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Students Connecting Theory to Practice in Costa Rica
In April 2017, eight students accompanied Dr. Greg Burch, a professor at Multnomah University, to Costa Rica for a unique 12-day course. Students met with child welfare practitioners from a variety of...
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Empowering Everyone: A Holistic Transition Process
In 2013, when Care4Kids Uganda first considered transitioning from a residential care facility to family-based care, CEO Colleen Kelley was unsure if it was the best decision. Many of the children had...
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Partnering to Find a Family for Every Orphan
A Family for Every Orphan (AFFEO) envisions a world where every child knows the love and stability of a family. To see this vision come to fruition, they partner with and provide support to...
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Advocacy Efforts Propel Family-Based Care in Kenya
Child in Family Focus has been advocating for family-based care in Kenya since its inception in 2012. Cofounder and director Peter Muthui grew up in an orphanage in Nairobi and later worked as a...
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To Love and to Serve
The long stretch of Kenyan coast is famous for its eye-catching sandy beaches shadowed by swinging palm trees along the warm waters of the Indian Ocean. But the sunny beaches hide the atrocities...
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Transitioning to Family Care for Children: A Guidance Manual French and...
The Faith to Action Initiative is excited to announce the Transitioning to Family Care for Children: A Guidance Manual has been translated into both French and Spanish languages. This manual provides...
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Careleavers are youth and young adults who transition from living in a residential care center to independent living. This transition period can be very difficult, especially when the transition occurs...
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Trips that Create Advocates for Family Care
Why read about family-based care when there is an opportunity to see and hear about it firsthand? Children in Families, a local Cambodian NGO, has created a program they call Rok Kern. Rok Kern is a...
View ArticleJob Description: Director of Engagement
Faith to Action Initiative, A Project of Tides Center Qualified applicants may submit a cover letter and resume to info@faithtoaction.org by January 25, 2019 Job Title: Director of Engagement Reports...
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Asking Why: One Important Question for Family Preservation
A central question that those who care for vulnerable children must ask is “Why are children separated from their families?” Answering this fundamental question clarifies what interventions could be...
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6 Ways Churches Can Use Short-Term Missions to Promote Family-Based Care
Many churches are choosing to move toward a missions program that supports family-based care for orphans and vulnerable children. Grace Church, based in Noblesville, Indiana, is demonstrating this...
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From Orphanage Volunteer to Family Care Advocate!
I’m privileged to have recently joined Faith to Action as the Director of Engagement, eager to step into a critical role of equipping churches, organizations, and individuals with information about...
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For One Church, Orphan Ministry Isn’t an Orphanage!
A banner hangs on the wall in Christ Our Shepherd Church that reads, “My House will be called a House of Prayer for all Nations” (Mark 11:17). This is a commitment that this 300-person congregation in...
View ArticleJob Description: Director of Engagement
Faith to Action Initiative, A Project of Tides Center Qualified applicants may submit a cover letter and resume to info@faithtoaction.org by January 25, 2019 Job Title: Director of Engagement Reports...
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Asking Why: One Important Question for Family Preservation
A central question that those who care for vulnerable children must ask is “Why are children separated from their families?” Answering this fundamental question clarifies what interventions could be...
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6 Ways Churches Can Use Short-Term Missions to Promote Family-Based Care
Many churches are choosing to move toward a missions program that supports family-based care for orphans and vulnerable children. Grace Church, based in Noblesville, Indiana, is demonstrating this...
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From Orphanage Volunteer to Family Care Advocate!
I’m privileged to have recently joined Faith to Action as the Director of Engagement, eager to step into a critical role of equipping churches, organizations, and individuals with information about...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For One Church, Orphan Ministry Isn’t an Orphanage!
A banner hangs on the wall in Christ Our Shepherd Church that reads, “My House will be called a House of Prayer for all Nations” (Mark 11:17). This is a commitment that this 300-person congregation in...
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A Kenyan’s First Thanksgiving: Reflections on His Domestic Adoption
For the first time, I’m going to be in the United States during Thanksgiving. In my country Kenya, the only holiday that attracts the kind of excitement I have witnessed would be Christmas and to a...
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Christians are Shifting Support to Family Strengthening
*This article originally appeared in the Better Care Network November 2019 Newsletter The global church plays a vital role in care reform, as perhaps the largest group of direct providers of care to...
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