Welcome to
HardtHaven Children's Home
of Kpando Ghana

HardtHaven Children's Home opened on May 28 th 2007. We are currently housing and caring for 15 children, five of which are HIV positive. We have 6 girls and 9 boys between the ages of 2 and 14. HardtHaven is also sponsoring 6 HIV positive children who live out in the community.
Take A Video Tour Of The Orphange

Larger Photo | Filmed Interview Elvis Kusukpame is 24 and is in deperate need of your help. Elivs lives in Kpando and helps out at the orphange when he can. He was born with a hole in his heart called ventricular septal defect (VSD). This is effecting Elvis' health and causing him unexpected blackouts. Elvis has a cut on his head in the photo from a recent blackout that had occured the day before. He needs open heart surgery to correct this birth defect. Ghana's Heart Foundation is able to put up half the costs of the operation, but the rest is up to us to help Elvis live a great life. The operation will cost €8000 which will cover the surgery, anaethesia, intensive care and time being in the hospital. Please send help and let us raise the €4000 ($6,181) Elivs will need to see he can live a wonderful full lived life. Read the letter from the National Cardiothoracic Center

Our Vision:

The HardtHaven vision is nothing less than the transformation of AIDS orphans from hopeless, suffering victims into productive members of their community with an exciting vision for a greater Ghana. We believe that anyone anywhere can help to change these little lives, through the inexpensive care provided by this orphanage.

We offer more than just food, clothing, and shelter; we offer education, employment skills, and a loving home. Our ultimate aim is for the orphanage to be self-supporting as we begin implementing various alternative livelihood projects and receive renewable support from people around the globe.

Combined with the skills and participation of international volunteers, HardtHaven offers unique opportunities for both volunteers and orphans to make a lasting, life changing difference in each other's lives.

Our Purpose:

HardtHaven's purpose can best be described through the story of one of our children: Ernestina is a 12-year-old girl who lost both of her parents to HIV when she was a baby. After their death she was cared for by her grandmother until she passed away. She was then brought to live with her only living relative, her uncle Moses who cared for her for 3 years until stigmatization forced him to give her up.

Since the fall of 2006, Ernestina has had many different homes and was even rejected by an orphanage in Ho because they said she had a "bad scent" and had terrible hygiene. Ernestina was then returned to her village of Adaklu, where the only person who agreed to care for her was an elderly woman in the community who could barely care for herself. More days then not, Ernestina went without food. She was diagnosed with "Failure to Thrive" and had last over 4 kg in a year and not grown in height.

A woman from New Seed International who had heard about us from nurses in a neighboring village brought Ernestina to HardtHaven and we took her in. She has only been with us a short time but Ernestina has already shown remarkable progress. She has gained a little bit of weight, her worms have been treated, she is on medication that is given to her daily by volunteers, she has learned proper hygiene and how to care for herself, made friends with all of our other children, learned how to color, and is settling into her new school. She is still very sick but she is living in a caring environment that offers her good food, education, and more toys than she has ever seen in one place before. She is being given the chance that all children deserve: a chance to have a happy life.

Did you know... Every day 14,000 people contract HIV 40.3 million people now live with HIV/AIDS AIDS kills 1 child every minute AIDS has orphaned 15 million children YOU CAN HELP!!!