other operations in the country were also maintained. NH visited Colombia and Venezuela in conjunction with the Luke Foundation. Clinical results and short-term actions were achieved on the border to help Venezuelan children and refugees, in partnership with other Christian organizations. NH received the seal of management and transparency from the Doar Institute.
2020
Haiti, Paraguay, Mexico, Venezuela
Despite this being an atypical year and one of profound transformations due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nations Help, through its team and partnerships, has made progress in helping the most vulnerable children in Haiti, in addition to having completed the construction of the house of the Haitian leader, Ezechiel Ismé, and the structure to support children and their families in Port-au-Prince.
In Paraguay, we have made progress in discipleship and in the support of children, in addition to making progress in the purchase of a property to build a daycare center, at the entrance to the Pedro Juan Caballero landfill.
We were also in Mexico for the first time, to map and serve the church in that country. In Brazil, we have started projects in the area of training and preparing missionaries, for later sending to the countries in which we are involved. In Venezuela, we have started operations to help children in serious health conditions, in partnership with the Dr. Luke Foundation missions.
2021
Haiti, Paraguay, Brazil and Venezuela
In Haiti, due to demands and threats from gangs, as of September, it was not possible to continue providing assistance to children in one of the districts of Cité Soleil, which we began in October 2016. Despite this adversity, we made progress in our rescue operations for children and families in Delma 31, making improvements to our own property and continuing our rescue efforts. We also highlight the continued partnership with the American organization New Life 4 Kids in general, in addition to specific relief operations for populations affected by an earthquake that occurred in the south of the country in August.
In Paraguay, in addition to the relief efforts for children and families working at the landfill in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero, we completed the purchase of a property in the city of Pedro Juan Caballero to build a daycare center and a missionary base, in partnership with the Church of Justice in Campo Grande (MS) and Acts of Justice in Pedro Juan Caballero.
In Brazil, we launched the “Missions with Purpose” project, a teaching platform for training missionaries and mobilizing the church to work to the ends of the earth. In Venezuela, we continued to provide assistance to children in serious health conditions, in partnership with the Dr. Luke Foundation Missions.
2022
Haiti, Paraguay, Cambodia, Brazil and Venezuela
In Haiti, despite the civil war, we maintained operations with Delma 31 in Port-au-Prince, and on the fronts involving the partnership with the American organization New Life 4 Kizs. In Paraguay, we advanced in the project to build a daycare center and missionary structures. We maintained relief operations in the country, in partnership with the Atos de Justiça Church in Campo Grande (MS), and Actos de Justicia in Paraguay.
In Cambodia, in partnership with the Assembléia de Deus Central de Campos (RJ) and with the Meninas dos Olhos de Deus ministry (a branch of the World Christian Mission), continuing the Missions with Purpose project, we sent missionary Jéssica Venâncio to work in the country with future possibilities for significant advances in the nation.
In Brazil, we began operations to help needy children and families in Sergipe, in one of the districts of the city of Porto da Folha, under the leadership of missionary Marileide Menezes. This year, we highlighted the continuity and strengthening of the training project, Missions with Purpose. In Venezuela, we continued to help children in partnership with the Dr. Luke Foundation.
2023
Haiti, Paraguay, Cambodia, Brazil and Venezuela
In Haiti, extreme violence challenged us throughout the year. Although the country was still on the brink of civil war, with gangs taking over several regions of the country, we maintained our operations with the American organization New Life 4 Kids and continued the operations and improvements of our base in the country, in Delma 31, in Port-au-Prince.
In Paraguay, we advanced in the project to build a daycare center and all missionary facilities. We also maintained relief operations in the country, in partnership with the Acts of Justice ministry, in Paraguay, and the Acts of Justice church in Campo Grande, MS.
In Cambodia, in partnership with the Central Assembly of God of Campos and with Meninas dos Olhos de Deus, continuing the Missions with Purpose course, we sent missionary Jéssica Venâncio to work in the country with future possibilities of significant advances in the nation.
In Brazil, we have made progress in helping children in the state of Sergipe, led by missionary Marileide Menezes. In Venezuela, we continue to help children in partnership with the Dr. Luke Foundation.
2024
Haiti, Paraguay, Cambodia, Brazil, Venezuela, Pakistan and the USA
In Haiti, the civil war has progressed, but we remain in the country with rescue operations for children in Port-au-Prince and on the fronts in partnership with New Life 4 Kids.
In Paraguay, we carried out earthworks and other preparations for the start of construction on the land we purchased near the city’s landfill. The first structure to be built will be a house and later a daycare center to serve needy children, the children of workers at the city’s landfill. We also highlight significant progress in mobilization through missionary trips and the Missions with Purpose project.
In Brazil, we continue to support the fronts led by missionary Marielide Menezes in the city of Porto da Folha, Sergipe, which has reached needy children and families in the region. In Venezuela, we have maintained rescue operations for children with serious health problems, in partnership with the Dr. Luke Foundation.
This year, we have formed a partnership in Pakistan to care for and provide relief to child workers in brick factories. We have also established Nations Help Inc in the US.