De Paul House provides housing and family support services. It responds to the needs of homeless families who are generally on a low income.
Our service aims to keep families united in a safe and dignified environment, help them address the issues that have lead to them being homeless, and after around six months, have them leave us to successfully re-establish themselves in the community. De Paul House accepts families of all nationalities and religions.
While with us, parents attend our living skills classes including literacy, parenting, employment, cooking and an NZQA in computer skills, while preschool children attend our playgroup.
School aged children benefit from the Homework Centre each day, which is supervised by Year 13 students from local colleges.
Through these initiatives we are encouraging parents to embark on a journey of up-skilling themselves to provide a more secure future for their children.
Our aim is that when families, particularly solo mums, leave us they have a choice of earning income, other than a welfare benefit.
We believe that being a parent is the most important job in the world, however to sustain an adequate standard of living families need an income above what is available on welfare benefits.
Your support and prayers are essential to allow us to provide the extra services needed for our families to re-establish themselves and to provide a secure and loving home for their children.
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