Family is the best place for a child’s physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual development. That’s why Bethany works with urgency to keep children with their family of origin. We believe the solution is family-based care.

In response to the Ethiopia orphan crisis, we work to remove children from orphanages and reunify them with their biological families and help them address the challenges hat may have caused them to surrender their children to these institutions . We partner with local churches to recruit and train families to foster and adopt when reunification isn't possible.

We provide South Sudanese refugees, in the Gambella refugee camps, with psychosocial and mental health support services. We also provide family-based care for unaccompanied or separated children.

In Ethiopia, many children tragically become victims of labor trafficking. Yet, while these children are given work, it comes in the form of abusive and exploitative situations. We build capacity around local administrators, offering training and screening tools for law enforcement to identify vulnerable, trafficked children.