The care and support of Safe Families for Children volunteers helped a young single mom safely parent her son.

After losing their father and caring for their bedridden mother, brothers Mentesenot and Abenezer found stability and success through Bethany's Family Preservation and Empowerment program in Ethiopia.

Ten years ago, two friends and foster moms sparked an idea to help families like theirs in a very practical way. Because kids often come into care with nothing, providing for their immediate, tangible needs can be expensive. So with their church’s blessing and full support, they started Closet of Hope.

Bekah shares that her addiction led her to dark places, where she lost family, friends, and eventually custody of her 5-year-old son.

When women enter the Bethany Recovery Center, they begin a holistic journey of healing for their mind, body, and spirit. Once in the grip of trauma and addiction, they find release as they discover and embrace their own strengths.

Right now, an estimated 160 million children around the world are being used for child labor. Every year, that number grows by an estimated 700,000 children. We believe that family is the answer.

Mental health support is foundational to every service and program Bethany offers to protect children, empower youth, and strengthen families with an impact that lasts.

Youth in Ghana face many harsh realities including poverty, violence, and trafficking. Let's work to give them every opportunity to build resiliency to the things that can make life harder.

Parenting in the best of times can be stressful, and raising children without a community of support is harder still. For parents feeling isolated and overwhelmed, the ways they do or don't cope with stress may put their children in harm’s way. Key to ensuring the children are OK is making sure their parents are OK.

Our calling to keep children safe with their families, not from their families, is motivated by our faith in who God is and the radical love he calls us to.