Learn about why we focus on
Preserving and strengthening families“He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.” Deuteronomy 10:18
Learn more about
Family Preservation
Most children living in orphanages have at least one living parent. The reasons are complex and vary by country and culture. Abandonment, abuse, neglect, HIV, and gender preference are significant contributors. But, in our experience, poverty is the single biggest driver of children ending up in orphanages. Desperate moms and desperate families feel like the only chance for their children, is to take them to orphanages in hopes of a better life.
There is a better way. By working together, we can keep families together, strengthen them, and help them along a path toward independence.
How it Works
Vulnerable Families
home based care
Our Home Based Care (HBC) program is a family-based program that both addresses and prevents the rise of the orphan population by caring for children in a home environment. Administered through our Church Partnership model, World Orphans partners US churches with international churches that each wholistically care for approximately twenty vulnerable families. These children are being raised by single mothers, extended family, neighbors, friends, or church members.
The goal of the program is to equip, inspire, and mobilize the local church to build relationships with at-risk families in their communities. Relationships grow through frequently visiting these families in their homes to offer prayer, gospel training, counseling, and overall encouragement. To empower this wholistic approach to orphan care, World Orphans and US churches connect relationally with international churches to provide gospel-focused training and funding.
components of caring for the whole child
wholistic care for children and families
One of the most distinctive and vital parts of World Orphans Church Partnership is care for the whole child and family, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, and providing opportunities for economic empowerment. Our primary method of doing that is through our wholistic, Home Based Care (HBC) model, which supports, encourages, and monitors orphaned and vulnerable children and helps preserve, strengthen, and empower families through the local church.
Learn how you can help
preserve families
You can help vulnerable families today! Whether you are an individual, a business, or a church, we have multiple ways for you to be involved in preserving families.
be an empowerment partner
Our model of care works through church partnership, but we rely on individuals giving monthly to help stand in the gap for churches who are waiting on a partner, empowering them to care for families now!
partner your business
Do you have a heart to see your business making an impact for vulnerable children and families? Learn more about partnering your business and see examples of how other businesses have joined us in creative ways!
partner your church
Are you a pastor, church leader, or volunteer with a heart to get your church involved in caring for vulnerable families? We invite you to learn more about church partnership and how to engage your church today!