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Mothers Without Borders is going to Haiti

A team of 6 will be leaving Saturday for Haiti on Saturday, January 30. The team of 6 will focus its efforts on general relief efforts and on securing the welfare of the thousands of orphaned and vulnerable children in Haiti.

Mothers Without Borders' founder, Kathy Headlee-Miner, explains "we have been serving orphaned and vulnerable children throughout the world for nearly twenty years, and the need has always been great. But the Haiti earthquake has created an acute emergency situation where thousands of children are suddenly without food, shelter, medical care or most importantly, family to care for them. We will focus our efforts on securing the safety and welfare of these children utilizing our experience in international child relief efforts."

The team's efforts will be documented over the next several weeks here on the website.

Donate to help the team and to assist their efforts to care for these children. Thank you!

Kathy Headlee can cite you sobering statistics about the humanitarian crisis in AIDS-ravaged Zambia, where more than 1 million desperate children have been orphaned by the disease. See the Media section for related stories.

Can you imagine a world where millions of children roam the streets, scavenging for food and shelter?
Can you imagine what life must be like for children who face life in the streets alone, unprotected and unloved?
You don't have to imagine it because this is our world today.

In fact:

• More than 36 million children under 15 are orphaned in Sub-Saharan Africa today.
• Every 14 seconds, a child is orphaned as a result of AIDS.
• It is feared that there may be more than 80 million orphans in India and Asia

Whether children are orphaned as a result of disease, poverty, violence or natural disaster, the results are the same - children alone. Mothers Without Borders is committed to supporting programs that offer sustainable, long-term solutions to this global orphan crisis.