The Gospel Coalition recently published an article about “21 Ways to Get Involved in Orphan Care,” and the following is a list of their suggestions:
- Pray—”Father, what do you want me to do to help with the orphan crisis?”
- Start small—talk, read, volunteer.
- Support good organizations (M3 partners with several great organizations who care for orphans; click here to see a list of our exhibiting partners to connect with them.)
- Speak up—orphans are not only powerless, they are also voiceless.
- Be alert and practice hospitality—cultivate sensitivity to the needs around you in your life now.
- Adopt
- Foster
- Sponsor others in the process of adoption.
- Care for the functionally fatherless—those who have fathers who are present physically but not emotionally or spiritually.
- Provide practical care for adoptive/foster parents.
- Fund adoptions.
- Provide for needs as you hear about them.
- Train leaders.
- Plant churches—planting churches in hard places is one of the best ways we can care for the poor and the marginalized.
- Promote/support in-country adoption.
- Move—go live among the poor and the orphan.
- Visit with purpose; have a plan.
- Provide transitional assistance as orphans “age out” of orphanages.
- Use your vocational skills.
- Fight trafficking
- Prevent orphans—fight poverty and poor education, which often perpetuate the breakdown of the family unit.
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