Mustard Seed Communities (MSC)

Mustard Seed Communities (msc) provides lifelong residential care to children and adults with disabilities who have been abandoned. Residential care is provided in jamaica, nicaragua, dominican republic, zimbabwe and malawi. In addition to caring for individuals who are disabled, msc cares for teenage mothers in crisis and their babies in jamaica, and for children affected by hiv in jamaica and zimbabwe. Msc operates numerous community development and outreach initiatives including feeding programs, schools, computer labs, community radio and sustainable agriculture. Jamaica - msc provides residential care for 450 children, young adults, teen mothers and their babies in twelve homes throughout the country. Msc manages several community outreach programs to combat poverty and provide education. Little angels learning centers, a registered school system, is one of msc's primary outreach initiatives, providing education to approximately 150 children. Nicaragua - msc provides residential care for 74 children and young adults with disabilities. Msc's outreach program, christ in the garbage, provides food packages and skills training to women and families living in the community outside of what was previously la chureca, the managua city dump.dominican republic - msc provides residential care for 48 children and adults with disabilities. Msc's outreach program, christ in the garbage, provides assistance to families working in the garbage dump by distributing food packages to families in need. In 2021 the christ in the garbage program was suspended due to the pandemic. The program is planned to resume in late 2023. Msc is planning to break ground on a new residential facility in 2023 that will be home to an additional 56 children and adults with disabilities.zimbabwe - msc provides residential care for 35 children with disabilities or affected by hiv. Msc operates 5 nutrition programs which provide a daily meal to over 1,200 children and operates two pre-schools that provide basic education and 2 meals a day to over 80 children.malawi - msc provides residential care for 12 children with disabilities.