It isn’t always easy to know how best to encourage and aid young people in foster care. Here’s your chance to hear honest reflections and advice from those who know intimately the challenges ...
Many of the seven million adult adoptees in the US wouldn’t darken the doors of a church. Some do, but struggle with issues they dare not verbalize. What if the church were known as a place ...
This article by CAFO President Jedd Medefind " tackles the issue of whether government or faith-based and other nonprofits should play the central role in aiding the destitute."
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The Numbers:
Total estimated number of orphans worldwide: 153 million
Estimated number that have lost only their mother: 34.5 million
Estimated number that have lost only their father: ...
Most orphans know poverty intimately. It is a primary reason children become orphans in the first place, and often impacts orphans deeply through their childhood and beyond. So addressing poverty ...
According to the Christian Alliance for Orphans, "millions of children globally live without the love and nurture of parents. Yet adoption, whether local or international, is currently available ...
From Jedd Medefind of CAFO: "My friend Doug Sauder, President of CAFO member 4KIDS of South Florida, recently shared with me a profound letter. It was written by a woman who served families ...
Zambia’s Gift to the World features captivating images, interviews and music from Christians in Zambia, where the first Orphan Sunday was celebrated in 2002. It also includes glimpses of ...
Not every family is called to foster or adopt, but we can all be a blessing to the foster and adoptive families in our community, providing much needed (and often lacking) support. The webinar ...
Faultless is a full-length documentary developed by Unthinkable and the Christian Alliance for Orphans. The goal of the project is to inspire and equip the Church in America to more deeply love ...
The effects of poor nutrition and feeding in the first few years of life can be catastrophic for any child. The stakes are particularly high for children in baby homes and orphanages, where poor ...
Orphan Sunday began in a hard-pressed church in Zambia. From small beginnings, Orphan Sunday spread to America, and then echoed back across the seas. In 2013, Orphan Sunday will be ...
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In recent weeks, the nation's heart was captured by Davion Only, a young man in Florida foster care who asked an entire congregation for a family. His actions have caused ...
Recordings from the 2014 Christian Alliance for Orphans Summit are available for purchase online. Listen to general sessions, intensives, and workshops again and again! Individual ...
Giving Children More of Family — Models of Transition to Family-Based Care
When big-hearted people heard about orphans in generations past, the first thought was often toward construction of a ...
