Eighteen happy orphans who are going to get a good night’s sleep! We typically think that pillows make for a good night’s sleep. While that is no doubt true most nights at New Heritage Orphanage, I imagine a few instigators just might start a pillow fight now and then, disrupting everyone’s sleep—and now they can [...]
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Shalom Orphanage in Yangon had tables, but without chairs they weren’t much good. The above picture shows all the colorful new chairs a few people provided for Shalom Orphanage by giving to Orphan’s Tear Special Projects. They use the chairs in the kitchen during mealtimes, and also in the multi-purpose open areas that serve as [...]
The children of Shalom Orphanage standing by their repaired wall! Without warning, a sound like thunder was heard at Shalom Orphanage…but no one could see a storm anywhere in sight. Everyone quickly ran to investigate. They were shocked: one of the walls to their home had completely collapsed! Thankfully, no one was inside at the [...]
The generator that pumped water from the well that supplied Shalom Orphanage had broken down. Thankfully, a kind neighbor allowed them to temporarily use his well. Knowing that the neighbor’s well couldn’t supply all of them for long, the director of Shalom Orphanage asked if Orphan’s Tear could help provide them with a new generator. [...]
Life Concern Orphanage with their new guitar. Devotions and singing are a part of the daily routine at Life Concern Orphanage in Yangon, Myanmar. So when their old guitar became so dilapidated that it was no longer usable, the director asked if Orphan’s Tear could help them purchase a new one. With the help of [...]
Getting to school is now much easier for Nu Nem and Van Bor, thanks to their new bicycles from Orphan’s Tear. Nu Nem and Van Bor from Love in Action Children’s Home watched their friends pass them on their bicycles each day as they would walk three miles to their high school. Once they would [...]
Emmanuel Orphanage’s new kitchen, including a covered dining area, near completion! Unless your kitchen is in your basement, you probably never have to worry about it flooding. Emmanuel Orphanage’s kitchen, however, had a dirt floor and an old, leaky thatched roof. And because they live in a tropical country that receives heavy monsoon rains, they [...]
Emmanuel Orphanage with their new rice cooker, thanks to your gift to Orphan’s Tear! Did you know that a traditional farmer in Asia must walk 20 miles behind his water buffalo to plow a single acre of rice patty? Did you also know that that one acre will only feed two Asian children for a [...]
The children at Living Hope Orphanage are happy to be able to sleep without fear of mosquitos, thanks to new mosquito nets from Orphan’s Tear. It’s time to rejoice—the mosquitos at Living Hope Orphanage, in Myanmar, now go without supper! The children whom they formerly feasted upon now have an inexpensive but powerful defense. Thanks [...]
Rice heaven! I just received the above photo from Newborn Babies Orphanage in Yangon, Myanmar. The director told us: Thank you so much for the gift you have sent to us. Now we got the rice cookers which we really need and have prayed for many years. Thank you so much our new rice cookers. [...]
