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The Shepherds of Good Hope is a “God-centred community” 〔()〕 shelter based in Ottawa, Ontario. It aims to offer help to those whose needs aren't being met, and heal through the “power of love and prayer”. The Shepherds of Good Hope welcomes people of all faiths and beliefs, and provides three main services: Support Services, Supportive Living and Shelter Services.〔 The Shepherds also run a soup kitchen, and serves approximately 800 sandwiches and 600 whole meals daily to the people of Ottawa who need it most.〔()〕 ==History== Established in 1983, the Shepherds of Good Hope started as an emergency men's and women's shelter and grocery program out of St Brigid's in Lower Town. In 1984, a men's shelter and clothing program opened in the Guigues School, and finally, on October 1, 1985, the soup kitchen, shelter and the Clothing & Grocery programs all moved to their current location, on 233 Murray St, also in Lower Town. The building had once been host to the St-Brigid's School. The first Christmas Hamper program was established a year later, in November 1986, and still continues today providing vital food to over 1000 families for Christmas. In 1988, three new programs were created – Hope Outreach, Hope Community, and the Hope Centre. All three are targeted at providing housing, whether emergency or long term, for the clients of the Shepherds of Good Hope. In 1990, the Hope School, Hope Recovery, House of Lambs and Hope Discovery Supportive Housing were added to the resources available from the Shepherds of Good Hope (more on each below). However, two years later several programs were cut due to reorganization, including Hope School and House of Lambs. In December 1998, Sophie's hope was started as an effort to create an environment where women could feel safe and would always be accepted. Though not directly affiliated with the Shepherds of Good Hope, Sophie's Hope set up shop inside 233 Murray St. In 1999, the Hope Community and Hope Discovery joined together to create a “Supportive Housing” system of care, which is today one of the three main services offered through the Shepherds of Good Hope. Thirty two extra housing units were opened later in the year to accommodate people suffering from severe mental illnesses, and eighteen housing units for people who require minimal care. In May 2000, the Managed Alcohol Program was introduced, to much controversy, as the experimental program provided participants with controlled amounts of alcohol instead of promoting complete abstinence. In 2002 funding allowed the Shepherds of Good Hope to provide a housing worker for the “Supportive Housing” program in an attempt to help people to find and maintain housing. In 2003, the Shepherds of Good Hope celebrated its 20th anniversary, and opened up 10 new beds for the Managed Alcohol Program. In May 2004, the shelter purchased a building on St-Andrews with the Ministry of Health Funding which became a part of Supportive Living, allowing for 35 housing units to be built for clients who are diagnosed with a mental disorder, but independent enough to live on their own. A year later, Hope Community closed its doors.〔()〕 More recently, in 2009, after several years of searching for a place to relocate the Supportive Housing, the Shepherds of Good Hope purchased an old hotel to move its residents that could be living in Supportive Housing but are still in the shelters, in an effort to remove people from the drugs so readily available in Lower-town Ottawa. Residents are currently moving to their new Carlington Street location,〔Cook, Maria “ The Shepherds of Good Hope's move to Carlington: “We're In A Bit Of A Storm”” The Ottawa Citizen. http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/designingottawa/archive/2009/08/17/the-shepherds-of-good-hope-s-move-to-carlington-quot-we-re-in-a-bit-of-a-storm-quot.aspx Retrieved February 13th 2010〕 and 55 units have been filled with happy clients, some who have never owned a couch before. The building is in a gated community which is kept under 24-hour surveillance in order to protect the clients and the community from trouble.〔Cook, Maria “ The Shepherds of Good Hope's move to Carlington: “We're In A Bit Of A Storm”” The Ottawa Citizen http://communities.canada.com/ottawacitizen/blogs/designingottawa/archive/2009/08/17/the-shepherds-of-good-hope-s-move-to-carlington-quot-we-re-in-a-bit-of-a-storm-quot.aspx Retrieved February 13th 2010〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Shepherds of Good Hope」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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