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Our ministries are driven by three principles

Model
​Multiply
​Transform

Model
Multiply
Transform

We are called to model and multiply The Kingdom Of God in order to transform lives, peoples and nations!
One of our most fruitful ministries is Hogar JUCUM or “YWAM Home” in English.  Hogar JUCUM is an indigenous youth, junior high and high school completion boarding school. As we would minister to the tribal peoples in the remote mountains and jungles of Panama, we were often approached by parents asking us to take their children back to the city so that the could get an education. 

The Panamanian government has done an excellent job of making primary education available to everyone in the nation, but in remote areas it can sometimes take hours and days to walk or boat to school. In these remote villages, the children have no access to education beyond 6th grade. These youth are then left few options but substance farming and low-end, manual labor jobs. In addition, because of low income, poor housing, lack of education and living hand to mouth there is a high percentage of sickness and young girls becoming mothers by the age of 13. This cycle of poverty has gone on from generation to generation.
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​At first we told the parents we couldn’t take their youth to the city and that it was best for their children to stay with them.  As time went on, they continued to ask for assistance and we began to hear the horror stories of indigenous youth that would migrate to the city to get an education without any protective structure and guidance.

In one case a young girl was offered a domestic job with the employer promising to provide her with an education. Instead of receiving the promised education, she was locked in the house and raped by this man until she became pregnant and was then promptly thrown out by the employer. In anther situation a 12 year boy was staying with a relative in a red zone of Panama City so that he could go to 7th grade. At this large inner city school he was approached by drug dealers. He was told to sell drugs for them or they were going beat him up and if he didn’t fall in line, they would locate his mother and kill her.  Later he managed to escape and return to his village.

Because of these cases and many like them, we decide to start Hogar JUCUM. We not only provide these youth with an education, but with Christian discipleship as well. We have now had over 60 students representing all 7 Panamanian indigenous tribes complete 7-12th grade with us. Many have gone onto college and further YWAM training. They work in a variety of careers today from education, pastoring, banking, business owners, leaders of indigenous rights organizations, missions and helping youth in situations just like they were in.

Partner with Hogar Jucum

You can help Hogar JUCUM through sponsoring one of the students financially, volunteering your time as a tutor, or working as a staff member.  ​We need teachers, dorm parents and people just willing to serve. If this tugs at your heart, contact us.
We have a kids club every week in our Campus. This a tremendous opportunity to minister to and disciple the future generation of our area. We offer English classes, discipleship and sports ministry.

Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

Matthew 19:14

Comarca Ngäbe-Bugle

One of our most exciting ministries is our YWAM Comarca Ngäbe Outpost. The Ngäbe’s are the largest indigenous groups in Central America, with a population of over 260,000, and the poorest in the American Hemisphere. Even though the nation of Panama is 20% evangelical, the Ngäbes remain less the 4% evangelized.
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In the last 8 years, our Ngäbe YWAM leaders, Rafael and Bertilia, along with their team have planted 19 Indigenous churches, and by God´s grace and through our Ngäbe YWAM team efforts over 5000 Ngäbes have made decisions for Christ. Additionally, we have now run 3 Ngäbe Discipleship Training Schools. 4 Ngäbe YWAMers have completed the Discipleship Bible School and 8 have completed the Leadership and Ministry Development School.

There are many ways you can partner with this amazing Church planting and development movement: 

•  Give scholarship money to train Ngäbe leaders
•  Build a home for a needy family
•  Bring or join an outreach team
•  Sponsor and help a child go to school
• ​ Help us get a Bible into every Ngäbe home
A Communities of Hope project is an amazing experience to bring your family, congregation or co-workers closer by sharing an outreach week together making a difference in the lives of a family. Bring a group of employees from your company, your small group or bring a group of families from your church and build a home for a needy family in Ngäbe indigenous reservation in Panama.

You bring the labor, we’ll bring everything else. A fantastic team-building event with “hands on” participation – more than just writing a check, you actually build the home! Live out your values. Create a sense of team work and unity. Become more aware and informed of the conditions/needs outside your “world”.
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Each home built takes two full working days or a total of 16 hours. It takes approximately 15 people (ages 15 and older) to build a house. Family teams with children 14 and under can be larger going up to 25 total in size.

Bible Distribution

There are 3.8 million inhabitants in the nation of Panama, and although it is a largely Catholic nation, there are many without Bibles.  

YWAM Panama-Boquete, along with other bases in the nation, have joined in with a global movement in YWAM to put a Bible in every home in the nation, starting in our province.  Aside from our staff, we also involve teams, volunteers, and even nearby friends who feel called to this ministry.
We have currently put a Bible in every home in our town of Potrerillos Arriba, and the nearby town of Rovira; A total of 1700 homes so far. The task at hand is quite large. Every home counts.
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