CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
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The African American Community and Foster Care
A good friend was interviewed recently for the BCS Podcast on the special challenges and opportunities at the intersection of foster care and the African-American community. As my friend discusses...
What Happened on Orphan Sunday
Over the past several weeks, reports of Orphan Sunday around the globe arrived almost nonstop. Again and again I've found myself marveling at it all. Just a handful of years...
Breakpoint Interview on Orphan Sunday and the Orphan Care Movement!
The national radio program BreakPoint tomorrow centers on Orphan Sunday and the growing orphan care movement -- featuring an interview with CAFO President Jedd Medefind. Here’s the start of the...
Charging Towards Orphan Sunday…and Reflecting Back to 2002
Guest Post from Orphan Sunday National Director, Roberta Fanelli-Davis As we charge toward Orphan Sunday 2014, we reflect back on a watershed moment in 2002. An American businessman, Gary Schneider,...
CAFO Members Serving in Ebola Impacted Regions
News outlets increasingly bring to light the harsh toll that Ebola is taking on children. The Washington Post this week headlined, “War-Torn Liberia Already Had Too Many Orphans. Then Came...
Ebola and Orphans
Whatever the crisis – from civil war to famine to natural disaster – it is often children who bear the brunt. Tragedies break with special ferocity upon orphans and other...