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Practical Guide to Collaboration and Learning Community with WWO Vision

“Practical Steps to Collaborate, Learn, and Act Together”

Every child thrives when people and communities work together to support families, including orphaned and vulnerable children. This guide equips churches, organizations, individuals and networks to collaborate intentionally, share knowledge, and build learning communities that strengthen families, protect children, and ensure orphans experience love, care, and belonging. It’s about more than programs—it’s about relationships, prayer, mentorship, and sustained, practical action.

Imagine the impact if every church and partner embraced collaborative learning and action: local communities strengthened, families supported, and orphaned and vulnerable children experiencing the love, care, and belonging God intends for them.

One Church – One Child

A Simple Way for Your Church to Transform a Life

Every child was created for family. Yet many live without love, security, or belonging—waiting in institutions or growing up in difficult circumstances. One Church – One Child invites every congregation to step into God’s heart for the fatherless by standing with just one child.

This is not about programs but about people—about prayer, relationship, and love that says to a child: “You are seen. You are valued. You belong.” When a church surrounds one child with care, it reflects the very nature of God, who sets the lonely in families (Psalm 68:6).

Imagine the impact if every church embraced just one child in need. Together, the global Body of Christ could see children thriving, families restored, and communities transformed by the power of love.

One Church – One Family

A Simple Way for Your Church to Strengthen Families

God designed families to be places of love, safety, and hope. Yet many families today face deep struggles—poverty, trauma, and crisis that put children at risk of losing parental care. One Church – One Family invites every congregation to stand beside just one family, walking with them through prayer, encouragement, and practical love.

This is not charity at a distance but community at its best—where the Church becomes the hands and feet of Christ, offering support that restores dignity and renews hope. By surrounding one family with care, the Church becomes a living testimony that no one has to carry their burdens alone.

Imagine the transformation if every church embraced one family in need. Together, we could see children protected, families strengthened, and communities built on God’s design for belonging and love.

Hope Groups

Hope Groups: Supporting Families and Children in Crisis

Parents and caregivers play a vital role in helping children navigate crises. When caregivers are equipped with skills in self-care and emotional regulation, they can find hope for themselves and better support their children. Research from Ukraine shows that participation in Hope Groups increases positive parenting, reduces stress, and lowers instances of emotional and physical abuse.

Hope Groups are part of a three-phase model designed to support families in crisis and transitions such as war, displacement, or natural disasters. Each phase builds on the last, providing practical, psychosocial, and mentoring support that helps families move from crisis to hope. With evidence-based guidance, trained facilitators, and adaptable materials, Hope Groups empower families to become stronger, children to feel safe and loved, and communities to reflect care and resilience.

Parenting Tips: A Guide for Church Leaders

This guide equips church leaders to support families with practical, evidence-based parenting strategies rooted in Biblical principles. It offers simple, actionable tips to help parents manage stress, encourage positive behaviour, structure daily routines, spend quality one-on-one time with their children, and nurture healthy, loving relationships at home.

Designed to be used in sermons, pastoral care, radio, social media, or personal conversations, the guide also includes tools for monitoring and evaluating the impact of your work with families. By promoting positive parenting, church leaders can strengthen families, foster children’s spiritual growth, and create lasting benefits for communities.

The guide was developed in partnership with Parenting for Lifelong Health, Arigatou International, World Evangelical Alliance, and World Without Orphans, and is freely available in over 100 languages.

WWO Roadmap

World Without Orphans Roadmap: Foundations for Active Engagement

The World Without Orphans (WWO) Roadmap is a practical guide for leaders, churches, and organizations committed to ensuring every child grows up in a safe, loving family and fulfills their God-given purpose. It equips national leaders to collaborate in addressing orphanhood and child vulnerability through four key focus areas:

• Prevention – protecting children from abuse, neglect, and poverty before they become orphaned or vulnerable.
• Intervention – strengthening family-based care through reunification, foster care, and adoption.
• Broadscale Collaboration – uniting churches, governments, nonprofits, and communities to share resources and solutions.
• Living Refreshed – encouraging spiritual, relational, and practical self-care for those serving children.

The Roadmap combines Biblical principles with practical tools, training, and collaborative strategies, empowering leaders and communities to make a lasting impact for children and families. Access the full Roadmap and resources at wworoadmap.org.