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International orphan care is a complicated and sensitive topic. It's tempting to believe that everyone with good intentions and a sincere heart can go out and make a positive impact. Unfortunately, it's also easy to do more harm than good. That's why a careful set of guiding principles is necessary to direct the decisions that'll affect orphan’s lives. Here are five guiding principles that we at Kinship United are striving for as we seek to find the best gospel-centered solution for orphaned and vulnerable children: 1. Family reunification and Kinship Care It's in the best interest of an orphaned child Orphan Rescue

Caregivers sitting on a bench What happens when you have all the ingredients to care for orphans — a building, home sponsors, home parents, children to fill the beds — but there's no electricity? Electricity might be a luxury for the kids who just came from the streets. But the caregivers of the Jungo Kinship Project wanted the best for the children. Kerosene lanterns were not an ideal long-term solution. So they got creative. When we checked back with them a few weeks after the home first opened, we found that they had managed to pool together enough money to purchase Caregivers, Community