Agape MANNA Home
Location
Philippines
Program Focus
Orphan Care
Founded In
2016
How You Can Help
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Rescuing children. Restoring hope. Placing the abused and abandoned into forever families.
all in the heart of the Philippines.
Why This Matters:
UNICEF estimates there are over 1.8 million orphaned, abused, and trafficked children in the Philippines. Many are abandoned, found in trash heaps, born in prisons, or rescued from online sexual exploitation. This kind of exploitation is eight times more prevalent in the Philippines than anywhere else in the world.
What We’re Doing About It:
Founded in 2016, Agape MANNA Home exists to rescue vulnerable children and place them in loving, Christ-centered forever families. Here, they receive more than food, shelter, and care — they receive the love of God poured out through faithful caregivers who treat each child like their own.
Recently rated the number one orphanage in all of Manila, Agape provides a level of care that is both rare and beautiful. Each caregiver is paired with just two babies. This model creates real emotional bonding and a foundation for lifelong healing.
Program Leaders: Meet the McDougals 👋
Keith and Nhan McDougal served with the International Mission Board for over 20 years as church planters in Kazakhstan and the Philippines. As orphans themselves, they carried a deep burden for the fatherless. In 2016, they felt God calling them to step away from the IMB to start Agape MANNA Home, relying on Him alone to open doors, fund the vision, and connect them with the right people.
Keith spent 16 years serving as a Chaplain and Bible teacher at Faith Academy. During those years, he often shared the story of George Müller with his students — a man who trusted God radically to care for orphans. Keith prayed for years that God would allow them to follow a similar path. That prayer became reality when a Chinese businessman offered to build them a home on any property they chose.
When the COVID pandemic shut down orphanages across the nation, Agape remained open. They went from caring for seven children to twenty almost overnight, and God provided exactly what they needed every single time.
In Tagalog, the word aruga means a mother’s love. That is what Agape caregivers offer. Every day, every child receives the kind of care and connection they should have known from birth.
Why This Program Is Different:
One caregiver for every two children creates an environment of safety, trust, and true bonding
Caregivers remain with the same children until adoption, building emotional security
Each child is loved individually and restored emotionally, physically, and spiritually
Children are not treated like numbers — they are treated like sons and daughters