Philippines
A Day in the Life of Roberto, 16
We followed what a day looks like for 16-year-old Roberto, a OneChild sponsored youth in a remote community in Mindanao, the Philippines. See how, that even in the midst of a hard place and hard times, a child can still thrive and hope for a better future.
A Very Sensory Christmas in the Philippines
Christmas is big deal in the Philippines, and Filipinos love to celebrate with many different traditions. For Child Champions, it is a perfect time to send a message of hope to Filipino children in poverty. Read how Filipinos celebrate Christmas using all five of their senses.
Gracie’s Christmas Wish Come True
Child Champions at Happy Horizons Children Ranch in the Philippines introduce music and other life-changing opportunities to young girls who’ve gone through a lot of pain in life, like Gracie*. Her life changed when she received a very special gift from her Child Champions.
Trusting God Is Gildard’s Lifeline
When Gildard, a child living in poverty in the Philippines, was diagnosed with a life-threatening blood disorder, his family could not afford to pay for his treatment. Read how God is providing for Gildard through the efforts of his family, Child Champions, and his sponsor.
Christmas Gifts of Hope
How much does your Christmas gift mean to your sponsored child? More than you could ever imagine!
Hope Throughout a Hard Year
How Child Champions, sponsors, and donors provided for kids in the midst of some of the hardest challenges they’d ever faced.
What Is Hope?
Kids in the Philippines tell us what hope means to them — their answers will inspire you!
Unstoppable Child Champions
Child Champions in the Philippines are putting into practice the idea that “If there is a will, there is a way.” Their love for children and passion for teaching has compelled them to find ways to reach out to children in the hard places during this pandemic. One Hope Center is using puppetry via Facebook live on Sunday mornings to teach the Word of God to kids who can’t come to the program due to the pandemic. There is also a Hope Center using Facebook to post a video of their Sunday School program. Here is a story of how Lingap ng Puso Hope Center shifted their face-to-face learning program for children to online video content.
A Vision That Will Go On
Ate Letty Encina dedicated her life to helping others. As a Hope Center director in the Philippines, her dream was to see children living in hard places reach their full potential and learn about Christ. COVID-19 cut her ministry short, but the Child Champions and children she left behind are thriving because of her.
Flash Flooding in Digos City, Philippines, 2020
On June 29, 2020, heavy rains damaged a dike in Digos City, Mindanao, in the Philippines, resulting in a flash flood.
Connecting Church Communities Around the World
A look into Plum Creek Church’s heart for missions from the perspective of creative Pastor Jonathan Witt.
