Stories
Unstoppable Youth
The odds were against Saloni. But thanks to WHFC’s Child Sponsorship program, she has overcome poverty, the death of her father, and her own fight with tuberculosis.
Triumph Over Abuse
Growing up in deep poverty in Guatemala, Fidelia was forced to beg for money in the streets by her addict parents. She suffered terribly, until she was rescued.
From Poverty to Possibilities
Laxmi and her husband struggled to provide food and shelter for their son and daughter in Mumbai’s Colaba slum. But that all changed through WHFC’s Community Development and Child Sponsorship programs.
Siblings Finally Reunite
When their father died, life became even harder for four siblings and their mother. There wasn’t enough money for them to stay together. Nigist and Meseret went to live with other relatives.
Special Siblings Find Loving Family
Orphans Isaiah and Veronica were born in China with Achondroplasia, which leads to dwarfism. Ordinarily that might mean an unlikely path for adoption. But they found a home with an American family already familiar with the condition.
Special Child Finds Special Home
Ava was born with hydrocephalus, which meant her head was too heavy for her to lift. For this young child born in China this meant she spent most of her life flat on her back. Until a loving family stepped in.
A World Apart, Yet United
Sneha and Shivani were both born in India, but the latter was adopted by an American family as a toddler. Now, thanks to WHFC’s Child Sponsorship program, Shivani’s family is helping Sneha overcome destitute conditions.
Caught in Gang Crossfire
When Sofia’s father died suddenly, her mother was left to take care of two children, in a part of Guatemala plagued by violence. Sofia’s younger sister was injured in a gang shooting. But thanks to WHFC’s Child Sponsorship program, Sofia’s life has been transformed for the better.
From Poverty to Professor
As a child, Dawit barely had enough to eat. Thanks to WHFC’s Child Sponsorship program, he was able to secure sufficient funds to not only get the nutrition he needed, but to thrive in school. Now he is an associate lecturer at the Mekelle Institute of Technology in northern Ethiopia.
A Path Out of Poverty
Ashenafi and his siblings didn’t always have enough food to eat. But when their father applied for an empowerment grant from WHFC, his shoe store received the funds it needed to expand, securing a future for the growing family.
A Return to Ethiopia
Sisters Aster and Charlotte were long curious to visit the country where they were born. The WHFC team helped prepare the pre-teens for the Zimdina program, which reunites adoptees with their birth families in Ethiopia.
Search and Reunion in South Korea
When Kawan had her own child in the USA, her curiosity was piqued to revisit her past. She had been born in South Korea and given up for adoption to an American family — but as a new mother, she was spurred to find her biological family.
