by World Orphans | Apr 23, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Magazine Stories, South Africa, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Mike Krick | Sr. Director of Strategic Partnerships (originally published in 2014) World Orphans partners with two churches in South Africa. It has been a joy to watch these churches provide wholistic care for the children they serve. They are truly bringing hope...
by World Orphans | Apr 3, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Iraq, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Scott Vair | President/CEO (originally published in 2013) When World Orphans work began in Iraq in 2008, we envisioned residential care for orphaned and abandoned children through the indigenous church. It quickly became clear that this was not the best solution...
by World Orphans | Mar 7, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Kenya, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Kathy Davis | Senior Director of Mobilization (originally published in 2013) Nicolas Muli Mulu was born in 2001 in Kitui County of Nairobi, Kenya. He was fatherless and his mother was mentally ill, unable to care for him. He lived with his 70-year-old grandmother...
by Nicole Leeper | Oct 31, 2013 | Child Stories, Church Partnership, Ethiopia, Haiti, Home Based Care, Kenya, Orphan Care, Prayer
By Kevin Squires | Senior Director of Church PartnershipsAmerica was taken aback in recent weeks by the sound of an orphan’s cry. Davion Only, a 15-year old boy in Florida’s foster care system, put on his finest clothes, went to church, stood on stage, and...
by Nicole Leeper | May 22, 2013 | Child Stories, Home Based Care, Orphan Care, Projects, Sustainability, Wholistic Care
By Jeremy Resmer | Sr. Director-ProjectsJames 1:27 reveals God’s heart and desire for his people to look after orphans and widows. Throughout scripture, the church is called to respond with compassion to all sorts of needs. These include and are not limited to...
by Nicole Leeper | Dec 6, 2011 | Child Stories
You can see the sadness in his eyes. It bears down deep into his soul.During our time at one of our church-based children’s homes in the Ivano-Frankivsk oblast (province) of Ukraine, Roman had his head downcast and didn’t interact with the other children around him....