World Without Orphans (WWO) is calling on churches around the globe to take action for orphans, vulnerable children, and families on Nov. 9 as part of Orphan Sunday 2025. This year’s theme, “Together ...

This past summer, Easton Area High School seniors Haktan and Enes Ozyildiz hiked through heat so intense remnants of the road were melting onto their shoes. Though the journey was difficult, they had ...

Started in Dallas 24 years ago, Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls has delivered its 5 millionth pair of shoes, to a child in central Mexico earlier this year. During that trip, the program served around ...

While the Orphan Trains were a historically significant event in the nation’s past, the whole saga of the transportation of these children across the country has generally been ignored or forgotten.

Global adoptions to the US have become complex over the decades. As an adoptee herself, Maria Noble Valdez delves into the nuances of the adoption process for The World. The post International ...

A group of orphans in Ukraine won’t be forgotten this Christmas season, thanks partly to the help of students at North Allegheny. The North Allegheny Interact Club, a high school branch Rotary ...

In the world of international child development and orphan care, it's not uncommon for children with families to declare themselves orphans. In fact, this practice can be traced back to precolonial ...

JANESVILLE--When Jennie and Don Windham traveled on mission trips around the world, they discovered the sad reality of child poverty. “So many children are just trying to get by daily,” Jennie Windham ...

Author Beth Nonte Russell and her husband, Randy, the parents of two daughters from China, started the nonprofit Golden Phoenix Foundation in 2005 to help orphaned children worldwide. Ultimately, they ...

SOMETHING TO BE SAID ABOUT THE JOY OF GIVING AND IN MORE SPIRIT OF GIVING. NOW, SPEEDWAY CHILDREN’S CHARITIES ARE MAKING DONATIONS TO HELP KIDS IN NEED THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. THIS YEAR THEY ARE GIVING ...