CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE FOR ORPHANS
The CAFO Blog
Jedd Medefind
Guatemalans Forming Alianza Christiano por el Huerfano
Guest Post from Mike Douris, President of Orphan Outreach and CAFO Board Member This summer, Christian leaders in Guatemala held the country’s first Orphan Summit. Their desire: to help Guatemala’s...
CT on Orphan Care in a Complex World
Christianity Today this month carries a brief but thoughtful editorial asking how Christians should respond in light of the painful complexity that is always involved in caring for orphans. “Four...
Archbishop of Ukraine: “A Day When the Whole Nation Takes a Stand for Orphans”
Lubomir Guzar Throughout Ukraine last month, thousands of churches celebrated Orphan Sunday. Increasingly, both Catholic and Orthodox churches—the large majority in Ukraine—are joining Protestant in placing...
Response to Request from Senator Graham to CAFO
In May, CAFO testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Operations Sub-Committee on U.S. action for orphans and vulnerable children globally. (See text of the testimony here.) Following the hearing, the...
New York Times Magazine Offers Refreshingly Honest Look at Christian Orphan Care Movement
The best journalism gets beneath the surface of hype, political agenda and cliché to explore issues that matter. A recent article in the New York Times magazine does that with...
Prayers for the Philippines
The world has watched aghast at the destruction worked by typhoon Haiyan in the central provinces of the Philippines. It carries a special gravity for my family, since my wife...