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  Africa Family & Children Religious Freedom

  Alarm as 372 children kidnapped in Nigeria, Mozambique in one week

  By Ken Kagicha

  Schools are increasingly becoming a target of abductions in some parts of Africa triggering concerns over the violent expansion of radical groups and the safety of school-going children. In a span of 10 days in early March 2024, 372 children were reportedly kidnapped in Nigeria and Mozambique by armed men suspected to be either bandits involved in the herder-farmer conflicts or Islamist militants.

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  Asia Family & Children Religious Freedom

  Christians fearing forced marriages in Pakistan find hope

  By Christian Daily International / Morning Star News

  The Lahore High Court’s recent directive to strictly enforce anti-child marriage laws has raised hope among Pakistan’s Christians of some protection against their underage girls being forced to convert to Islam and wed their kidnappers, sources said.

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  Asia Family & Children Church & Missions

  Forum panel talks about necessary paradigm shift from orphanages to family-based care

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  On the third day of the World Without Orphans global forum that is currently taking place in Chiang Mai, Thailand, a panel discussion highlighted a central issue the orphan care movement is wrestling with today: the need to move away from institutionalized care in orphanages and finding solutions that ensure children grow up in permanent families.

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  Europe Asia Family & Children Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Addressing the root of the orphan crisis: the three-fold crisis of the soul

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  “We are facing three major crises today,” he said. But the crises he was referring to were not the outward contributors to orphanhood and vulnerability among children, such as war, drug abuse, climate change or pandemics – all very relevant and important to understand in the context of a global event that seeks to address them.

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  Asia Family & Children Society & Culture Church & Missions

  Global forum on orphan crisis kicks off in Thailand, points to hope not in strength or power but in work of God’s Spirit

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  In the evening of February 29, World Without Orphans (WWO) kicked off its third global forum in Chiang Mai, Thailand, with the theme ‘together from crisis to hope.’ Bringing together more than 500 participants from over sixty countries, the event started off with a reminder that amid the overwhelming needs of overlapping crises today, human efforts cannot help but fall short. Instead, what God is looking for is believers who faithfully follow the leading of His Spirit to transform their communit

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  Global Family & Children Church & Missions

  Forum to address key issues, provide hope amid global crises affecting orphans and vulnerable children

  By Timothy Goropevsek

  “The state of orphans and vulnerable children was improving for decades, then suddenly one crisis hit after another,” says Karmen Friesen, principal coordinator of World Without Orphans (WWO), a global movement that seeks to mobilize the Church to respond to the needs of vulnerable children in every nation.