Helping Children Worldwide

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Archives: Alliances

  • The evolution of our alliance with CRC

    Orphanage to Family Care Family Care to An Institutional Model Not long after the orphanage was established, the Child Rescue Centre (CRC) outgrew the building where it began, serving now over 75 children in residence.  The residential program was never all that John Yambasu or his friends at Helping Children Worldwide had envisioned. Thinking of ways…

  • More history

    We return every opportunity we can to Africa to work in collaboration with the staff and leadership there, as well as bringing them here, and spending hours each week in meetings together, planning and implementing our plans. The history of the CRC is best described as courageous compassion. After ten years of brutal civil war…

  • Breaking the Barriers: Inside Sierra Leone’s Bold New Approach to Maternal Healthcare

    This past May, I had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Moses, Sierra Leone’s Director of Reproductive and Child Health at the Ministry of Health to discuss the critical, systemic challenges the nation faces in tackling maternal and child mortality—and the creative, groundbreaking solutions they are deploying to overcome them.​The reality on the ground…

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  • Optimistic Voices Discusses Building Resilience in Children w/ Nicole

    Optimistic Voices Discusses Building Resilience in Children w/ Nicole

    Christian Alliance for Orphans brings you the connections drawn by Nicole Wilke, Ph. D's on what research and Christian philosophy say about creating resilience through deepening family relationship. 'Overcoming' emphasizes the power of relationships to buffer the negative impacts of adversity. It demonstrates how small acts of love and connection can make it easier for…