Wholistic Care

My Friend Muli

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...

Pranitha

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...

The Gospel in Ordinary Places

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...

Walto’s Story

by: Kathy Davis | Sr. Director of Wholistic Care Walto was born in the city of Arba Minch in southern Ethiopia in 1974. His mother died when he was very young and, though many long years would pass, his grief did not diminish with time. Each day when Walto returned...

You Are Welcome Here

by: Nicole Leeper | Sr. Director of Communications Looking down at his dusty feet, Bemnet considers many things. His hunger, the look of worn clothes on his body, and his mom. He remembers that when she was alive, he never felt hunger pangs like this. Even more...

Faith to Overcome Fear

by: Kathy Davis | Senior Director of Wholistic Care It was in October of 2018 that I was last awakened to roosters crowing and the aroma of a hot cup of coffee at our guesthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I arrived ready to train our new social worker, Natalie Vilson,...

Global Village: Filling the Gap

“I never loved you and everything is your fault. Don’t expect anyone to love you if your own mother can’t.”

Those were the last words out of his mother’s mouth before David was launched into the foster care system. It was a couple days after his 10th birthday and, to say the least, he’d had a difficult first decade.

He Became and I Become

By Kathy Davis | Director of Wholistic CareThe question is often asked of children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I remember my well-meaning grandfather asking me this question, hoping I would dream big, work hard, and achieve everything I ever desired. I...

The Whole Picture: Wholistic Care on Short-Term Mission Trips

By Kathy Davis | Director of Wholistic Care  Summer is an exciting and busy time of year for the ministry of World Orphans. Short-term trips are being mobilized, itineraries are being planned, hearts are being prepared, and global church partners are anticipating...

Why Suffer?

By Kate Borders | Senior Director of MobilizationAt World Orphans we are deeply committed to and working towards the wholistic care of the children being cared for through our church partners; their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual care.  Recently I’ve...

Church Partnership

My Friend Muli

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...

Pranitha

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...

Bringing About the Kingdom

by: Scott Vair | President/CEO In 1993, a group of friends got together to help a church in Nicaragua buy a house to care for some street boys. With that, World Orphans was born. This year, we are celebrating 30 years of empowering the church to care for orphans and...

The Gospel in Ordinary Places

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...

Opportunities for Dignity

by: Lindsay Allen | International Church Partnership Director Think back to your very first job. Maybe it was mowing lawns over summer break, babysitting the neighbor kids, or working in food service. For me, it was a summer job at a movie theater. To this day, I...

Chosen Family

by: José Pineda | Director of Church Mobilization One thing I ask my Lord is that I may witness and hopefully partake in his perfect plan of redemption. Through the years, he has taken me from one place to another; and I’ve seen the light of the gospel penetrate the...

Mutual Ministry

by: Kate Borders | Sr. Director of Mobilization The global church is experiencing times unparalleled in history. Missiologists report that Bible translation is advancing at the fastest rate of production ever recorded. Research shows an extraordinary movement of...

Reunited—And It Feels So Good

by: Kevin Squires | Sr. International Programs When you meet Prameela, you can’t get past her smile. You can’t get past her big, brown eyes that give you a sneak peek into her soul, a glimpse that shows you a pure picture of joy and hope in things to come. She is...

10 Tips to Prepare for Your Short-Term Mission Trip

Go to Ethiopia Go to Guatemala Go to Uganda By Bailey Kalvelage | Director of MobilizationDo you have plans to travel on a short-term mission trip? If yes, this post is for you!I write with a heart full of anticipation for the trips World Orphans will send this year....

Salting Our World

Written by Bailey Kalvelage • Director of Mobilization“You are the salt of the earth…. You are the light of the world…” These familiar words found in Matthew 5:13-16 had my ears perked as I listened in church last Sunday. I’ve heard this passage so many times,...

Home BAsed Care

My Friend Muli

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...

Pranitha

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...

The Gospel in Ordinary Places

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...

Opportunities for Dignity

by: Lindsay Allen | International Church Partnership Director Think back to your very first job. Maybe it was mowing lawns over summer break, babysitting the neighbor kids, or working in food service. For me, it was a summer job at a movie theater. To this day, I...

