Jose’s mother felt like he was born wearing a smile. Every laugh lit up her heart . . . she wondered how she had ever lived without him. Then the news of his tumor came. The small bump on his lower back had grown alarmingly large. She watched helplessly as it slowly began to paralyze [...]
This Mother’s Day, we’re working to empower children with this kind of love . . . a love that transcends all understanding. When he was just 15 days old, Jairo’s mother died from complications related to his birth. She was only 18-years-old—almost a child herself. Devastated by his wife’s death and overwhelmed by the [...]
Every year, over 660,000 people die from malaria . . . most of them are children. Although modern medicine has enabled us to treat malaria successfully for years, access to treatment options and preventative programs are not equally available worldwide. Most victims live in sub-Saharan Africa where funding for simple, life-saving initiatives is severely lacking, [...]
Mother’s Day is only a few weeks away, and we want to celebrate by honoring mothers around the world. Many say the purest love is between a mother and her child. There’s no other bond like it—it’s a fierce devotion that can only be understood by a mother herself, a position that will drive her [...]
Clean running water barely exists in rural Haiti. Women and children collect from ponds covered in a layer of thick scum. Others travel to slow-moving rivers filled with filth and floating garbage. It’s a country where 70 percent of the population lacks access to safe drinking water. Let that sink in. Seven out of ten [...]
Tucked in a hillside overlooking a valley of vibrant green is the Destiny Village of Hope. It has reclaimed the lives of children abandoned in filthy slums or orphaned by AIDS. Here, children in bright yellow uniforms eat three meals a day and receive the best schooling available. They learn how to laugh again. Life [...]
Every year on Valentine’s Day, we celebrate the time-honored tradition of giving cards, exchanging gifts, and celebrating the people in our lives that matter the most . . . the ones we love. But Valentine’s Day shouldn’t just be about romantic clichés or the kind of love that only shows up every February 14. We [...]

