“The biggest hurdle that our children face is lack of family.” Lydia Pagan of Sarah’s Covenant Homes in India explained the undeniable truth, and a problem her organization is driven to do something about. Many children with special needs often find themselves alone in India. Parents feel driven to abandon
Global Network
Drop 3: Children’s Health Ministries
They go hungry. Many women and children in Carrefour, a “slum” just outside Port-au-Prince, Haiti, struggle with poverty and find themselves many days with little, if any, food available to eat. “Women in the area are often single, unemployed and uneducated,” said Mickey McRoberts of Children’s Health Ministries. “With small
The Promise of Forever
Many special needs individuals experience a difficult life in India: stigmas and poverty drive parents to abandon their children at a young age - even as an infant - fearing the inability to support their children, among other concerns. Sarah’s Covenant Homes is a nonprofit child care organization in India
‘Tis the Season For Giving Back
‘Tis the Season for giving back, and with #GivingTuesday upon us, we’d like to celebrate the ways our community partners have supported us. Loraine, a Puerto Rico mom of three (ages 9, 3 and 1), has been a vital piece of our support puzzle to connect with those in need
Make An Impact For #GivingTuesday
While we believe that access to hygiene products is vital to living clean, healthy and prosperous lives - we also realize we’re not talking about the prettiest topic, here. After all, we’re helping parents wipe butts and keeping people clean during those pesky menstrual cycles. Loraine, a Puerto Rican mom
Keeping Families Together at Sarah’s Covenant Homes
November is National Adoption Month. It’s important to take a moment and consider the youth in the world who find themselves alone. It may not be obvious, but it’s true: The work we and our Diaper Drop partners do is sometimes aimed at preventing orphan situations. Keeping families together -
Helping Big Get Bigger
After two short months of life together, Big’s mom passed away - leaving the infant alone in his grandmother’s care. Big’s father visited a couple times over the next months. At first, the child was doing well. On his father’s second visit, the family decided Big’s health required emergency care.
Chrislene at Real Hope For Haiti
When a baby is born, we take particular care as we hold the small infant, supporting its neck as the young child is not strong enough yet to do so on its own. Generally, we know this will change over the first months of his or her life. At 20
HEAL Ministries Needs You This Orphan Sunday
Abandonment impacts people across the world, young and old. In Uganda, HEAL Ministries is an organization that knows this all too well. The group builds relationships and implements Christ-centered programs addressing the spiritual, emotional and physical wellbeing of abandoned women and children. HEAL is full of stories of hardship, and
Why Hygiene Products are as Essential as Food and Water
At Jake’s Diapers, we aim to empower people to live clean, healthy and prosperous lives. While there are many mainstream issues of poverty to tackle, there other pieces of the puzzle we need to address as well. Many people think of basic needs as food, shelter, and water. The truth