Chosen Family

by: José Pineda | Director of Church Mobilization One thing I ask my Lord is that I may witness and hopefully partake in his perfect plan of redemption. Through the years, he has taken me from one place to another; and I’ve seen the light of the gospel penetrate the...

Hopelessness is the Doorway to Hope

by: Kevin Squires | Sr. Director of International Programs It wasn’t long ago that I found myself sitting in a circle in a dry, rocky courtyard outside of a church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, listening to widows share stories of how World Orphans microloans were...

Walto’s Story

by: Kathy Davis | Sr. Director of Wholistic Care Walto was born in the city of Arba Minch in southern Ethiopia in 1974. His mother died when he was very young and, though many long years would pass, his grief did not diminish with time. Each day when Walto returned...

You Are Welcome Here

by: Nicole Leeper | Sr. Director of Communications Looking down at his dusty feet, Bemnet considers many things. His hunger, the look of worn clothes on his body, and his mom. He remembers that when she was alive, he never felt hunger pangs like this. Even more...

Faith to Overcome Fear

by: Kathy Davis | Senior Director of Wholistic Care It was in October of 2018 that I was last awakened to roosters crowing and the aroma of a hot cup of coffee at our guesthouse in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. I arrived ready to train our new social worker, Natalie Vilson,...

A Current of Light

by: Mary Priscilla | India Country Director & Becky Knott | Church Partnership Director Driving around the hectic streets in one of the most populous cities in India, one can feel a heaviness in the air. Smog hangs overhead. Trash fills the streets. Beggars...

Orphan Care

Global Village: Filling the Gap

“I never loved you and everything is your fault. Don’t expect anyone to love you if your own mother can’t.”

Those were the last words out of his mother’s mouth before David was launched into the foster care system. It was a couple days after his 10th birthday and, to say the least, he’d had a difficult first decade.

Are You Exhausted in Orphan Care?

By Matthew Hanks | Project ManagerAfrica The first time I participated in the Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit (CAFO), the number of amazing groups fighting on behalf of the orphan astounded me. There were more groups present at this adoption/foster care/orphan...

He Became and I Become

By Kathy Davis | Director of Wholistic CareThe question is often asked of children, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I remember my well-meaning grandfather asking me this question, hoping I would dream big, work hard, and achieve everything I ever desired. I...

Finding Hope in Lessons Learned

By Jeremy Resmer | Sr. Director of Projects Global orphan care is complex. We have the tendency to oversimplify problems. Sometimes, in our desire to think globally, we develop elaborate strategies to care for orphaned children and assume our plans will work in every...

Just Normal

By Sheri Mellema | Church PartnershipWhen considering the meaning of the word “normal,” I think we would all agree that it has become a very subjective term. Given the numerous contexts of our world today, what is deemed normal for one person can vary wildly...

The Journey to Flight

By Kathy Davis | Wholistic CareYesterday morning my middle daughter brought a cup of coffee into my office, nestled into the couch, and said “Momma, you’re sad.” “Well, maybe a little,” I replied. Later in the day, my youngest daughter passed off her favorite...

Gratitude and Great Anticipation

By Bailey Kalvelage | MobilizationReflecting seems to always be part of the festivities of a new year. Whether in the quiet of the morning or between errands, we tend to ponder the past year, retracing steps both large and small. I invite you to journey with me...

“Love Me Until I Die”

By Kevin Squires | Senior Director of Church PartnershipsAmerica was taken aback in recent weeks by the sound of an orphan’s cry. Davion Only, a 15-year old boy in Florida’s foster care system, put on his finest clothes, went to church, stood on stage, and...

The Cause

By Nicole Leeper | CommunicationsCause: a principle, aim, or movement that, because of a deep commitment, one is prepared to defend or advocate.Every October I remember... We see pink on everything. We see ribbons. We see football players with pink shoes. It is...

Why Not Family?

By Jesse Blaine | CambodiaWorld Orphans is excited to share with you the release of a new video ‘Why Not a Family?’ presented by Uniting For Children. Uniting For Children is a movement whose purpose is to “expand the conversation about the best ways to care...