Author: Drew Friedrich

Teen finds “success” in Ternopil

A young girl finds community and fellowship during a difficult time in her life thanks to attending our “Successful Youth” club in Ternopil, Ukraine.

Xavier’s life gets back on track

Xavier | Orphan's Promise | Honduras

A young man in Honduras begins to walk down the wrong path in life, but thanks to a partnership between Orphan’s Promise and Orphan Helpers, he found Christ and his life has been radically changed.

feeding Argentina’s children

Argentina | Orphan's Promise

Orphan’s Promise is helping love, serve and feed orphaned and disadvantaged children in Buenos Aires who live in abject poverty and are surrounded by dangerous conditions and forced to fend for themselves.

Students in S. Sudan find hope through education

Orphan’s Promise provides scholarships to students from difficult backgrounds in the Terekekka village of South Sudan. Children receive Christian education and nutritious meals, which help them begin to pursue their dreams!

Salcho Is Free From Shame

A young boy with a physical malformity lives in shame before finding freedom through an Orphan’s Promise project in Bulgaria.

Luyando Learns To Love Life

Luyando | Orphan's Promise | Zambia

Luyando is a young girl whose life was aimless. She wasn’t able to consistently attend school, she was helping care for her younger siblings and her aging grandmother and she had no hope, until she entered an Orphan’s Promise-sponsored boarding school!

Speaking Life To At-Risk Youths

Deshawn Feature | Orphan's Promise | USA

A young man whose father left him at a young age was living a life without purpose and full of anger. Thanks to one young man speaking life over him, Deshawn is a changed man and is thriving.

Four lives transformed by love

Chadwick | Uganda | Orphan's Promise

Four young people from difficult backgrounds have been rescued and are on the road to restoration thanks to a partnership between Orphan’s Promise and Exile International.

Mary finds a new life

Mary | OK Africa | Orphan's Promise

Mary was a young girl who’d been neglected and malnourished for many years. When she arrived at our Orphan’s Promise project in Kenya, she was unable to connection intellectually, emotionally or socially with her teachers and classmates. Three years later, she is thriving and overcoming her past!

a house of help and hope for children

Casa Asistencia | Orphan's Promise | Mexico

“house of help” Orphan’s Promise partners with Casa Asistencia, a Christian ministry that protects the health and safety of children caught in civil court cases. Each child’s story is more heartbreaking than the next. As children first arrive at the home, they are evaluated by a doctor and receive a psychological evaluation and treatment plan as… Read more »

from hopeless and abandoned to thriving in Armenia

Narik | Armenia | Orphan's Promise

a young mom abandoned and hopeless Abandoned by her husband right before her son’s birth and having lost her own mother in recent years, Kristina felt alone and hopeless. She had no idea how she would provide for her baby son Narek, and didn’t know where she could turn. In a moment of desperation, she put… Read more »

Summer Camp Changes Lives

Summer Camp | Orphan's Promise

Summer can be a difficult time for orphaned children, or kids whose families are struggling with poverty, because the support they receive from Orphan’s Promise education programs are suddenly no longer available. The mentorship, discipleship and nutrition they received every day at school are gone.

Lelomso’s family learns to trust God

Lelomso | Orphan's Promise | S. Africa

Lelomso is a young girl who was scared and emotionally unstable when she first entered an Orphan’s Promise supported preschool. By God’s grace and through the love of our amazing staff, she has found joy and comfort and is thriving with all of her new classmates.