Orphan Relief & Rescue

Orphan Sunday

Andrew — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:11:59 +0000

Did you know that this coming Sunday, November 8th, is Orphan Sunday? For those of us on the field team that are still in the U.S., we're looking forward to a great weekend of events to raise awareness and build momentum behind the cause. And we would love to see you there!

Excited to be a Part of Orphan Relief

Davy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:23:12 +0000

My name is Davy. My areas of expertise include Logistics and Administration, desire to serve orphans and love of travel. I want to see God work in big ways! I am leaving for Liberia November 28th. Earthly words truly cannot express my genuine thankfulness to be a part of something this amazing. I also enjoy baking, thinking, writing, music and dreaming for Africa. I love what we do at Orphan Relief and Rescue, and hope you catch our vision as well!

New website up and running!

Andrew — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:46:53 +0000

Here we are! The new Orphan Relief and Rescue website is up and running, and we hope it will be a great tool to spread the word and get more and more people involved. So please, have a look around, read and watch videos, check out all the shiny new features.

Office Party

Matt Le Page — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:46:51 +0000

Ok, so while preparing for the return of some of the field team, Mariel and I have been trying to improve things a little. So now we would like to welcome you to the new and improved Orphan Relief and Rescue field team office. We've relocated the storage room and turned it into an office, so we now have enough desk space for 5 people to work comfortably. All we need now is some of those sweet roller chairs and a coffee maker that runs on 12 volts. Our printer and file cabinet are in much more useable places too. Everything is ready except the most important part of any office -- the surfboard rack!

Our Latest Addition

Matt Le Page — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 07:28:40 +0000

Hey everyone, welcome to a damp and moldy Liberia, I have never had a t shirt go from brown to green that was not one of those sweet hyper color shirts. Things have been going fairly well over here, it has been challenging trying to learn other people’s jobs but I think we are getting there. I have been an ambulance driver, chicken coup worker, teacher, Jungle Jim, washer and dryer repairman (not where we live).

Back to School

Mariel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:32:30 +0000

We all know that September means back to school! In Liberia also, school children are sporting new uniforms, book bags, and copybooks. Although tuition for public school is free, fees, mandatory uniforms and transportation make completing an education difficult for most children in orphanages. Orphan Relief and Rescue has been working hard to ensure that every child in our partner homes is enrolled in school. In some cases this means helping with school supplies, in others, helping with uniforms or shoes.

Parachutes

Mariel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:31:37 +0000

Parachute games seem to be the pastime of choice lately for the younger kids in the Child Development Program. The kids think that they’re just plain fun, but Auntie Mariel is sneaking in some lessons. We’re learning about what it means to work as a team. It’s easy to see that when we work well together we can accomplish goals. But, when even just one person doesn’t follow the rules, it can spoil the fun for everyone!

And, well, they are just plain fun!

Toothbrushing Time Again

Mariel — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 06:29:46 +0000

Over the past few years, we’ve seen drastic changes in the healthcare needs of the children that we work with. Where once we were constantly attending to sick children, we now have the opportunity to promote wellness. It’s been several months since we last distributed toothbrushes, so once again it’s tooth time! (And, once again, the biggest challenge is getting the children to not eat the toothpaste!) But we’re learning, and hoping that the next time we see Dr. Keith everyone will get a great report!

Handwashing

Mariel — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:58:41 +0000

One of the things that we try to emphasize with the kids and caretakers is the importance of preventing sickness, not just treating it. This last week, some of the kids learned that the single most important thing that they can do to stay healthy is to wash their hands. To demonstrate where germs like to hide and how we need to wash our hands, we used bright green germs (paint) to practice washing correctly. Everyone had fun and learned good technique, as Evelyn demonstrated for the camera.

New friends at Fairfield

Andrew — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:49:19 +0000

Sitting in the office in Texas yesterday, I had a surprise visitor -- David from Fairfield Baptist Church in Cypress, TX. On his way to Tennessee to ship off almost a thousand pairs of shoes to Liberia, he stopped to drop off photos of the children at Fairfield Baptist Orphanage putting up their 57 new mosquito nets, courtesy of ORR and Universal Outreach.

Thanks, Fairfield!