Camp Ohana is geared to serve the children of Families in Transition along the 192 hotel corridor in Kissimmee. Families in Transition are not homeless in the way people often imagine homelessness. They live in single rooms in the budget motels that make up the far stretches of the tourist strip. They go unnoticed by motorists and locals, although the struggles of poverty are very apparent to those that choose to see them. They are the forgotten ones.
These kids often don’t know where their next meal will come from, or if they’ll have a roof over their head tomorrow. They’re constantly in a state of flux, with very few options for their families to stabilize. Their situation creates not only immediate risks, but the odds are stacked against them rising out of poverty.
Read how we’re currently working to meet these challenges in “What We Do”