Orphan Care Organizations

In my last post, I explained several reasons why 90 percent of the world’s orphans will never be adopted. I also introduced you to several orphan care organizations – caring folks who use creative methods to care for orphaned children.

Today, I’d like to introduce you to a couple more:

Buckner International
www.buckner.org
It’s Your Mission (info about Buckner’s international mission trips)
Missions Blog

Buckner International, a global Christian ministry based in Dallas, seeks justice for ‘the least of these’ by providing care and resources for orphans and at-risk children in the United States and more than 50 countries around the world. Through international orphanage support, humanitarian aid, short-term missions, foster care and adoption, Buckner has made a lasting impact in some of the world’s most poverty-stricken and socially desperate countries.

Jenny Pope, Publications Editor, writes:

"For more than 128 years, Buckner has been a progressive leader in the movement towards justice for orphans and widows. Today, Buckner works in an advisory role with many international governments to educate leaders on children’s issues and create new legislature ensuring lasting changes for at-risk children."

Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency
www.CarolinaHopeAdoption.org

I’ve previously introduced you to Dan Cruver, who blogs  for Carolina Hope. The agency supports Ethiopian orphans through orphanage care and group home support.

Carolina Hope is also beginning a project to help government-supported children; this program is called Helping Orphans and Promoting Education (HOPE). Carolina Hope will support 50 orphans each year by providing school supplies and meeting other needs in the community. For more information, visit their Ethiopia Group Home Needs page.

Dan sent me a YouTube video created from footage captured during Carolina Hope’s recent trip to Ethiopia. He says that every shot of the (3 minute, 23 second) video was taken at “an orphanage that is located in a village with 20,000+ known cases of AIDS. It is a profoundly needy area. The video is interspersed with quotations from John Piper's book, Don't Waste Your Life.”

Related Posts:

7 Reasons Why 90% of the World’s Orphans Will Never Be Adopted
From Hope to Reality (an interview on Cruver’s blog)

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[Heather Branddt]

Do you know about Visiting Orphans which associated with America World Adoption Association? www.visitingorphans.org