Our Promise to You

Effective communication is a difficult balance. In the world we live in today, information is readily available, with the tools to access it and receive it seemingly endless. Our access to and desire for information has never been greater, and yet, as individuals, the...

Acting Your Age

A few days ago I posted on Facebook that, “After three hours of mountain biking this morning my legs and back are toast”. One of my good friends commented that I should, “Act my age and grow soft and lazy like the rest of us”. The comment was a humorous compliment...

Acting Your Age

A few days ago I posted on Facebook that, “After three hours of mountain biking this morning my legs and back are toast”. One of my good friends commented that I should, “Act my age and grow soft and lazy like the rest of us”. The comment was a humorous compliment...

Who Cares for Orphans?

By Phyllis M. LaBranche | MSW Ethiopia Country Director Who cares for orphans?If not the church, than who? The government? The UN? Surely these great organizations have resources and a stake in the welfare of children. But who feeds and clothes and loves the...

Who Cares for Orphans?

By Phyllis M. LaBranche | MSW Ethiopia Country Director Who cares for orphans?If not the church, than who? The government? The UN? Surely these great organizations have resources and a stake in the welfare of children. But who feeds and clothes and loves the...

Farewell Bob Roosen, WO co-founder

Today, the co-founder of World Orphans, Bob Roosen, peacefully passed into eternity. It’s hard to summarize a life so well lived, so I won’t even attempt it here. Bob has changed – and continues to change – many thousands of lives, both now and...