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Activating your church to champion families
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.
PlayI started to love myself again
Bekah shares that her addiction led her to dark places, where she lost family, friends, and eventually custody of her 5-year-old son.
PlayRecovery beyond our doors
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.
PlayKasech was living a nightmare—kidnapped, trafficked, and only 14 years old
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 is as essential as the air we breathe
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.
Building resilience
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.
Safe, loved, and—most of all—connected
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.
Preserve a family, not rescue a child
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.
What the system taught me
From her first days as a Child Protective Services investigator to Bethany senior vice president, what Cheri Williams has learned over her social services career has changed her thinking about what’s best for children. Today she’s in a position to do something about that.
Love like Jesus in your community
Safe Families volunteers use their homes to love their neighbors
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