How Family Care Best Supports Vulnerable Children

We Can Change Our Giving to Influence the Next Generation for Christ
The research is clear—the best place for a child to grow is in the care of a loving family. But tragically, that’s not the reality for the 5–8 million children worldwide who live in residential care facilities like orphanages and children’s homes. What’s even more tragic is the fact that 80 percent of them actually have at least one living parent.

• Children Belong in Families, Not Orphanages
  "Money sent to orphanages perpetuates a model of care that is not delivering the outcomes we would hope to see for children."
• Family-based Care Is Best
• Christians, We Can Lead the Way
  "Family based care . . . helps to unify children in orphanages with their families, as well as prevent children from entering orphanages and being separated from their families in the first place."

For more information go to How Family Care Best Supports Vulnerable Children on the Lausanne Movement website.
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