Archive for the ‘Ethiopia’ Category
Ethiopia is a beautiful land of beautiful people. It is also a land of orphans. It is not uncommon to find families consisting only of children. This is one such family – five siblings all orphaned by HIV/AIDS. The four girls and one boy had seen their parents taken by the disease a couple of [...]
By Mark Gumm, Director of Projects – Africa What an encouraging story of how God is using the church in Ethiopia to meet both physical & spiritual needs of people in their community through the Home-Based Care program. While in Addis Ababa last month, I spent the afternoon with our World Orphans partners, Kore Berhane [...]
By Jenny Black, Pantego Bible Church team member On our recent trip to Ethiopia, we shared the gospel with many people through our words, but mostly with God’s love and compassion. We saw many come to Christ and many seeds were planted in people’s hearts that will be brought to harvest by God in His [...]
By Alan Hunt Prior to World Orphans partnering with a church in a developing country we spend a considerable amount of time getting to know the senior pastor. We want to understand his heart, history, vision, and strategy to care for orphans and vulnerable children in his church and community. Many individuals in the church community [...]
By Mark Gumm, Africa Projects Director On my recent trip to Ethiopia I had the joy of going to visit orphans and widows in their distress (James 1:27) with one of our church partners. I met Helen, a 13 year old girl who lives with her mother, two brothers, four sisters, and the baby brother [...]
Single mom Meseret, age 30, was widowed four years ago after losing her husband to HIV. Now Meseret, who is also HIV positive, earns 30 cents a day washing clothes to provide for her 8-year-old son, Million. Unfortunately, due to her condition, Meseret is often too sick to work. She struggles to pay basic expenses [...]
A World Orphans team is currently in Ethiopia visiting our partner churches and children’s homes there. For updates and trip reflections, stay tuned to the WO blog. By Mark Gumm, Regional Director Yesterday I had the joy of attending the International Evangelical Church in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. It was incredible to look around the room [...]
This summer, World Orphans, along with the Charis Foundation, took 17 Americans on an 11-day trip to Ethiopia and Kenya. During the trip, the group witnessed two dramatically different sides of the orphan crisis in Africa; the problem and the solution. While visiting slums in Kenya, there seemed to be little hope for the millions [...]
The heart of World Orphans has always been connecting western churches with our indigenous church partners in the prevention, rescue and care of orphans around the globe. However we are fortunate to have a large number of individuals who stand behind us, not just in prayer and encouragement but with their financial donations. In response [...]
After traveling to Africa with World Orphans this summer, Alisha Bowker said she will be changed forever. “There are a number of stories I could share, each that had an impact on our team and myself, but a specific day will easily stay with me for the rest of my life,” she said. During the [...]
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