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Touched by this video from World Without Orphans. Great visual for getting to the root of the challenge!

How Did We Get Here? A World Without Orphans original animationFind out more at: www.worldwithoutorphans.org

After seeing the results of our online outreach here in the U.S. this past year, we decided to reach beyond our shores. To do that, we would need to translate our resources into different languages. But which ones do we choose?

Here’s how we decided:

Approximately 1.5 billion people speak the English language, the most widely spoken language in the world (includes both native and non-native speakers).
Check! We already have that resource in English.

With the population of the world being around 7.8 billion, we decided to start with the 7 most popular languages in order to reach the most people. Below is the list of languages we chose with the approximate number of speakers worldwide:

Latin American Spanish (600 million)
Mandarin (1.2 billion)
Arabic (491 million)
French (321 million) expected to reach 700 million by 2050
Brazilian Portuguese (260 million)
Hindi (610 million)
Bengali (290 million)

Total Potential Reach (including our English resource) - 5.2 billion

We’ve partnered with Christian Lingua to translate our workbook into these 7 languages (potentially more in the future). These resources will be available for FREE download on our website in September because of our generous donors. It takes about a month to pull everything together, so thank you for enabling us to make this vision a reality!

Great info!

America's commitment to family gets a big boost from expanded Adoption Tax Credit What's new in the adoption tax credit? CAFO president Jedd Medefind unpacks what it is and how it works in the latest blog, "America’s commitment to family gets a big boost from expanded Adoption Tax Credit."

When we work with churches, we work to find solutions for local & global vulnerable children who need permanent families. Let me give you a few examples of organizations that we encourage churches to check out:

1. Better Together - https://bettertogetherus.org (keeping families together & children out of foster care)
2. Faith to Action - https://www.faithtoaction.org (children grow best in families, resources for churches to help improve ministry goals and child outcomes)
3. Christian Alliance for Orphans - https://cafo.org (care wisely & well, a network of hundreds of churches & organizations dedicated to doing what's best for vulnerable children)
4. Lifeline Children's Services - https://lifelinechild.org (bringing gospel hope to vulnerable children)

Of course, there are many more wonderful organizations, but this is just a short list to give you a jump start in your resource library.

If your church is not asking, "how can we help children get into forever families?"....you need a plan. Contact us and we can walk with you in a "deep dive" to help you discover the best ways to help vulnerable children both locally and globally, and maybe get rid of some of those bad habits that were built over the years.

Better Together | Keeping Families Together Keeping Families Together

Super important resource for the local church. People ask HOW we can better care for orphans during short term mission trips. Here is some wonderful guidance from our friends at Faith To Action, endorsed by Patch Our Planet: https://www.faithtoaction.org/wp-content/uploads/Short_Term_Missions_Guidance_Support_Orphans_Vulnerable_Children.pdf

Patch friends! Need your input.

Which conference would you recommend Patch Our Planet exhibit at in 2025? We are currently looking for the best fit (besides the obvious, CAFO). Thanks in advance!

We are a member of the Christian Alliance for Orphans. Linking arms with hundreds of other organizations for accountability, encouragement, and collaboration helps us help more vulnerable children and familles, learning from others and sharing what we've learned. Grateful for this organization!

Going to be a great 2025!

Grateful for '24! Check out the Patch Our Planet 2024 End of Year Impact Report in the link below: https://mcusercontent.com/37b1ec403059e441c38d5ec3b/files/717c8004-a7a2-a382-9a0e-4da872d46780/End_of_Year_Report_2.pdf?mc_cid=93ede38b6c&mc_eid=35e923f77c

Join us! Add your name to the pledge committing to see children grow in safe and loving families here >>

HOME - Family Not Orphanages people have signed the pledge Children grow best in families, not orphanages. The Pledge I believe God designed families as the best environment for children and young people to receive the love, belonging and protection they need in order to flourish. Therefore, on behalf of vulnerable children aro...

Nashville, TN & Irving, TX! 2 great conferences. We have SO many stories to tell about the impact of our Custom Orphan Care Strategies at these two conferences! Look for our end of year newsletter in November! Thank you all for supporting the work to help get children into families with practical solutions for the Church, the permanent PATCH to the orphan crisis!