Stories

Encouraging news from ARFO Romania! These are stories not easily forgotten. This summer, the Refresh Camps brought together open hearts, volunteers, professional foster parents, and adoptive and foster families, for a week where abandonment met resilience, and exhaustion met rest. What remained afterward wasn't just memories, but living relationships that continue even now. Here are a few of their voices.

In Uganda, one young caregiver was carrying the overwhelming responsibility of caring for 160 children. Through collaboration, family reunification, foster care, and community support, that story began to change. Today, more children are growing up with families, while the caregiver and local community continue building pathways of hope and belonging

On 31 July, Bangladesh Without Orphans hosted a meaningful Roundtable Fellowship for caregivers, child ministry workers, and ministry leaders serving vulnerable children across Bangladesh. More than 30 participants gathered for a day of encouragement, discussion, and shared learning around one central vision: that every child should grow up with the love, security, and belonging of a family whenever possible.

Children with disabilities are often separated from family because support is only available inside institutions. But in Rwanda, one transformed care center shows a different way forward: children receiving specialist services during the day while returning home to their families each evening. This story highlights what becomes possible when leaders, organizations, churches, and governments work together to help children with disabilities grow up where they belong: in safe, loving families and communities.

On July 17, WWO Community Gathering 2026 brought together more than 500 people across 58 countries for a shared moment of vision, prayer, learning, and local reflection. Under the theme Global Connections, Local Action, participants explored the heart of the WWO vision: every child growing up in a safe, loving family and community, knowing their Heavenly Father, and reaching their God-given potential. Through teaching, stories, breakout conversations, and practical next steps, the gathering reminded leaders that the global vision becomes real when people keep meeting, learning, praying, and acting together in their own communities.