After 7 Years in an Orphanage—This Teenager Finally Returned Home

Before the age of seven, John’s* mother farmed her children out to family and neighbors in the...

How One Kid in an Orphanage Found Family and Discovered His Dream

  My name is Mehari. I live in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. When I was 5, I got sick and...

Finding Family in the Most Remote of Places

I was with a group of international school teachers on a holiday hike in the middle of the...

A Tale of Two Orphan Sundays

“Does this church even need me to come talk about orphans?” That was the thought going through my...

The Day a 19-Year-Old Mama With Twins Came Home

At 19 years old, Mercy* was widowed. Just weeks before the road accident, she had delivered two...

Filmmaker Samuel Rich on the Orphan Crisis: What Really Prevents Modern Slavery

I will never forget the bars on those windows. In the winter of 2013, I was traveling through...

Why Supporting a Child Through Trauma is Critical

Early in my career as a therapist, I was asked to serve as the VP of Social Services at an...

How to Make a Difference for 76,000 Street-Connected Children

The first time I traveled to Sierra Leone with a mission team to teach summer school at the Child...