Just updated the children at risk suggested books on our Red Card Kids website. Recent books include: Street Children The Least of These: Lessons Learned from Kids On the Street by Ron Ruthruff (New Hope Publishers, 2010). Working with the Street Children: An Approach Explored by Andrew Williams (Russell House Publishing, 2011). Orphans Love Has [...]

Just updated the children at risk suggested movies and books on our Red Card Kids website. Recent books include: 1. Do Something! A Handbook for Young Advocates, 2. Not In My Town Exposing and Ending Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery, and 3. Orphanology: Awakening to Gospel-Centered Adoption and Orphan Care. The movie Life, Above All is [...]

As I reflect on the children at risk that I serve, for some, having a mother is only a dream. Here is a true story I wrote about my little friend Max whom I met while working in the orphanage during my years in Central Asia. Max is eight years old and has no family. [...]

Earthquakes in Haiti, tsunamis in Japan, floods in New Zealand … how can we talk to our children about disasters and their impact? World Vision’s communications and media staff offer eight suggestions. To these ideas, I would add the following: 9. Encourage children to take their fears and concerns to a loving heavenly father. Share [...]

Tuesday, March 22 is World Water Day. This international observance draws attention to the water, sanitation, and hygiene crisis worldwide. What does this mean for us as followers of Jesus? The Bible has a lot to say about those of us who are blessed assisting those who are not so blessed. Check out Proverbs 3:27 [...]

I attended a training course in 2006, titled “Working with Street Children”. The course was taught by Andy Sexton, who had many years experience in working with street children in Nairobi Kenya. I just received an email from Andy announcing the launch of an exciting interactive website for anyone working with street children, or anyone [...]

According to the UN Convention of Children Rights, recruiting and using children under 18 as soldiers has been illegal since February 12, 2002. Nine years later, many countries have yet to ratify the treaty. Others do not enforce it. On February 12, children and youth around the world will stand against the recruitment and use [...]

Fair trade could help millions of children just like these two: I’m 7 years old and I work on a coffee plantation in Kenya. I have to reach up high to pick the ripe, red beans off of the coffee plants. To keep away bugs, the farmer sprayed the coffee plants with poisonous pesticides. About [...]

Friday, Nov. 12 is World Pneumonia Day. Pneumonia is a respiratory infection that kills more children under the age of five than any other disease – more than AIDS, malaria and measles combined. The lungs of a child with pneumonia fill with fluid until they can no longer function properly.  Warning signs are a cough, [...]