His Grace Archbishop Daniel T. F. Browne
Safe Haven Children Care Centre and The Universal Church Of God Global Outreach.
His Grace Archbishop Daniel T. F. Browne is the twin Child of the family of the late Samuel and Malay, from Kumbu village, Bombali District, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. He is the Founder and President of Safe Haven Children Care Centre, and his wife being Co-Founder and Vice President. He is also the Founder and CEO of the Universal Church of God (worldwide).
He attended the Methodist Boys High School in Freetown, Sierra Leone where he finished both his Primary and Secondary education before proceeding to the United Kingdom to pursue his vision to establish Churches worldwide. In 1974 he joined a local Pentecostal Ministry in Sierra Leone, the Church of Salvation, West Africa Conference. He served as a minister contributing significantly to the work of evangelism at the Headquarters and in the Church Branches in other part of Sierra Leone and in Monrovia, Liberia West Africa.
In 2001, he resigned from the Church of Salvation. In 2004, he and his wife Rev. Mrs. Barbara Browne felt the call of God on their life to assist the less – fortunate in society. Archbishop Browne and his wife decided after seeing the effect of the ten years of civil war and how it effect children and other members of the population leaving some of them maimed permanently for life, they determined to champion the course of the less-privileged in our society especially orphaned, abandoned/destitute and hungry children living in abject poverty.
They agreed to donate part of their 3.0104 acres landed property (36 town lots) at Royeama village to be used for charitable work and generally demonstrating the love of God for all his children.
The ground breaking ceremony was laid in October 2008 but had to come to a standstill due to lack of financial resources.
We envisage the Family Life Centre where the needs of the orphaned, destitute and women with unplanned pregnancies will be met on a regular basis. This will be a home for orphans, abused and less fortunate children. Since the inception the orphanage has be caring for around 150 orphaned and impoverished children who are waiting to be housed at the completion of their orphanage home. The Centre will have a hostel and a male department when completed.
Archbishop and Mrs. Browne and their team are determined to give these children sound education, because without education life will always be a struggle for them. Due to the effectiveness of our broad range of programs, in the future more children will be accepted in the orphanage and fostering making room for more impact on our less-fortunate children, especially those in desperate dire need and circumstances on the rural streets of Royeama village and their environs.
Safe Haven Children Care Centre project of the Orphanage is to rid our streets of beggarly impoverished children. The importance of taking these children off our streets cannot be over emphasized as these children are vulnerable and could easily fall prey to social vices.
We are therefore soliciting and asking on all compassionate citizens to reflect on the problems of homelessness and hunger on our streets, and then to consider the value and necessity of the services we provide. We invite you or your organization to be part of this history –making project as such projects financed by you could be acknowledged for posterity, if you so wish. With your tax-deductible donation of whatever amount we can provide hot, nutritious meals to fill 20 empty stomachs.
Rev. Mrs. Barbara I. Browne Co-Founder
Vice President Safe Haven Children Care Centre
Reverend Mrs. Barbara Browne was born and raised in Sierra Leone, West Africa. She got her education in Kono and Freetown.She is married to Archbishop Daniel Thomas Browne. She was employed at the Ministry of Interior in Bo and later the Ministry of Development and Economic Planning in Freetown where she worked with various Permanent Secretaries and later worked with the Minister of Development and Economic Planning.Due to her nature of work coupled with the church work, Reverend Mrs. Barbara Browne has acquired vast knowledge and experience in dealing with people. During the civil war in Sierra Leone, she travelled to Ghana and during her stay in Ghana; she did a course in Theology and gained a Diploma in Theology. In London, she did a Certificate course in Business Administration.Mrs. Browne gained employment in the Housing sector where she has been working for the past eleven years to date. Whilst working for the housing sector, she has attended various trainings and workshops and therefore has vast experience in housing. In the year 2007, Reverend Mrs. Barbara Browne travelled to Sierra Leone to attend the wedding of her nephew. While in Sierra Leone, she came in contact with some of the displaced children who were victims of the civil war in Sierra Leone. She was moved with compassion, and vowed to help these displaced children, most of whom are orphans. Mrs. Browne’s joy is to see people happy and love to help people.On her arrival back to London, she explained the situation to her husband, Archbishop Daniel Thomas Browne about the suffering and poverty of the children. As their church work is one that focus on humanitarian work to help deprived, poor and needy people especially children, they immediately came to a conclusion to use part of their 3.014 acre land in Sierra Leone, West Africa, to start an orphanage. In 2008, Mrs. Browne travelled to Sierra Leone to register the project and the project was started in October that very year with a ground breaking ceremony wherein the chiefs, elders and residents of the area attended together with the children. One hundred and fifty children in total registered, ages ranging from three to sixteen years.The ground breaking ceremony was the event that actually changed my life in that I was able to influence society. All I think of now is for the work to take off and the children re-housed. It was really a success and it makes me to be more determined.Archbishop Daniel T. Browne and Reverend Mrs. Barbara Browne have been supporting the running cost of the project and the children with their meager finance. At present, the work is at a standstill due to lack of finance. Mrs. Browne is a strong beliver of taking care of the needy and make them feel wanted and important as they are. She needs all the help she can get for this project to save as many lives as possible.