Around the world, children are trapped in orphanages where they do not get the love and care of a family - although an estimated 80% have parents or relatives who could care for them, with support. https://t.co/jDfQ1YwHkT
Luke speaking to the men of @twinoakspc, the 2019 World Missions Conference. Speaking on how the gospel and economic development are hand in glove. https://t.co/XRE5h7uoQ8
Please join us for our 4th Annual Wine Tasting event Friday, March 1st at Grapevine Wines and Spirits in Kirkwood at 6:00 pm. Funds raised support us here at HOPE, providing nourishment for babies. Wine, friends, fun! Registration is open:…https://t.co/wP4yGj7YfC
“Pray for humility to recognize how the materially poor, those the world would call “weak,” are being used mightily by God in their own communities.” This is Sylvanie. She has a new job… https://t.co/H8EA6XKjRs
"Volunteers are also perpetuating a system that takes children from their families. The word “orphanage” is a misnomer, because the vast majority of children in orphanages have at least… https://t.co/j1FpuNCAaO
"If poverty creates orphans, the solution should be less poverty, not more orphanages. But because of Western donations and volunteering, orphanages cost governments nothing."… https://t.co/MyhuWIxBfi
"Volunteers from rich countries make children’s lives worse in two ways. One, paradoxically, is by hugging them. By definition, every child in an orphanage has been abandoned. Their… https://t.co/QILBfMtT6l
"Volunteers from rich countries make children’s lives worse in two ways. One, paradoxically, is by hugging them. By definition, every child in an orphanage has been abandoned. Their… https://t.co/OFN0egQIun
In Nov. 2015 a grandma begged me (Julie) to take her grandbaby. Her mom had died & grandma knew she couldn’t afford formula. She checked in weekly for formula & stayed in her family. She visited me today! A sweet, healthy child growing up w/family. #buildfamiliesnotorphanages
"Where is all the outrage when children are taken from their parents? Where are the tears when children are abused? When pastors lie? When directors steal? When caregivers beat? When children starve?" https://t.co/ZnaiMIuzrR
"They took advantage of the fact I was desperate [..] I did not want to abandon my child."
Poverty often drives desperate parents to place their children in orphanages, where they are at risk of trafficking.
#FamiliesNotOrphanages https://t.co/A2Doei9h9t @BBCAfrica@Patuhaire
Are you supporting an orphanage? Did you know that 80% of children in orphanages have a living parent? Likely there because mom can’t feed them nor pay for school. Don’t just cut funding. But do ask hard questions. What’s being done to reunite? #buildfamiesNOTorphanages
Paths toward sustainability. Co-op update. This is God providing a way out of poverty. And preserving families. Read about the amazing news from Haiti! #buildfamiliesNOTorphanages https://t.co/ve3TBH3WvX