Solving Ethiopia's Orphan Crisis

In Ethiopia there are five million orphans and less than 1% of them will ever be adopted. At the current international adoption rate it would take 5 million families, 2500 years, and $125,000,000 to end the orphan crisis in that country. When you consider the statistics that are stacked against children who age out of orphanages it becomes even more heartbreaking. International adoption alone is not the answer.

There will always be orphans in this world until Christ returns and makes all things new, but there does not have to be an orphan crisis. Care of the orphan has been entrusted to believers by God and it is through the local church that He intends for this to be accomplished. That is why I am so thrilled and excited about this effort of "seed adoption" being implemented in Ethiopia by organizations like Gladney, Kidmia, and their partners. The local church is the body through which Christ reaches the world with His love. Empowering local churches to do what God has called them to do in ministering to orphans is critical to Ethiopia's orphan crisis. May God bless their efforts and may He give us opportunities to plant local churches in hurting areas all around the world.


Seed Adoption - Ethiopia Project from Wiseacre Short Films on Vimeo.