Thanks to your compassionate gifts for orphans, this Burmese girl has a brand new doll to call her own! Dear Friends, I just returned from Myanmar where most of our sponsored orphans live. I asked my 16-year-old daughter, Elisabeth, who joined us on this trip and helped lead one of the teams, to write a [...]

Anista Thevakumar, of Jaffna Girls’ Orphanage in Sri Lanka Dear Friends, I returned from Sri Lanka (off the southern tip of India) just nine days ago. I had a wonderful time visiting all three orphanages that Orphan’s Tear assists in Sri Lanka, but it wasn’t easy. Civil war has displaced tens of thousands of people, [...]

Dear Heaven’s Family Friends, Many of you may not realize that we send out a special e-newsletter to all Orphan’s Tear sponsors and contributors on the 20th of each month. This month, I wanted to send that newsletter to everyone on our e-mail list so you’d have a better idea of what is happening through [...]

The ten children of Emmanuel Orphanage, and their director, Joseph Dear Friends, In last month’s Update, I told you a little about Emmanuel Orphanage in Kalaymyo, Myanmar. It consists of ten small children who were literally going days without eating until we found them some sponsors from France. Now things are much better. The orphanage [...]

Zoe, Calli, Collin and Saide Harris Dear Friends, There is no doubt in my mind that our Orphan’s Tear sponsors are some of the finest people in the world. In this update, I’d like to tell you a little about three wonderful families, among the many other wonderful families and people who are regularly serving [...]

Both the rice field and the buffaloes were recent gifts from Orphan’s Tear to Mephibosheth Orphanage in Myanmar Dear Friends, The above photo was sent to us by Zam Cin Khual, the director of Mephibosheth Orphanage in Kalaymyo, Myanmar. Because of contributions to the Special Gifts Fund, we were able to send him $6,000 a [...]

Daisy, at Rhema Childcare Center in Yangon, Myanmar. Read the secret to her straight teeth in this update! Dear Lovers of Children, I’ve got lots of good news, as usual. The best news is that this past month, 35 of our 115 Pakistani orphans were sponsored by one ministry here in our home town of [...]

“D/O” stands for “daughter of.” Marvee lost both her parents in Pakistan’s 2005 earthquake. Dear Friends, I’m happy to report that everyone who sponsors children in Myanmar, Tanzania and Kenya should have received recent photos of their children over the past five months (if not, please let us know). And we now have in our [...]

The children of Peace Orphanage. Aung Shwe, whose story is below, is the furthest child on the left in a red shirt. Dear Friends, Peace Orphanage was one of the first orphanages in Myanmar for which we provided funds for a new brick building to replace their run-down, thatched and very inadequate existing building. (You [...]

There are no video games for the AIDS orphans at the Mission to Homeless Children in Morogoro, Tanzania! But Sofia Thomas and Catherine Chambo spend hours playing a traditional game in Africa with nuts called solo. Dear Friends, During my recent trip to Africa, I was privileged to visit two orphanages and dozens of AIDS [...]