Our DNA
is what makes us who we are. Our mission, values and team members are important parts of our core identity.
Our Mission
Our Mission is to educate and empower an international collective of orphanage caregivers, directors and advocates, who are prepared to sustainably and holistically care for abandoned children.
Loving children's homes often struggle, unable to grow and care for children to capacity. With insufficient staff who are trained and willing to dedicate their lives to orphan care, children stay on the streets. We intend to change this worldwide issue, and bring more children home. We are doing this in three simple ways...
We are raising trauma-aware students who are equipped to care for orphaned children. Our six-month Orphan Care Certification offer students the opportunity to receive real experience and prepare for a life of orphan care. With more loving “parents,” more children can be given a home.
We are engaging students in programs and projects that work with children in orphanages. Each project is designed to give holistic care, emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. Our students help heal and prepare children for successful and culturally-integrated lives.
We are sending our graduates as Oak Life Caregivers to orphanages that meet our key standards and offer children a loving home. These are homes that strive to create a family atmosphere. Â
By connecting them with Oak Life Caregivers, the homes receive workers who are prepared to care for their children, assist administration, and even direct the home.
Our Values
Our values are defining features for how we operate. Not only do we believe them to be excellent principles for structuring an organization, but each of our team members is dedicated to live by them on a personal level. These values are divided into two categories: Those we share as an organization, and those we expect of the orphanages with whom we partner.
| Oak Life is a Christian organization that strives to follow these guiding values: |
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| Oak Life partners with orphanages and shelters that demonstrate the following in raising their children: |
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Compassion and Care
Christian Beliefs
Integrity and Stewardship
Cultural Awareness
Spiritual Growth
Community and Connection
Creative, Social Change
Loving and Safe Environment
Adequate Accomodations
Active Enrollment in SchoolÂ
Open to Christian Influence
Therapeutic Care
Balanced Diet
Invested in Child’s Future
Our Donors
Cameron and Eden Talbot
Founding Directors
Cameron and Eden founded Oak Life in 2018 with a vision to help change the world culture of missions and orphan care. They live in Chapala, Mexico, where they serve and pastor at local orphanages. Cameron is originally from Louisville, Kentucky, and has been working with children's shelters for 8 years. Eden grew up in Chapala, Mexico, where her family founded and directs Love in Action Children's Home. She has spent over 12 years in orphan care ministry. Their heart is to see abandoned children find their Father, and new missionaries and social workers to be equipped for their calling.
Oak Life Caregivers
Oak Life Caregivers are dedicated orphanage workers. They go where the need is greatest, and faithfully follow the Lord's calling on their lives. They are the front-line team in a child's story, and are prepared to help children in alternative care overcome their histories.
Each Caregiver has earned their Orphan Care Certificate with Oak Life, and are a part of our family. They are in agreement with our statement of faith, and stay connected with our support team.
We believe this group of incredible people is going to change the world of orphan care for the better.
