by World Orphans | Jun 4, 2024 | Blog, Child Stories, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Magazine Stories, South Africa, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Chris and Lauren Turpaud | Church Partnership Directors (originally published in 2014) The community of La Verbena in Guatemala City is an infamous haven of darkness and danger, characterized by frequent acts of violence, high rates of drug and alcohol abuse...
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 World Orphans | Feb 23, 2024 | Blog, Christian Living, Church Partnership, India, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Emily Hilburn (originally published in 2013) Hyderabad is a large city in India made up of 6.8 million people. You can imagine how easy it would be to get lost in the crowd. But in the midst of blaring horns and yelling drivers, a young girl’s story leaps from the...
by World Orphans | Oct 27, 2023 | Blog, Christian Living, Church Partnership, Guatemala, Magazine Stories, Stories of Hope, Wholistic Care
by: Randy Phillips | Sr. Director of Church Partnerships A noisy restaurant, a meal, laughter. This seemed an ordinary moment, yet it was drenched with the extraordinary. A meek and humble couple from the “red zone”—a poor area with exceptionally high crime rate in...