Author - Julie Smith

Wrap-Around Support Enables Texas Teen to Pursue Academic Goals

Just outside of Dallas, Texas lives an 18-year-old high school senior named Hope*. This bright, driven, and motivated young lady was merely months away from graduating and looking forward to starting college in the fall when a dire situation […]

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Reflecting on Ten Years at GO Project with Jake Barreth

Like many of the members of our leadership team, Jake Barreth never imagined that serving vulnerable children would be his career. Now, he’s celebrating a decade of working at The Global Orphan Project and calls it “the best job […]

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4 Ways to Help Vulnerable Children in Your Community

All families are beautifully different and unique. Whether you’re in a big city or a small town, in every community, there are families who are struggling with poverty, substance use, food insecurity, trauma, and physical or mental illness. These […]

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LAPD Fulfills First CarePortal Request

In Los Angeles, California, the LAPD runs a program for youth ages 13 to 17 that empowers young people to pursue their dreams and build their self-confidence. Through this program called LAPD Cadets, Officers Madrid, De La Rosa, and […]

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Spare Change Adds Up | Coin Up App

Donate Your Spare Change to The Global Orphan Project
The Global Orphan Project is now a verified non-profit with Coin Up to help make your donations simple and effective. Coin Up is an incremental mobile donation app that allows you […]

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CarePortal Celebrates 5 Years

March of 2020 marks five years of people, churches and organizations using CarePortal as a bridge to foster relationships across the nation. Over those five years, we experienced growing pains teaching us valuable lessons. We rejoiced together, labored together […]

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A Decade of Thanks

“Out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.” Jesus, Lk 6:45
We’re starting the New Year giving thanks, and we want to share some of the reasons why.

In 2019, more than 30,000 children and families in need received […]

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L’operation Pays Lock: A global call for Haitian localism

Written by Joe Knittig, The Global Orphan Project CEO
We’re in the midst of “L’operation Pays Lock” – “Operation Lock Country” – in Haiti. Public protests are happening daily. Roads are blocked. Schools are closed. Businesses are dormant. Food and […]

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