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February 17, 2021

Orphaned and Rejected: How You Helped Give these Siblings a Fresh Start

Young brother and sister sit next to each other smiling

Each and every one of the children living in our Kinship Projects has a unique story. Many of the stories are devastating and emotional. And many of our Kinship Kids have experienced unimaginable traumas. But once a child is rescued and brought to a Kinship Project, their story can have a happy ending. Marita Marita’s […]

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September 30, 2020

Pay it Forward: How Your Kindness is Reflected in Kinship Kids like James

James looking after the chickens

Kindness in contagious! And your big heart for helping orphans in need is reflected in the children themselves. Like James from the Bosnia Kinship Project in Kenya. This kind-hearted young man has found a passion caring for one of God’s littlest creatures… baby chicks! James joined the Bosnia Kinship Project family eight years ago after […]

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September 16, 2020

Blessed in Bosnia: How Your Support is Helping These Children Thrive

Lydiah braiding hair

It’s hard for children living on the street to picture a future for themselves. When their stomachs are aching with hunger and they’re desperately searching for a safe place to sleep at night, their only focus is survival. But when a child joins a Kinship Project, your gifts help them do more than survive. You […]

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September 12, 2019

Born in a Brewery: Emmanuel’s Story

Emmanuel from the Ephraim Kinship Project

Emmanuel’s parents loved him and his sisters. They worked hard to provide for their children, doing the only thing they knew how: brewing and selling alcohol. But this made for an unstable life for Emmanuel. His parents were in and out of jail constantly, and their run-ins with the law cost Emmanuel’s father his life. […]

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July 10, 2019

AIDS Killed Her Parents, You Saved Her Life

A smiling Beatrice, now grown up

When Beatrice was 10, the unimaginable happened: her mother lost her battle with AIDS. She remembers her mother’s death vividly, saying that she watched the AIDS eat away at her bones until she died. What could possibly be worse than that? Well, her father had already died of the same disease 5 years earlier.  Beatrice […]

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