Suriname Stichting Engedi founded in 1999 from Rubens Boys Ranch caring for Bush Negroes

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Stichting Engedi -

Stichting Engedi was founded in 1999 at that time it was called Rubens Boys Ranch. It had a goal to take poor boys from the interior of Suriname and take them in to give them a place to live and teach them a trade.

The founder was the driving force behind the project, after he died there was on one else to take his place and the site fell into disrepair.

In 1998 it was purchased by ECS ( Evangelical Centrum Suriname) and it was their desire to extend the vision further than Rubens Boys Ranch thus created Stitching Engedi.

In the last few years they have taken boys from the interior because of great need for accommodation for these bush Negroes to live so that they can go to school in town.

However because of the lack of qualified workers to care for the boys they have stopped taking in new recruits. However in the future ECS desires to begin the program again.

It is their desire to be self sufficient but they realize that they need external investment which they are trusting will come from International grants.

Seen here a small holding and a chicken run on site

At Stichting Engedi there are numerous houses to facilitate workers, families and the boys. There is a church on site and a dormitory and a Mission House to house missionaries that want to visit the centre.

There is rental facility for conferences, seminars and working holidays. The rental ability is essential to fund the facility. There is a bakery on site manned by a qualified baker and a furniture factory to assist with revenue. There is also a chicken farm, dairy and small holding of vegetables to feed the boy on site.

However the bakery is not cost effective because Engedi is located outside of Paramaribo and therefore there is not much business. The equipment has become old and outdated and parts are difficult to find. So the bakery is only used when there are camps on site and is not used as a commercial entity.

The highest priority of the furniture factory is to relocate to a bigger premises so that they can increase productivity. This facility is on site but is in need of refurbishment.

The dairy farm has 35 cows, they need to build some new cow sheds to house the cattle and there is a need to re fence some of the land.
Workers are needed for the farm and to train the boys in animal husbandry.

The basketball pitch is in need of refurbishment to enable the facility to be used for sports evangelism.

Once funding has been sourced and Engedi has been refurbished ECS believe that it will be a viable self funding project. Enabling them to house, train and empower the bush negroes of Suriname and establish a base for Mission Holidays.