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  • Recognizing the Day of the African Child

    Recognizing the Day of the African Child

    Each year, the Day of the African Child invites us to listen more carefully to the realities facing children across the continent, and to recommit ourselves to the work of protecting their rights, strengthening their families, and building the systems that help them thrive. This year’s theme in Sierra Leone, “Ensuring Universal Access to Water, Sanitation…

  • Protecting Children from Child Labor Starts with Strengthening Families

    Protecting Children from Child Labor Starts with Strengthening Families

    World Day Against Child Labor 6/12/2026 This year on June 12, the world recognizes World Day Against Child Labour, a day set aside by the International Labour Organization to call attention to child labor and renew global commitment to ending it.​This year, that reminder is urgent. According to the most recent ILO and UNICEF global…

  • Supporting Families, Strengthening Futures: International Day of Families 2026

    Supporting Families, Strengthening Futures: International Day of Families 2026

    5/15/2026 The International Day of Families invites us to reflect on the essential role families play in the well-being of children and communities. At Helping Children Worldwide, this is more than a theme. It is at the heart of our mission. We believe children thrive best in safe, loving, permanent families. And we believe that…

  • Aligning Our Giving with What Children Need Most

    Aligning Our Giving with What Children Need Most

    3/27/2026 Last week I read the new Barna research commissioned by Faith to Action, and one finding stayed with me: 90% of U.S. Christians agree that children thrive best in families. At the same time, more than one in four Christians, 28%, still report financially supporting an orphanage, children’s home, or residential care program, representing an estimated $4.5…

  • HCW holds information session on transformation

    Day One. 1/28/2018 Back row: Darlene Armendariz and Tina DeBoeser (Ebenezer UMC), Mohamed Nabieu (CRC Director), Kim Nabieu (HCW staff), Karen Hall (Ebenezer UMC), Melody Curtiss (HCW director). Seated in front: Dr. Cynthia Horner (HCW board) and Janie Williams (Ebenezer UMC.) Helping Children Worldwide held an information meeting on the CRC Transformation on Sunday, January…