Rescuing. Preserving. Nurturing. Equipping.
This is where transformation begins — and where a generation is being raised to live a life of triumph and impact.
The Ark Is Not Just a Building. It Is a Sacred Space Where Destinies Are Rebuilt.
The Heart of Our Mission
In the ancient story that inspired its name, the Ark was a vessel of preservation — built with intention, consecrated with purpose, and designed to carry life safely through the storm. That is precisely what Caring Touch Family Foundation’s Ark is today.
The Ark is our shelter facility — a fully structured, faith-anchored, and professionally managed residential home for vulnerable children. It is the place where children who have been exposed to neglect, abuse, poverty, abandonment, or exploitation come to find something they may never have known before: safety, dignity, structure, love, and a future.
But the Ark is far more than a shelter in the conventional sense. It is a living development environment — a place where every single day is intentionally designed to build a whole child. Spiritually grounded. Mentally sharp.
Focus Areas Inside the Ark:
24/7 shelter, care, and a safe home environment.
Nutritious feeding, clothing, and full healthcare provision.
Spiritual development — nurturing a personal faith in God.
Formal education and dedicated academic support.
Emotional and psychological care and counselling.
Behavioural development through 12 structured Behavioural Pillars.
Life skills training and vocational exposure.
Creative engagement — arts, games, and intellectual stimulation.
Safeguarding and child protection standards.
Case management and detailed developmental documentation.
Emotionally resilient. Socially capable. Creatively alive. And practically equipped for the real world. Every child who enters the Ark enters a process — a carefully constructed pathway from vulnerability to victory, from survival to significance, from being defined by their past to being fully empowered for their future.
“Every child who enters the Ark enters a process — from vulnerability to victory, from survival to significance.”
The Ark — Ibadan, Nigeria
Our First Ark. Proof That the Vision Works.
Our inaugural Ark facility is located in Ibadan, Oyo State — the heartbeat of our mission made physical. Here, in a structured, loving residential environment, vulnerable children are being received, sheltered, nurtured, developed, and equipped every single day.
The Ibadan Ark is not simply operational — it is thriving. Children within our care are progressing through our Child Training Pathway, demonstrating measurable growth across spiritual, mental, social, and creative dimensions. They are being raised with our twelve Behavioural Pillars as their character framework — discipline, generosity, resilience, courage, honesty, kindness, and more — so that when they step into the world, they step in as contributors, not casualties.
This is what the Ark produces. Not just children who survived — but young people who are ready to lead.
We believe true change comes from collective effort. With donors, volunteers, and partners worldwide, Faun expanded its reach and delivered support where needed most. Our commitment is to keep growing and making a difference for generations to come.
Children Currently in Care Sheltered, nurtured, and actively progressing through our development pathway.
Staff & Caregivers Dedicated, trained professionals providing round-the-clock care, structure, and love.
Programs running daily, covering spiritual, academic, emotional, creative, and life skills development.
One Ark Is Just the Beginning. We Are Building a Network of Transformation Across Nigeria
What began in Ibadan is destined to multiply. Caring Touch Family Foundation seeks to create a national network of transformation centers where no vulnerable child in any region is beyond reach.
The multi-Ark vision is a scalable, replicable model of transformation that can be planted, grown, and sustained in any context.
Each new Ark will carry the same DNA as the first — the same faith foundation, the same structured development framework, the same Child Training Pathway, the same Behavioural Pillars — but rooted in its local community, responsive to its local needs, and connected to the core purpose of Caring Touch.
We are not building shelters. We are building lighthouses — beacons of hope, structure, and transformation that the children of Nigeria, and ultimately the world, can find their way to.
3 Quick Stat Blocks
- 01Ibadan (Active)
Our inaugural Ark is fully operational, serving as the model, proving the concept, and producing transformed lives daily.
- 02Expansion (In Progress)
Strategic expansion — identifying partners, establishing facilities, and replicating our proven framework in new communities.
- 03National Network
A fully connected network of Arks across Nigeria — unified by shared values, common frameworks, and a collective commitment to every child's flourishing.
Life Inside the Ark
Every action we take is intentional. Every life we touch is transformed.
We Are Not Just Raising Children. We Are Raising Leaders of Character.
At the Ark, every child is intentionally shaped by our twelve Behavioural Pillars — a framework of character values that forms the moral and practical backbone of how they think, speak, act, and relate to the world around them. This is how we raise children who are not just educated, but excellent in every sense of the word.
The Ark runs on the generosity of people who believe that a vulnerable child's life is worth fighting for. From daily meals to school fees, from healthcare to vocational training — your support directly fuels the transformation happening inside the Ark every single day. No contribution is too small. Every gift is an investment in a human life.
Partner with the Ark. If you lead an organisation, a church, a business, or an institution that wants to make a deep and sustained investment in the future of Nigeria's children, we want to speak with you.
Partnership with Caring Touch and the Ark means co-funding programs, providing resources, lending expertise, and adding your organisational weight to a movement that is producing real, measurable transformation in the lives of vulnerable children.
Become a Distant Parent. The Semi-Adoption Program is one of the most personal ways to support a child in the Ark. It allows individuals, couples, families, and organisations to connect with a specific child, serving as a distant parent and taking full financial responsibility for that child's care and development.
You will know the child by name. You will receive regular updates on their progress. You will see, through photographs and reports, how your love and commitment are changing the trajectory of a real human life. You will not simply be a donor. You will be family.
