DALLAS — A group of Russian orphans will make the trip of a lifetime as they travel across the world to stay with American host families this August.
The program, called Angels from Abroad, provides older children a chance to learn about American culture, share their Russian culture and experience living in a family. It also [...]
Buckner’s ministry in Peru began with short-term missions to share God’s love at orphanages. Today it’s grown into an official collaboration with the government that is changing children’s lives.
In 2005, Buckner answered God’s call to minister to “orphans in distress” (James 1:27) in Peru. We led American missionary teams, provided humanitarian aid, shared the Gospel, [...]
By Analiz G. Schremmer
Buckner has sent three relief shipments valued at more than $568,000 to Haiti since the earthquake and another is on the way, said Matt Asato, director of international humanitarian aid for Buckner.
“These shipments, which are each the size of an 18-wheeler truck, have a huge impact in the lives of people who [...]
By Analiz G. Schremmer
KENTUCKY—Last summer, two teen boys decided they wanted more than a spiritual high from camp.
“I went to Kanakuk this summer and the theme was ‘Get a Dream,’ so me and my friend Nathan realized that we were tired of being lazy,” said Drew Henderson,16. “We’d go to camp every year and our [...]
By Analiz G. Schremmer
OAXACA, Mexico — In baggies that read, “Cobijando sus Pasos” or “Blanketing your Steps,” 247 Zapotec children in Oaxaca, Mexico received new shoes in December.
An additional 1,326 pairs were distributed to children throughout the country, said Dexton Shores, director of ministry development.
“Of the 1,326 pairs, 219 were collected in the first national [...]
By Susan Serrano
They wander amid the rubble. Lost, hungry, scared, emotionally numbed by all they have seen. It’s these images of Haiti’s children—the most fragile citizens of an already impoverished nation plummeted into full-blown crisis by January’s earthquake—that have mobilized well-meaning Americans to want to do something to help.
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By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
DALLAS – When the news of Haiti’s earthquake reached the United States on Jan. 12, Randy Daniels, director of global operations for Buckner, was glued to his TV.
“It was about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, and all I could do was sit in front of my television and try to better understand the [...]
Almost three weeks after the earthquake that shattered the lives of Haitians, Dillon International continues to receive dozens of adoption-related calls daily and is raising support for an orphanage and hospital collaboration.
Cindy Davison, public relations and marketing director for Dillon, Buckner’s international adoption affiliate, said Dillon “has received 882 online pre-screening forms so far from [...]
PORT AU PRINCE — Since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port Au Prince, Haiti on Jan. 12, Buckner International has been working with partners at Hope Hospital and the Children’s Village orphanage to provide financial resources and humanitarian aid. These images, taken by photographer Mo Sadjadpour, provide an inside look at the devastation and some [...]
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
DALLAS – It was the Friday before Christmas and the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid was packed with families, excited children, toys and food. Dozens of volunteers were beaming from ear to ear and Christmas music was humming as each family proceeded through the well-organized receiving line. Gift cards, turkeys, shoes and [...]
