Lance and Toni Henson Slade of Warner Robins have dreamed of opening a coffee shop for a decade. A pivotal mission trip brought that dream full circle and now they’re ready to pull the trigger. Eight ...

Tina Rosenberg, a former editorial writer for the New York Times, has sought to convince “volunteer tourists” from wealthy countries that when they work in orphanages in low-income African and Latin ...

Editor’s Note: Michelle Oliel is a Canadian human rights lawyer. She is the deputy director of the Lori E. Talsky Center for Human Rights of Woman and Children at Michigan State University College of ...

Dasha Daunis is a lively 15-year-old who loves animals. She talks with her mother, Anastasia, about a recent trip to the circus, where they saw her favorite, bears. Dasha was born with Down syndrome, ...

Medan, Indonesia – Every night, the staff at the Mutiara Mulia orphanage go through the same ritual. They set up a tripod with a mobile phone attached and drag over a speaker to play soothing, ambient ...

Shannon Senefeld always assumed that children in orphanages are mostly orphans. Most people make that assumption. When Senefeld found out this was not the case, she was shocked. In fact, the vast ...