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Oct 21, 2020
2 min

Teacher goes extra mile to help youth through troubled times

Twenty young men just completed the Success Academy inside a Salvadoran detention center. That achievement would not have been possible w...

Aug 31, 2020
2 min

New Doors Opening for Young Mom

Victoria is a young woman who grew up without feeling love and affection from her family in El Salvador. She always felt lost, unwanted, ...

Aug 31, 2020
2 min

A Life Full of Surprises

Life can be full of surprises — both good and bad. Just ask Antonio. Antonio’s life took a turn for the worst when he was sentenced in 20...

Jun 25, 2020
2 min

A Life-Changing Lockdown

All. Everything. Todo. Four Orphan Helpers teachers — Francisco, David, Carlos, and Alicia — willingly decided to abandon daily life for ...

May 18, 2020
2 min

Choosing To Be Grateful Despite The Circumstances

In the face of this great pandemic, the youth in Honduras and El Salvador are taking time to express their gratitude for what God is doin...

Apr 7, 2020
2 min

See a Need, Meet a Need

The young men and women in the government-run juvenile detention centers of El Salvador are hungry. In this pandemic, food supplies are l...

Apr 3, 2020
2 min

New Struggles During COVID-19 for A Young Woman Who Has Known Many

Many young men and women in El Salvador and Honduras struggle to put food on their tables in the normal course of life. The COVID-19 pand...

Mar 28, 2020
4 min

A Relentless and Courageous Team

Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the governments of Honduras and El Salvador have closed country borders, implemented curfews, stopped publi...

Feb 28, 2020
2 min

young man shares his comeback story

Jonah is a young man in El Salvador whose life was in a downward spiral as a teenager. He finally hit rock bottom when he was sent to a j...

Feb 12, 2020
2 min

A life devoted to helping others

Orphan Helpers Has Lost a Great Leader and Friend of Our Mission Tom Manthei, a Board Member of Orphan Helpers since 2007 and former Boar...

Jan 22, 2020
1 min

New Partnership Aims to Reach More Incarcerated Youth Through Sports

Orphan Helpers looks for new ways to reach abandoned and incarcerated youth. We also look for ways to collaborate with other groups, chur...

Dec 20, 2019
2 min

El Salvador Success Academy Graduations 2019

November 4, 2019 - Day 1 We celebrated with 14 young women at CISF, El Salvador's detention center for girls. They had just completed the...

Dec 20, 2019
2 min

Honduras Success Academy Graduations 2019

November 11, 2019 - Day 1 Graduation week in Honduras kicked off with the celebration of 14 young men who've been participating in the Su...

Dec 4, 2019
2 min

A Young Woman Overcomes Adversity to Open Coffee Shop

Most customers who visit Raquel’s coffee shop in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, have no idea what this young woman has gone through to get where ...

Oct 29, 2019
3 min

Four Women and a teen take a life-altering trip

Shelly Fitzgerald has been a supporter of Orphan Helpers for many years. A few months ago, she decided she wanted to see firsthand the wo...

Oct 29, 2019
2 min

Gerardo makes amazing comeback with your support

Gerardo Paredes has come a long way in his short life. The Orphan Helpers team met Gerardo, now 23, when he was a teen incarcerated in a ...

Oct 29, 2019
1 min

Angelina gets back on track

Angelina tried hard to stay out of trouble. She attended church regularly and participated in a dance group. Then, she lost her way. “I f...

Oct 27, 2018
2 min

You Helped Them Accomplish What They Thought Was Impossible

Thanks to your support, 187 abandoned and incarcerated youth have achieved a milestone they likely won’t forget for the rest of their liv...

Oct 1, 2018
1 min

New Success Academy for Teen Moms in Children's Home

Through your support, Orphan Helpers started its 10th Success Academy location this summer. El Salvador’s national social services depart...

Sep 16, 2018
2 min

Teens' Family Relationships Strengthened Through Counseling Services

Youth and their families who are receiving counseling services from Orphan Helpers are seeing positive life changes. As part of a project...

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