Children of Grace Home began when our head trustee Mike Cadge went to India in 2011 when he was 19 to teach English at an orphanage called Children of Faith Ministries, home to over 75 children at the home for 5 months. When he returned home, he and some friends, Ryan, Tim, Murray and his twin Ben, set up a Bible study group together. They started saving money together, unsure of what to use it for, and prayed to God for guidance.
It was around this time that Anand Thandu, who runs Children of Faith Ministries with his wife Rosie, contacted Mike with the idea of building a new sister orphanage in order to support more children. Mike and his friends believed this was God’s answer to prayer and agreed to help start the new home. This is where Children of Grace Home began.
The home is testimony to how God answers prayer, to His special love for children, and to how He can use ordinary people for His glory. It is a story of joy and of how God’s grace and love can reach the hearts of children in every corner of the world.
Children of Grace is now home to 
twelve boys, all from impoverished and poor backgrounds, with most having lost one or both parents from a young age. Without the home, they would likely be working on the streets, begging for an existence, and at risk to illegal or degrading activities. They would also be likely to be deprived of an education, a happy childhood, and a secure future. However, they are now provided with shelter, a nourishing diet, a good education at a local school, and a home where they feel safe, loved and happy, and a place where Christ is centred.
COG’s goal is not only to provide a home for these boys, but to provide them with assistance, love, and the resources needed to grow in wisdom and character so that they are adequately prepared for adult life and to serve others in the future.
In January 2015, 12 boys moved into Children of Faith Ministries, our sister orphanage home to over 100 children, some from up to 500 miles away. The land for the home was purchased in 2015 and construct
ion was completed in December 2016, with the boys moving into their new home in the same month. In early 2018, four new boys arrived at the home, meaning the home now accommodates for 16 children.
Donations and the kind work of those working for the children ensure that all the children are, and will be, provided with shelter, education, food, care, and a loving family in which Christ is centred.
