About Our Mission
Our mission is to aid those in need in the Philippines, especially the poor and victims of natural disasters. We provide educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth and spiritual and health education for all ages. We believe and trust that God will provide the resources to meet the needs as they arise as He has promised in Philippians 4:19, "...My God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus".
About The Founder
Leoni Creus Laurel is the founder of AHR Ministries. Many years ago the Lord laid on her heart the burden to help the less fortunate. Having grown up in the Philippines, she knew by experience the poverty in third-world countries. In spite of the odds however, with the help of God and lots of perseverance, she finished her education and became a CPA.
A few years later, with an established career and living in the United States with husband and children, and feeling blessed by all that God had done in her life, Leoni felt that it was time to give back.
Leoni Creus Laurel
A specific need was soon brought to her attention. There were some young people in the Philippines who desired to pursue an education but because of their unfortunate backgrounds, could not afford to pay for all their schooling. In the Philippines, education from elementary to college is neither free nor subsidized by the government. It is, however, one of the only ways to a better life in a third-world country. Remembering what it was like to be a hard working student without enough money to pay tuition, Leoni started sponsoring worthy disadvantaged youth to go to school. Over the years she has sponsored many young people to finish an education and continues to do so to this day. The students she has sponsored went on to get good jobs and become self-supporting contributing members of society.
Other projects that Leoni and her family continued to do over the years were to send supplies to the less fortunate and go on mission trips to the Philippines. Large cargo boxes filled with clothes, Bibles, educational books and supplies would be packed and shipped. Then the family would go back to visit the country and distribute the clothing and resources, support evangelistic meetings and health education, and fund the construction of new churches.
Through these humble beginnings, the non-profit ministry was officially established in 2015. Since then, it has expanded to support more mission projects. With the help of our donors, AHR Ministries currently sponsors regular feeding programs that provide hot meals three times a week for approximately 3,000 children of poor and disadvantaged families. On average, Filipino families have 8 to 12 children making it difficult for poor families to provide enough food for all their children. Our future plans are to help more children in different provinces in the Philippines and support more feeding programs for unfortunate children in rural areas. Another project that AHR Ministries has envisioned is to build a new orphanage in Cavite, Philippines.
We hope and pray that this ministry can be of help and blessing to many people, both the givers and the receivers. We are always looking out for opportunities to be of service that the Lord may bring alongside our pathway. If you would like to get in contact with Leoni, please feel free contact her. May God bless you and "supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus".