We learned that upwards of 80% of children who live in children’s homes or orphanages have a living parent. And that’s a conservative estimate, it’s likely much higher. Even more of these kids have a living aunt, uncle, grandmother, or other relative.  
 
We learned that kids who live in an orphanage or any form of institutional care are exponentially more likely to encounter abuse than children living in a family. 
 
We learned that most countries in the world require children to move out of a children’s home when they turn 18, and those children face higher exposure to trafficking. They’re more likely to end up homeless, incarcerated, or exploited and they commit suicide at an alarmingly higher rate. 


 



What we’ve listed above may not easily mesh with your personal experience at a
children’s home. Like us, you’ve probably visited a home that looked happy.
The children were warm and friendly, perhaps shy at first, but eager to play
once they got used to you. They were fed, educated, and safely housed at night.

Yet even the very best children’s home in the world can only meet a child’s
physical needs for a temporary period of time. And while there are many
incredible caregivers throughout the world, there are also cruel people who have
 capitalized on the orphanage system for their own personal gain. They have
abused and harmed children in many countries throughout the world, often in
ways that are undetectable to visitors and donors. 
As hard as it is to understand, in our well-intentioned efforts to protect children, we have actually created and built a system that increases their risk of abuse and trafficking. Simply put, the model is not working as well as we hoped. So why now?  Because we now know that we can do better!

Why should you Reimagine
 orphan care
with us?

If you’re reading this, we can imagine we’re not all that different from you. Each person on our team has a history of trying their best to care for orphaned and vulnerable children. From running children’s homes or leading teams to visit them, to raising money for orphanages or advocating for them with confidence. Like you, we have been determined to respond to the world’s vulnerable children.
But then something happened…

We learned that upwards of 80% of children who live in children’s homes or orphanages have a living parent. And that’s a conservative estimate, it’s likely much higher. Even more of these kids have a living aunt, uncle, grandmother or other relative.  
 
We learned that children who live in an orphanage or any form of institutional care are exponentially more likely to encounter abuse than children living in a family. 
 
We learned that most countries in the world require children to move out of a children’s home when they turn 18, and those children face higher exposure to trafficking. They’re more likely to end up homeless, incarcerated or exploited and they commit suicide at an alarmingly higher rate. 


 

this might be
 difficult
to read...

Over the past few years, new information and experience caused us to wonder if there was a better way to care for orphaned and vulnerable children.

Here’s what we learned:

Today we could begin identifying which children do have safe families.

Today we could ask kids what they’d think about living with their family.

Today we could search for family members of the kids in an orphanage.

Today we could start working toward restoring safe contact with children and their family members. 

Today we could help local churches support vulnerable families in their area. 

When we reimagine how we care for orphaned and vulnerable children, we can give even more children a future and a family! Will you take the next step with us today?

JUST IMAGINE...

What we’ve listed above may not easily mesh with your personal experience at a
children’s home. Like us, you’ve probably visited a home that looked happy.
The children were warm and friendly, perhaps shy at first, but eager to play
once they got used to you. They were fed, educated, and safely housed at night.

Yet even the very best children’s home in the world can only meet a child’s
physical needs for a temporary period of time. And while there are many
incredible caregivers throughout the world, there are also cruel people who have
 capitalized on the orphanage system for their own personal gain. They have
abused and harmed children in many countries throughout the world, often in
ways that are undetectable to visitors and donors. 
As hard as it is to understand, in our well-intentioned efforts to protect children, we have actually created and built a system that increases their risk of abuse and trafficking. Simply put, the model is not working as well as we hoped.

So why now? 

Because we now know that we can do better!

this might be difficult to read...