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They try to provide a substitute family; b) they provide spiritual help giving the children the opportunity to know the gospel and grow and develop as people, and c) they provide education at primary and secondary levels as well as a programme of mental ability (PACE) which helps children with learning abilities.\u000APersonnel\u000ASeveral families including that of the director take care of up to thirteen children who live with their own children. These couples assume the role of parents and look after all the things their households. The children are allocated by ages and sex within these supporting families, who belong to the Assemblies of God, Baptist and IVC churches. Their ideal is to provide a home and not just a place to live. They note: \u2018One of the things that we see in the Bible is that the Lord says that He gives a home to the abandoned and puts orphans in families\u2019. In CB the children co-exist with the children of the parent substitutes and with the rest of families.\u000AThey count on all the necessary services and some extra resources like television, area of games, and music classes. They take care of 142 children under the care of thirty- six people who work full time. The centre is located in twenty-five kilometres on the road to El Salvador in a wooded land with an extension approximated of twenty-five blocks donated by one of the people related to the church. CB is a non-profit Christian organization that does not charge for services. They are maintained by offerings and voluntary work that come from believers in the United States. The ICV of Guatemala helps with donations such as grain and contributes with 1 per cent of the budget.\u000AOperation of Casa Bernab\u00E9\u000AThe programme helps children to grow in an integral way. The adolescents between fourteen and seventeen, apart from studying must learn a job. CB has a car mechanics workshop, a bakery, a small farm of chickens and pigs where the children learn to be useful. The older young people can learn a job outside provided by the centre. When they reach eighteen (the age of majority in Guatemala) the young people must leave home to\u000A143\u000A