The second project established is the Ark Project. This project includes five houses located in the compound directly across from Assumption Parish. The Arks were created to house orphaned and underprivileged teenagers who come from difficult family situations. The main aim of the project is to promote a healthy family environment. We currently have four houses for boys and one house for girls where groups of six to ten people live with two adult mentors. We are trying to create a family environment where the mentors that live in the house act as uncles or aunts. In addition to offering a healthy family life, another important aim is to promote educational opportunities. All members of the Ark houses attend school and are given the possibility for further education beyond high school. Our hope is that all houses eventually become self-sustaining through income generating projects.

Uncles and aunts are responsible for the groups of young people living in the houses. They are called uncles/aunties, as if they were relatives, and they live together with the boys/girls to maintain respect between them and to help them in their studies. They have a very important role in the houses because they are a model for the youths and they share in every moment of domestic life. Like older brothers/sisters, the boys/girls can talk to them and ask them for help or for advice. Most of the uncles/aunties of the houses also teach in the parish community school. They are volunteers who have been cooperating with the parish team for a long time. They have a very delicate and crucial task in the arks. Uncles and aunties also contribute to the project economically by contributing to the maintenance of the houses.