Foundation Annual Report 2019

Orphan Outreach
Who comes to mind when you think
of the word orphan? Where do you
envision that orphan? What country
pops in your head when you hear
that word? Can you picture one?
Orphan Outreach, founded in 2007, can
answer all those questions and many
more. Their mission is to glorify the Lord
Jesus Christ by meeting the spiritual,
physical, emotional and educational
needs of orphaned and vulnerable
children around the world. Their vision
is to shine brightest where the world is
darkest. So, what are the answers to the
questions above? Keep reading…
Who comes to mind when you think
of the word orphan?
It could be one of the millions of children
who face unimaginable daily hardships
that go unnoticed by so many people in
this world. Orphan Outreach says that
an orphan is often a victim of extreme
poverty, malnutrition, violence, physical
and psychological trauma, sexual abuse,
trafficking and impaired development.
Where do you envision that orphan?
According to Orphan Outreach, they
could be living on the street, living
in an institution because of disability
or poverty, staying in a hospital for
an extended period of time due to
health status (e.g. HIV), detained in an
educational/remand/correctional/penal
facility as a result of an administrative or
judicial decision, or living with abductors.
What country pops in your head
when you hear that word?
The answer is that they are probably in
every country. Orphan Outreach tirelessly
works to restore hope to orphaned
children in Guatemala, Honduras, India,
Nepal, Kenya, Latvia, Russia, Ukraine and
the United States.
Can you picture one?
Our own Chapelwood member, Julie
Treadwell, can definitely picture one. She
stated that “The girls got to see a world
they had no idea existed outside their
Memorial bubble. We all carried the faces
and stories of these children in our hearts
and continued to ponder their situation
and wondered what more we could do.”
Shortly thereafter, Julie and eight women
formed WOW Houston, an auxiliary of
Orphan Outreach, to serve these orphans
and vulnerable children. Also, in order
to keep the kids involved they formed
Jr Wow. WOW stands for Women for
Orphans Worldwide. Julie has since been
back to Guatemala twice and is looking
forward to going again.
The Chapelwood Foundation specifically
supports Orphan Outreach’s Community
Outreach Center in Chimaltenango,
Guatemala. The Community Outreach
Center is a Christian community-based
program serving 345 orphaned and
vulnerable children and their families,
many of which work in the local dump
called the Ravine. This center provides
after-school tutoring and mentoring,
along with psychological care for
approximately 60 children aged 5-18. The
Foundation’s funding helps provide these
children with a nutritious hot meal during
the 42-week school year. This meal
provides food security which in turn leads
to overall good health and development
and success in school.
The inspiration of Orphan Outreach’s
mission and the motivation and passion
towards attaining their vision is James
1:27. “Religion that God our Father accepts
as pure and faultless is this: to look after
orphans and widows in their distress and
to keep oneself from being polluted by the
world.” The Chapelwood Foundation is
blessed to have Orphan Outreach as one
of their Global Grant recipients!
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