Global Forum Highlights

Global forum on orphan crisis kicks off in Thailand, points to hope not in strength or power but in work of God’s Spirit. While the numbers and trends appear bleak, there is hope because God is at work even in the darkest of places, Karmen Friesen said. We have hope because we have seen God provide in some of the most challenging situations.

“We are facing three major crises today,” Alexandru Ilie 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....

The fifth plenary session of the 2024 WWO global forum in Thailand, on 2 March, had the overall theme of “SPIRITUAL/RELATIONAL SELF-CARE”. Capable, humble, and effective leaders need ongoing encouragement in living refreshed, by building spiritual, relational, and practical care into their own lives.

On the third day of the World Without Orphans global forum 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.

An in-depth report of what was discussed and dreamt about at the 2024 World Without Orphans (WWO) forum in Chiang Mai, Thailand. “The church has the capacity to lead the effort in reducing vulnerability and ending orphanhood”.

Read the second part of an in-depth report about the 2024 World Without Orphans global forum held in Chiang Mai. The second plenary session of the 2024 World Without Orphans (WWO) global conference in Thailand, on 1 March, had the overall theme of “prevention” and featured 10 speakers.

This is the last of three articles summarising the World Without Orphans 2024 Global Gathering in Thailand.