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The Orphan Challenge Outcomes and Action Plan. A focus on caring for orphans witha view to a World Without Orphans. Outcome 1.
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The Orphan Challenge Outcomes and Action Plan A focus on caring for orphans witha view to a World Without Orphans
Outcome 1. Thirty national orphan care movements are initiated through a cooperation of churches and NGO's in agreement with common biblically-based values and goals, as evidenced by an active team of 8 to 10 groups representing multiple regions in the country.
Goals: • Create a committed minority through national campaigns and facilitation in 15 countries during 1 year, in 45 countries in 3 years, and in 100 countries in 7 years to inspire new national movements. • Establish independent and autonomous Christian Global Orphan Council to connect national orphan care movement leaders, annually evaluate state of Christian orphan care worldwide, and identify challenges and priorities for the global church to respond to the orphan crisis. First meeting of the council within the 1st year. • Support regular conferences through national orphan care movements to provide training to pastors, orphan care workers, families, and lay leaders. 2 conferences in the 1 year, 10 conferences in priority regions in 3 years, regional annual conferences around the world in 7 years.
Outcome 2. Christian churches around the world are aware of the orphan crisis in their community, nation, region, and around the world, are motivated to action and equipped with most effective strategies and resources to respond to the need.
Goals: • Develop an information package with template of materials (a booklet, video, Power point, etc) which are easy to translate and contextualize that would allow information to spread among churches in different countries. In 3 languages in 1 year. • Indentify and mobilize champions for the orphans among prominent Christian leaders within their area of influence. • Utilize existing platform to cast the vision for a World without Orphans: work with denominations, associations, councils, networks, media and publications. • Connect churches that are involved in orphan care locally, nationally, and regionally. Connect churches in develop countries with churches in developing countries for partnership and mentoring.
Outcome 3. Permanency of children in families is perceived and promoted globally as a primary goal of orphan care. Paradigm shift from institutional to family-based strategies occurred in the church, NGOs, and governments.
Goals: • Develop national action plan, including models of transition from orphanages to family forms of care. • Implement a strategy to transform orphanages into community centers to provide help and support for families. • Promote adoption, kinship care, foster care, guardianship, and reconciliation with biological parents. Promote training and support for foster and adoptive parents. • To encourage and help at least one family from each church adopts one child
Outcome 4. A comprehensive best-practice, evidenced based collection of resources is available for distribution and training for those persons working with or for orphans. Capacity will be evident in the orphan nation, and demonstrated by a competent, confident and committed group of volunteers, workers, parents, and leaders who are working together for a World without Orphans.
Goals: • Develop an easily accessible comprehensive training library with materials which represent best-practice and are evidenced based - related to orphan care and issues. The materials will be available for distribution and training to WWO countries with training materials • Develop a comprehensive database of available expert trainers from generation Y and X and different sectors, countries and churches who can conduct Training of Trainers, content training, and consultation on critical child welfare issues related specifically to orphans. • Develop a paradigm with positive focus concerning the child who has become an orphan that will be evident in churches, families, schools, government where WWO movement is taking place.
Outcome 5. Every father assumes their God-given responsibility which leads to restoration in the cultures. Every “city” has a unified group of advocates, who pray together, support each other, and develop strategies to meet the needs of their city.
Goals: • Create a committed minority through national campaigns and facilitation in 15 countries during 1 year, in 45 countries in 3 years, and in 100 countries in 7 years to inspire new national movements. • Establish independent and autonomous Christian Global Orphan Council to connect national orphan care movement leaders, annually evaluate state of Christian orphan care worldwide, and identify challenges and priorities for the global church to respond to the orphan crisis. First meeting of the council within the 1st year. • Support regular conferences through national orphan care movements to provide training to pastors, orphan care workers, families, and lay leaders. 2 conferences in the 1 year, 10 conferences in priority regions in 3 years, regional annual conferences around the world in 7 years.
