*Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a series sharing the stories of CAFO members who are actively working to transition children from institutionalized care to family-based solutions around the world. Each of these organizations and leaders participated in the “Moving Toward Family Solutions” grant cohort led by the CAFO Research Center in 2024-2025. ... Read more The post Open doors in a war zone: How one CAFO organization has effectively cared for Ukraine’s children appea...| Christian Alliance for Orphans
As we anticipate the arrival of the CAFO2025 Summit in Houston, Texas, we’d like to invite the community to join us in a storytelling campaign to bring DISTINCT stories to life as we consider what it means to live “different from the world, for the world.” In CAFO President Jedd Medefind’s article about the CAFO2025 ... Read more The post CAFO2025: Call for Stories of the ‘Distinctively Different’ appeared first on Christian Alliance for Orphans.| Christian Alliance for Orphans
The first-ever West African Alternative Care Summit (WAACS 2025), held July 16-17 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria, brought together more than 300 child welfare, government and ministry leaders. Convened by orphan advocate and care transition coach Sandra Chikan with support from CAFO’s Africa Coach Ade Alowo, the event featured speakers and support from multiple organizations ... Read more The post First-ever West African Alternative Care Summit sheds light on care reform in 17 nations app...| Christian Alliance for Orphans
The CAFO Research Center has announced two groundbreaking new studies in child welfare research: one on the spiritual habits of child welfare leaders and one on the perspectives of biological children from foster, adoptive and kinship families.| Christian Alliance for Orphans