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Pre-School Offers New Life to Impoverished Kids

Orphan's Promise has stepped into an African slum to improve the lives of more than 400 at-risk children.

Child Soldier Escapes to Freedom

Isaac was captured and forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army as a child solder. After witnessing endless horror, he knew he had to escape or die...

4 Years in a Refugee Camp

Mona is just 9, but has been a refugee in Southern Lebanon for over four years. Her family fled Syria after bombs destroyed their home. They had...

“Fix Your House, or Lose Your Kids!”

After Lilya lost her husband, she worked long hours caring for her three kids. Meanwhile, their house was falling apart, and soon it was without heat...

To Grandma’s House for Food

Ahmue was pregnant; her husband in jail. With each passing month, she had more difficulty feeding her two children and keeping up with her crafts...

Ismail’s Escape from Syria

As Ismail walked home from school, bombs exploded around him and thugs stormed through the streets of Homs, Syria. A local shopkeeper gave him...

A Hungry Princess

Four-year-old Princess was always hungry, but she never was able to fill her tummy with nourishing food. Her grandparents who raised her wanted...

The Orphans of Syria

No child should suffer like Lara. She witnessed her home in Syria destroyed with the lives of her father and relatives. She escaped to a refugee camp...

Get Rid of That Baby!

Her mom didn’t know she was pregnant. Her aunt advised her not to have the baby. Without any skills, this young mother-to-be in Thailand faced a sad...

Mother Cries for Two Sons

First Pasha, then Vitya—two brothers born with the same debilitating deformity—cleft lip and palate. Their mother, Kristina, is the sole caregiver...

Escaping an Abusive Mother

Yulya still remembers the humiliating cruelty at the hands of her mother. Her escape from abuse is an amazing story in itself. But seeing where Yulya...

Syrian Family Flees War, Death and Destruction

Marha watched in horror as bombs shattered her home in Syria. In another blast she lost her cousin, and her brother was so heartbroken he took his...

Deathly Afraid to Go Outside

His name is Omolemo, and he lives in South Africa. When he was only 7, he witnessed a horrible knife attack that frightened him so badly that he...

No Food—Just Bad Water

They were often hungry. So Thando and her mother would go down to the river and drink lots of water to fill their empty stomachs. But the water made...

Fired for taking a soup bone

Mother and son earned only $3 for a 15-hour shift at a meat packing plant in Cambodia—not enough to feed them for one day. Then the boy took a soup...

Girl in the Trade

Orphan's Promise's Anti-trafficking efforts in the United States of America

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