BETH TORREY HOME
Beth Torrey Home Mission
Our Mission
To promote public and government awareness of the rights and privileges of the physically and mentally challenged members of the Lagos community in a residential setting and to teach them appropriate skills such as daily living, communicative and socialization skills.
Our Vision
To provide an enabling environment for the development of mentally and physically challenged members of the Lagos community who need the care and empathy of professionally qualified care givers and teachers
Beth Torrey was established by Ms. Elizabeth Torrey in 1961 and is currently sustained by the friends of Beth Torrey, a group of individuals of various backgrounds, who believe in her ideas.
Beth Torrey
Introduction
Beth Torrey Home is a non-profit and non-governmental organization, dedicated to improving the health, well-being and skills of mentally challenged children in a residential setting.
history
Ms. Elizabeth Torrey
Ms. Elizabeth Torrey, the founder of Beth Torrey Home, is citizen of United States of America. She had her two Master Degrees in Education and Sociology from the Universities of Colombia and Yale in United State of America respectively. She was a Psychiatric and Social worker who devoted the major part of her life to the care, rehabilitation and education of mentally challenged and disabled children first in Angola and later in Nigeria.
What We do
Programme Strategy
- Teaching appropriate daily living, communicative and socialization skills.
- Attending to the medical and physical needs of members of the Home.
- Creating community awareness in support of the Home and involvement of the governments, neighbours and civil societies etc to visit and participate in the Home’s activities.
Funding
Mostly through voluntary donations from government, corporate bodies, individuals and civil society organizations.
Our Values
EMPATHY
TRANSPARENCY
INTEGRITY
ACCOUNTABILITY
Environment
LOCATION
Beth Torrey Home 1, Alhaji Wasiu Ogunlana Road, Off Ago Palace Way. Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.
The Home is housed on —– hectares of land with suitable facilities such as classrooms, vocational training rooms, kitchen, television room etc.
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