Oasis of Hope Children’s Home, a partner home of Serving Orphans Worldwide recently welcomed 29 girls from Samburu County in Kenya. Among the 29 girls is Naomi, who is 16 years old. She arrived to the campus with her five year old daughter, Nasarian in...
There are many signs that tell us Christmas is near. For most of us in the United States, we recognize that special time of the year when the weather gets colder, the smell of cookies fill the air and the stores become full of...
As we dive into this busy season of decorating, shopping, travel planning and more, we are reminded that this is the season to stop, reflect and be thankful. Last month, we had the privilege of having four incredible young men join us for five weeks to...
Congolese civilians have already experienced over a decade of violence with the civil war that has killed 5 million people between 1997 and 2003. In addition, the rise in militia groups, HIV/AIDS cases and the Ebola outbreak has left thousands of children orphaned and abandoned,...
Agape Hope Children's home has a mission to provide a safe, nurturing environment for orphaned children in Kenya. Every child who calls Agape Hope home has a different story. Some have lost both parents and have no relatives or close family friends to take them...
Pramod Anderson serves as the field photographer for Serving Orphans Worldwide. Having grown up at an orphanage outside of Mumbai, he is very familiar with the challenges that many children face at our partner homes. Once he aged out of care, he developed a passion...
Paul in Vietnam, 1971 We are thankful for Paul L. Black, a US Marine who joined us on our Ambassador Tour last Christmas to the Center of Hope in Vietnam. We got the chance to sit with him, and hear about his amazing story of...
Ronnie Mosely, founder of Capturing Grace Photography is a Humanitarian photographer with a story to tell. After the heartbreaking loss of his twenty seven year old daughter Christina to cancer in 2013, he found himself in the most defining moment of his life. During the...
Jennifer and Gomathi with our field coordinator, Coleman Bailey. Last November, we asked our SOW family to help support two aging out young girls from our partner home, Destiny Village to fulfill their dreams of going to nursing school. The caste system, gender biases, child marriage, and poverty are...