The GOD’S CHILD Project (GCP) is a non-denominational organization reaching children and families in intense poverty. GCP provides essential care for thousands of children, widows, single mothers and families in Guatemala, El Salvador, India, Malawi, and the United States.
Dedicated to sustainable and permanent change, GCP has established an international presence in these poverty-stricken countries by providing education, healthcare, basic needs, emergency disaster relief, human rights services and family care. GCP’s efforts create stability and growth in broken areas of the world.
Learn more about GCP activities and volunteer opportunities.
A Quarter Century of Service: Founded in 1991 by Patrick Atkinson, The GOD’S CHILD Project has been caring for orphaned and abandoned children for over 25 years.
Through the generosity of donors, and the tireless work of GCP Staff and dedicated volunteers, the following organizations and institutions have since been brought to fruition:
Asociación Nuestros Ahijados (ANA)
The Guatemalan charity, Asociación Nuestros Ahijados (ANA), was founded in 1991 by GOD’S CHILD Project founder Patrick Atkinson.
Since 1991, and with GOD’S CHILD Project support, ANA has grown from humble beginnings in a borrowed farmhouse to currently serving an estimated 4,000 orphaned and impoverished children, and 7,000 widowed, abandoned, and single mothers and their dependents across Guatemala.
The care, programs, and facilities that ANA uses to provide life, education, health, and a future 11,000 impoverished, orphaned, abandoned, and widowed women and children comes only because of our benefactors, volunteers, child sponsors, and donor sponsorship of specific programs, cribs, staff positions, and general donations.
Institute for Trafficked, Exploited & Missing Persons (ITEMP)
The Institute for Trafficked, Exploited & Missing Persons (ITEMP) is an international organization dedicated to ending contemporary slavery and human trafficking through public awareness, research, and direct intervention.
ITEMP is a borderless sub-program of The GOD’S CHILD Proejct, a non-denominational, non-political international charity. ITEMP operates in conjunction with national governments and international law enforcement agencies to prevent, interdict, rescue, and recover victims of human trafficking. Both programs are internationally based in Antigua Guatemala, Bismarck, ND and Minneapolis, MN.
