{"id":1372,"date":"2025-12-30T16:55:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T22:55:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/?page_id=1372"},"modified":"2025-12-31T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T18:07:14","slug":"bakka-kinship-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/bakka-kinship-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Bakka Kinship Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"page\" data-elementor-id=\"1372\" class=\"elementor elementor-1372\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e073345 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4e073345\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59edc3f5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"59edc3f5\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-306c4242 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"306c4242\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bakka-2-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1505\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bakka-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bakka-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bakka-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bakka-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/bakka-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b8fb7ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b8fb7ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your Support Restores Childhoods<\/span><\/h5><p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: var(--text-align); white-space: pre-wrap;\"><b>\u201cAIDS Took Our Parents\u2014So I Became the Adult.\u201d<\/b><b><br \/><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When my father died, I told my little siblings I would take care of them, but I was still a child pretending to be strong. When our mother got weaker and then was gone too, the smallest ones cried for food I couldn\u2019t find, and neighbors whispered that we would be scattered. Then a Kinship Family welcomed all of us together\u2014no splitting, no bargaining\u2014just a home with beds, care, and people who looked us in the eyes and called us worth protecting. I\u2019m learning what it feels like to be a brother instead of a substitute parent. <\/span><b>Become a monthly supporter and help keep siblings together inside a real, safe family.<\/b><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cA father to the fatherless\u2026 God sets the lonely in families.\u201d \u2014 Psalm 68:5\u20136<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c965a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"24c965a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CAM-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-1587\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-716e8f97 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"716e8f97\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43a30645 elementor-widget elementor-widget-givewp_donation_form\" data-id=\"43a30645\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;display_style&quot;:&quot;onpage&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"givewp_donation_form.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='root-data-givewp-embed' data-form-locale='en' data-form-url='https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/?post_type=give_forms&#038;p=1371' data-form-view-url='https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/?givewp-route=donation-form-view&form-id=1371' data-src='https:\/\/kinshipunited.org\/mission\/?givewp-route=donation-form-view&form-id=1371' data-givewp-embed-id='give-form-shortcode-1' data-form-format='onpage' data-open-form-button='Donate now' style='--givewp-primary-color: #0b72d9; --givewp-secondary-color: #27ae60;'><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4efb5f6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4efb5f6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ee505dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ee505dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Or\u2026 Continue the Rescue for All Families<\/span><\/h5><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">If you\u2019d like to support the broader mission, you can help rescue and care for children across every Kinship Family. This monthly gift allows Kinship United to respond quickly to emergencies, welcome new children, and strengthen care wherever the need is greatest.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dd4f89d elementor-align-justify elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4dd4f89d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/fundraise.givesmart.com\/form\/9JeyYQ?_gl=1*159rb48*_gcl_au*MTU2NDk4NzkzOC4xNzU5NDIzMTY5*_ga*MzEyNzExNjU3LjE3NTE0ODM1OTc.*_ga_4MMXKMV20S*czE3NjcxMjcyNzYkbzYyJGcxJHQxNzY3MTM3ODUzJGo1OSRsMCRoMA..&#038;vid=1nxlcz\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Rescue &amp; Care for All Families<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your Support Restores Childhoods \u201cAIDS Took Our Parents\u2014So I Became the Adult.\u201dWhen my father died, I told my little siblings I would take care of them, but I was still a child pretending to be strong. 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