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Why Caring For Orphans & Vulnerable Children Means Caring For Their Families, Too
“What if sometimes, the best way to love a child is to actually love their parents?” This question...
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New Hope for Children in Lesotho: The Power of Family Reunification
I didn’t know the land-locked country of Lesotho existed, let alone about anything happening there.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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A Tale of Two Orphan Sundays
“Does this church even need me to come talk about orphans?” That was the thought going through my...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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