Happiness Foundation | Humanitarian

Ecuador

You might remember from this blog post, that in 2018 I went to Ecuador to photography for the Happiness Foundation. Although it wasn’t my first time to the Foundation, it was my first time to photograph for the organization. I first visited the Foundation the summer before my senior year of high school. Some families from my church, including my best friend’s family, had just moved to Ecuador as missionaries. It was my first time to Ecuador and it was such a special time of being with my best friend and seeing where she would spend her senior year of high school. I never would have imagined that, at 17 years old, I would find myself, years and years later, being asked to come back to the Foundation to photograph the incredible work that they do.

The Happiness Foundation holistically and whole-heartedly embraces neglected, abused, and abandoned children in Ecuador. They focus on providing “abundant care, so that, beyond having their basic needs met, our children may know of the abundant life in Christ. This means that the basic care we provide is wrapped up in the love of a Christian household, campus disciplemaking programs, professional social workers and psychologist, and a quality education in our private Christian school. Further, we provide university assistance and vocational guidance in an effort to launch our young adults out into the community as Godly men and women and seeds of impact for Ecuador.” Incredible, right?

In 2019 I had the opportunity to travel back to the Foundation to, once again, photograph all the amazing things that go on at the Foundation! I am so excited to share the these photos - photos that depict life-changing abundant care.