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The Quiet Tension Over International Adoption: NPR Interview on Haiti’s Orphans
NPR’s Talk of the Nation today focused on Haiti’s orphans in an interview with our friend, Tom Difilipo, who heads the Joint Council on International Children's Services. The show, titled...
State Department Interview on Haitian Orphans, Adoption and Related Issues
The transcript from yesterday’s on-the-record statement by the U.S. State Department contains responses to a number of important questions related to Haitian orphans and adoption. See the full transcript here. ...
Christianity Today on the Politicizing of Adoption
The current Christianity Today carries an important article on the tragic growing politicization of adoption, particularly as a result of attempts by activists from the GLBT community to use laws...
Playing for a Larger Vision: Gary Schneider
As much as we’d all hope otherwise, even ministries with the best of objectives all too often get sucked into the same empire building, intramural competitiveness, and turf wars as...
New Estimates for Global Orphan Numbers
Our friend Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC is one of the world’s top researchers on the relationship between HIV/AIDS and a host of issues facing orphans. (Incidentally, she’ll be...
Catalytic Philanthropy
An article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review presents a concept it dubs, “Catalytic Philanthropy.” The article urges philanthropic donors to consider that, at times, the best vehicle for their...