Go on a Mission Trip to an Orphanage

Buckner Orphan Care

Opportunities: Deliver shoes, construction, VBS, share Christ with a child, humanitarian aid, and medical aid. Countries: China, Kenya, Guatemala, Latvia, Peru, Romania, and Russia. Trips last 8-10 days. A Baptist Ministry.

Global Aid Network Missions

Opportunities: Outreach to orphans and needy children. Give compassionate aid and share Christ. Trips last 10 days to 2 weeks. A Ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ.

Vision Trust Mission Trips

Opportunities: Labor on orphanage or school, VBS, discipleship training, neighborhood evangelism, dental and medical care, sports clinics and camps. Countries: Brazil, Thailand, and Dominican Republic. Trips last about 1 ½ weeks.

Warm Blankets

Opportunities: Assist at an Orphan Baptism Retreat at the South China Sea, fellowship with the children. Country: Cambodia. Trips last about 1 ½ weeks.

Visiting Orphans

Opportunities: Childcare, camp counselors, building construction, and Bible school. Countries: China, El Salvador, Russia, and Ethiopia. Trips last: 8-15 days

Children's HopeChest

Your family can volunteer to help at a Christian summer camp for orphans. Opportunities: Lead devotions & prayer, tell your testimony, participating in U.S. culture night, performing in the talent show, sports and camp games, help organize events, arts and crafts. Country: Russia. Trip lasts: 2-8 weeks

Philip Hayden Foundation Children's Villages
Opportunities: Help at the children’s village (homes for orphans). Country: China (near Beijing) Trips last: 7-14 days. Additional: Visit the Great Wall of China, the Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and the Temple of Heaven. The Children’s Villages earn money to care for the orphans by hosting visitors.

Raise Money for Orphans

You can raise money and send it to a Christian charity that helps orphans.

Here are some ways to raise money:

• pop can drive
• penny drive
• garage sale
• bake sale
• make and sell Christmas ornaments
• make and sell Holiday baskets
• sell Christmas trees
• collect and recycle scrap metal
• talent show
• art contest and sale
• car washing
• dog washing
• door-to-door window washing
• mow lawns
• read-a-thon or walk-a-thon
• babysit
• birthday donations
• community auction

Cry of the Orphan Campaign in November

Encourage your Christian friends and family to listen to certain radio shows during the Cry of the Orphan week - November 17-21, 2008.

In November, the Cry of the Orphan campaign informs listeners about the orphan crisis and the need for Christian adoption. Christian radio hosts devote a week of broadcasts to orphan stories and information. The participating shows are:

• Family Life Today with Dennis Rainey
• Focus on the Family with Dr. James Dobson
• Money Life with Chuck Bentley
  

Collect Coins in a Baby Bottle

You can help Vision Trust International care for orphans. Ask others to help you fill a baby bottle with pocket change and then send the money to Vision Trust.

Adoption Promotion Music Video

Help a Foster Family

You can show your appreciation and support to foster parents by volunteering to help them out. Here are some ideas:

• offer to babysit for free
• make a meal
• clean the house
• give free diapers and other supplies
• tutor the children
• be a mentor
• ask the family what needs they have and offer to help

Video: Foster Parenting

Form an Orphan Prayer Group

Pray for orphans, waiting children, those who are caring for orphans, and families who want to adopt. Your group may also want to sponsor and write to an orphan.

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Volunteer for an Orphan Ministry

Bethany Christian Services is a Christian adoption and family services agency. There are 75 offices through out the United States. Volunteer opportunities include:

• help at fund raisers
• clerical work
• get baby items donated
• mentor a foster child
• transport children to appointments

The Global Aid Network Warehouse in Lancaster, PA welcomes volunteers to come sort, pack, and help ship donated items to orphans. They have special work projects planned during the year. You can register at their website to receive information about upcoming volunteer opportunities.

Your Local Adoption Agency may need help with the following:

• clerical work
• computer and website work
• drive birth parents to appointments
• community outreach and information distributor
• volunteer to help at fund raising events
• counseling

One Family's Adoption Video