What is the Leadership House?

One of the most exciting successes at the Micah Project is that our young men have learned to set life goals and strive to achieve them. They are beginning to dream about future studies, careers and ministries. Yet, since the Micah boys missed several years of school while living on the streets, they still have a long journey ahead of them until they can reach their new-found goals!

While many orphanages end their services at this age, we believe that we must continue to support our young men as they follow their dreams in the next several years of their lives. The Leadership House is the next step in that process. It is a place where our older participants can learn adult responsibility, while still having a support network as they finish high school and begin their higher education.

When the young men of the Micah Project turn eighteen, they will begin their transition into the Leadership House. The house has space for 12 young men who want to pursue their higher education.  A Christian mentor lives at the Leadership House to provide counseling, academic support, discipleship and career planning. This mentor supports each participant as he moves through a process in which he will achieve increasing independence and adult responsibility, until they can become fully-equipped Christian adults and servant-leaders. 

Some of our young men choose to pursue their college studies in other regions or countries.  Even so, we consider them Leadership House participants.  It is their place to come back to on vacations from their college studies.  Every college student needs a place to call home, even if they do not live their nine months out of the year.  For our participants who are far a-field, the Leadership House is their home!