Restoring dignity, nurturing hope, and shaping futures.
At Lorato House, every child is nurtured, protected, and supported to heal, grow, and thrive.
A Home of Love, Healing, and Hope
Lorato House is a home rooted in faith, filled with love, hope, and healing. Here, children who have faced crisis or trauma are welcomed with open arms, given safety, dignity, and the care they deserve. Through round-the-clock nurturing, emotional support, education, and family-focused reintegration, we help each child rediscover trust, joy, and belonging.
A home of love, healing, and hope, where every child is protected, nurtured, and empowered to thrive.
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A Word From Our Founders
Welcome to Lorato House. Thank you for taking the time to learn about our home, our children, and the vision that has shaped this ministry for many years.
Lorato House began as a vision God placed in our hearts, a calling to create a place where vulnerable children could find safety, unconditional love, and the chance to heal. The word Lorato means love in Setswana, and love remains the foundation of everything we do.
Jana and Jerry Lackey, Founders
Read the full welcomeCare You Can See in the Everyday Details
At Lorato House, protection is lived out through daily routines: meals, health support, clean clothing, safe spaces, and consistent care.
These 2023 figures show a practical snapshot of what that care looks like day after day.
Current Campaign
Dine For Hope
Join us on 7 November in Maun for the second Dine For Hope, raising funds to make room for more children at Lorato House.
View campaign and giveHow Steady Care Helps Children Move Forward
Every child needs safety, nourishment, education, health support, and steady care.
Lorato House brings these together in a protective home environment where children can grow with dignity and stability.
24-Hour Protection and Care
Children live in a safe residential environment with trained caregivers present around the clock.
Nourishment and Essentials
Meals, clean water, clothing, hygiene support, laundry, and daily routines help create stability.
Education and Development
Children receive early learning, school support, life skills, and age-appropriate development opportunities.
Health and Specialist Support
Nutrition, medical support, therapy where available, and attention to each child’s wellbeing.
Child Protection Reaches Beyond the Home
Beyond residential care, Lorato House is deeply engaged in community advocacy and outreach, equipping families and communities to move from crisis to stability through awareness programmes and empowerment initiatives.
Early Identification and Emergency Response: the Centre provides preventive and early intervention services to reduce child vulnerability, strengthen families, and respond to emergency child protection cases.
Operation Blessing
Practical support for vulnerable families and individuals facing urgent needs. Through social work referrals and community outreach, Operation Blessing helps provide essentials like food, clothing, household support, and other targeted assistance.
Babelegi Mmogo
It takes a village to raise a child. Babelegi Mmogo mobilises families, community leaders, and local organisations to work together for the safety and wellbeing of every child in Botswana.
Disability and Lifelong Care
Specialised, compassionate support for children with developmental, physical, intellectual, and sensory needs, through personalised care plans, therapy partnerships, and coordinated healthcare.
Deaf Heart
Empowering young Deaf adults through Sign Language training, employment, interpretation support, and advocacy, and strengthening communication between Deaf and hearing communities.
A Private Pathway to Steady, Ongoing Support
Child sponsorship helps provide consistent care for children at Lorato House through a safeguarding-first process. Sponsors do not browse public child profiles. Instead, the Lorato House team manages matching privately and shares approved updates with care and discretion.
1. Choose to Sponsor
Start with a monthly sponsorship commitment that supports care at Lorato House.
2. The Team Follows Up
Lorato House manages matching privately and confirms next steps with each sponsor.
3. Receive Approved Updates
Sponsors receive updates through a privacy-conscious process that protects each child’s identity and story.
Fund a Practical Need Today
Beyond child sponsorship, Lorato House also responds to practical needs as they arise. Your gift can help provide essentials for children, families, and community support connected to Lorato House and Operation Blessing.
Bedding, clothing, hygiene supplies, and daily essentials
Food, household support, and urgent family needs
Practical support identified through social workers and outreach
Help Provide Safety, Care, and a Path Forward
Your support helps Lorato House provide steady daily care for vulnerable children in Botswana, from meals and education to health support, protection, and a safe place to grow.
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