by Nicole Leeper | Jul 20, 2012 | Meet The Team
Name and position with World Orphans.Matt Mehaffey, Director of Advocacy.What attracted you to your current position?My wife and I adopted two boys from Taiwan and through that journey God opened our eyes to the global orphan crisis. Soon after we were connected with...
by Nicole Leeper | Jul 17, 2012 | Home Based Care, Orphan Care, Wholistic Care
By Jacques Sadie | Nicaragua Country DirectorLately, our World Orphans staff have been re-studying together the book, When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself by Steve Corbett. It is really a book about...
by Nicole Leeper | Jul 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
See below for link to original article authored by Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO). World Orphans proudly partners with Christian Alliance for Orphans, as they seek to answer the call to care by inspiring and equipping the church and the world to act. This...
by Nicole Leeper | Jul 5, 2012 | Iraq, Meet The Team
Name and position with World Orphans.Billy Ray, Middle East Director.What attracted you to your current position?God gave me a heart for the people of Northern Iraq.Where do you live and who do you live with?I live in Northern Iraq with my wife and 3 boys.If you could...
by Nicole Leeper | Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
World Orphans/Journey117 sent our first-ever journey team to Iraq earlier this month. The team included individuals from around the Great Lakes, New Jersey, Texas, Florida, and even Canada. Matt Mehaffey, Director of Advocacy, shares his story of the trip, the team,...
by Nicole Leeper | Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
God continues to touch hearts in the community of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. We recently shared the story Home Improvement in Africa on our blog of Meseret and her son, Milon, whose rented home was crumbling and in desperate need of repair. God has provided “more than all...
by Nicole Leeper | Jun 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
One of the most important aspects of our Home Based Care initiatives in Haiti, Ethiopia, and Kenya is home visitation. Orphans and their caregivers are visited regularly by members of the local church and short-term team members as they go and serve together as...
by Nicole Leeper | Jun 29, 2012 | Iraq
By Billy Ray | Middle East Regional DirectorLast week, we graduated our first class of English students at The Refuge. Twenty women took part in a three month conversational English class led by two of our wonderful native-American speakers, Jessica and Darah.In the...
by Nicole Leeper | Jun 13, 2012 | Christian Living
By Matt Mehaffey | Director of AdvocacyTyping this blog post, I feel a bit like Jerry Maguire writing the mission statement, “The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business.” Here’s hoping I don’t end up all alone holding a...
by Nicole Leeper | Jun 5, 2012 | Ethiopia
By Phyllis LaBranche | LCSW, MSWFaith comes from hearing the Word of God. The Old Testament has some spectacular stories of how God intervened in the lives of His children. One of my favorite stories and great example of faith was when Joshua asked God for the...
