Stories
Philippines typhoon relief effort takes a depth and distance approach vs. broad and brief
Photo: A widow being cared for by our native team is happy to receive fresh groceries and clean water as she recovers from Typhoon Haiyan. Our native team is coordinating local relief efforts in response to one of history’s most powerful storms ever recorded. The storm made a direct hit across Cebu Island, where several
Uganda rural school experiences much success, and… a visit from the President!
Photo: Children at our main Uganda campus were among those gathered for a very special presidential visit. Our Uganda campus, located in a remote part of southeastern Uganda, experienced a very rare and special visit. The President of Uganda and his entourage landed their helicopter in front of our campus, local leaders gathered to greet
Nepal: Farmland produces bumper crop of vegetables, keeping fresh food on orphans’ tables
Photo: Orphans rescued from child labor and extreme poverty, now happy and enjoying daily fresh-cooked meals made from organic ingredients grown on our own farmland. In Nepal our native team is equipped with a farmland consisting of a goat house and terraced fields where they grow various vegetables, potatoes and herbs. The most recent crop
Philippines team among first responders in devastating aftermath of Super-Typhoon Haiyan
Photo: Children on the island of Cebu who are among the estimated 500,000 now homeless. Thanks to a steel-reinforced rebuild of our Philippines main campus two years ago after a similar cyclone nearly destroyed our entire facility, our native team remained safe and dry during one of the strongest storms in recorded history. This allowed
Philippines: at-risk mothers and their children empowered by crafts business program
Photo: Thanks to your support, his mother earns a good income through our crafts business program, ensuring his proper nutrition and a brighter future. Now in the third year of our craft-making business empowerment program in the Philippines, we continue to see great progress and success among the women enrolled. We originally trained 25 widows
Myanmar: A story of sustainability leading to smiles through education!
Photo: Boys at one of our Myanmar orphan homes are happy to receive new school supplies purchased with profits from our farmland enterprise! In Myanmar, our farmland enterprise efforts are empowering orphans who have come from child labor situations. Recent profits from our rice farm and piggery ventures provided the orphans with new school supplies
Survivors for Survivors: Human trafficking survivors’ seamstress program puts clothes on orphans
Photo: Human trafficking survivors at our rehabilitation home have learned how to make clothes for our orphans! The shirt she’s wearing is one of the items they’ve learned to make. Creating a cycle of hope. The young women of our human trafficking rehabilitation home, mostly teenage girls, are being equipped with many skills, one of
India: Scholarship program protects orphan girls from potentially deadly arranged child marriages
Photo: Once trapped in lives of child labor with little hope, now rescued, safe and thriving at our India Girls Home. Problem: Almost 50% of arranged marriages in India involve girls under the age of 18. Motivated by extreme cultural pressures, relatives of our Indian orphan girls try to claim legal rights to withdraw the
India girls home expansion to unexpectedly benefit at-risk widows
Photo: These orphan girls recently rescued from child labor situations are now safe, and well on their way to recovery at our India girls home. For nearly 20 years now, our India orphan care program has been rescuing orphan girls from human trafficking and child labor situations, rehabilitating them in a safe environment provided by
Kathmandu, Nepal: Slum outreach program off to strong start with 45 children enrolled
Photo: With your support, we’re helping children of this slum colony overcome extreme poverty in a way that’s sustainable and empowering. In a slum settlement positioned on a flood-prone riverbank in Kathmandu, Nepal, there is now great hope for 45 children. These children would never have had such hope before. It’s the hope of a