January 9, 2025
We’re so thankful for everyone who came alongside Unity 4 Orphans in 2024, helping to transform the lives of over 1,500 vulnerable children! Meet four amazing kids whose futures will be brighter thanks to the support they received. Last year brought challenges and triumphs, the latter in the incredible growth of our in-country partner network …
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December 5, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans introduces an exceptional boy from our Saturday program in Panama, where children find belonging, learn to overcome trauma and receive counseling and tutoring. Every Saturday vulnerable children gather at Juntos Podemos, which has been fostering self-confidence and hope for the future in Panama City for seventeen years. The staff also open their …
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November 27, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans welcomes three new board members dedicated to helping vulnerable children throughout Latin America break cycles of abandonment, abuse, and generational poverty. We’re excited to introduce three amazing individuals who have joined our team and share our vision for the children we serve! As U4O continues to experience rapid growth in our programs, …
November 21, 2024
Through Healing 4 Change, Unity 4 Orphans provides counseling to help vulnerable children build self-esteem, process trauma, and learn healthy communication skills to guide them to brighter futures. The children we serve throughout Latin America have experienced realities no child should ever have to experience, which is why we highly value counseling. Education helps them …
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October 17, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans is excited to partner with Gallery Blu for an evening of art and storytelling on November 2 in support of vulnerable children across Latin America. We’re excited to announce that tickets are available for U4O’s first-ever art gallery fundraiser! Artist and Gallery Owner Ethan Blu is hosting a special event to raise …
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October 3, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans’ programs in Panama keep growing, helping vulnerable children keep up in school and complete their education, and giving them a place to belong. Our partners at Juntos Podemos in Curundu, Panama City have been running a Saturday program for local children for 17 years. Their dedication to kids living in poverty and …
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September 20, 2024
A cornerstone of Unity 4 Orphans’ Education 4 Change program is teaching English as a second language, which can help our students open doors to better job opportunities. English is the international language and ESL creates opportunities for children living in poverty throughout Latin America. Our first ESL program began eight years ago in Miramar, …
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September 13, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans’ partners in Masaya, Nicaragua have been serving vulnerable children by providing vital nutrition and are now offering education programming! We’re excited to announce the expansion of our Nutrition 4 Change program in Masaya, which feeds local children living in extreme poverty. Through our dedicated partners at Jesus is the Way, we’ve begun …
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September 4, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans is called to care for orphaned and vulnerable children by providing education, counseling, and nutrition and preventing orphanhood by strengthening families. For many of the children we serve in Latin America, the grip of multidimensional poverty seems too strong to break. As a result, they may end up dropping out of school, …
August 29, 2024
One year ago Unity 4 Orphans opened an English as a second language program for vulnerable children in Montanita, Ecuador. Lives are being transformed through education and holistic support! We’re celebrating God’s faithfulness and the dedication of our partner in Montanita, Ecuador over the past year. We have several metrics by which to measure the …
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August 23, 2024
Join Unity 4 Orphans on September 28 at our Wave-A-Thon and Beach Bash fundraiser where supporters of all ages can raise money and hit the waves or cheer from the beach for a great cause! This year is our 5th annual Wave-A-Thon and it’s a classic San Diego event with fun, sun, and fellowship in …
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August 16, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans’ Education 4 Change program in Nicaragua has grown tremendously in the past year, opening a new location and strengthening our flagship ESL program in Miramar. We’ve been emphasizing the importance of our partner network throughout Latin America as it continues to expand. For the past eight years, our partner Lai has been …
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August 7, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans continues to grow, consistently welcoming more vulnerable children and in-country partners, and is experiencing a leadership transition to continue serving our expanding network. U4O has been through many challenges and changes in our fourteen-year history. Through it all God is faithful. Our focus remains on helping as many of the one billion …
August 2, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans’ vast partner network provides not only educational, emotional, and spiritual support but also physical spaces for vulnerable children to learn and grow. As US students begin to return to school, we recognize how vital clean, safe learning spaces are for the children we serve throughout Latin America. Shelter 4 Change was established …
July 26, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans is thrilled to announce that we received a grant from Qualcomm, enabling us to purchase Chromebooks for the children we serve in Mexico! Qualcomm, which stands for “QUALity COMMunications,” is a company headquartered in San Diego committed to the spirit of invention and innovation. Since 1985 they have helped drive improvements in …
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July 18, 2024
Join Unity 4 Orphans at our 5th Annual Wave-A-Thon, a unique surfing fundraiser that raises money for vulnerable children and embodies San Diego beach culture. It’s that time of year again: mark your calendar for the morning of Saturday, September 28, and prepare to put the FUN in fundraising! This year’s event will be bigger …
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June 21, 2024
The heart of Unity 4 Orphans’ mission is to identify partners embedded in their communities and invested in the lives of vulnerable children. Our partner network continues to grow as we expand into new locations because relationships are crucial to making meaningful connections. We look forward to sharing more about the fruits of the team’s …
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June 14, 2024
One of Unity 4 Orphans’ earliest transformation stories has come full circle with Jose Manuel, a young man who grew up in a Tijuana orphanage and went on to university and law school. Orphaned and vulnerable children face many challenges beyond those who live at or below the poverty line, making it difficult to earn …
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June 7, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans is excited to announce that we had the opportunity to support YoungLives, a ministry of Young Life, that provides guidance and mentorship to youth in San Diego as well as nationwide and internationally. Our mission to come alongside vulnerable children and teenagers through education, healing, and showing them the love of Jesus …
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May 31, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans has experienced incredible growth in the first half of 2024 and is eager to be a part of changing the lives of more vulnerable children than ever before this year. Thanks to our dedicated staff and volunteers, generous donors, and hardworking in-country partners, we’re seeing unprecedented expansion in our locations served and …
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May 24, 2024
Unity 4 Orphans’ annual Open Hearts Gala was a success, raising funds to support orphaned and vulnerable children in Latin America and enabling us to expand our impact through in-country partners. On Saturday, May 18, U4O’s leadership team and volunteers welcomed guests to the Grand Ballroom at The Prado in historic Balboa Park. This year, …
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May 16, 2024
A new partnership between Unity 4 Orphans and a grassroots nonprofit near Puerto Vallarta, Mexico provides vulnerable children and teens in Punta de Mita, Mexico with educational intervention, nutrition, and dedicated mentors to help them forge paths to brighter futures. We’re excited to join forces with Agape Ministries Mexico, serving children living in difficult circumstances …
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May 9, 2024
In 2024 Unity 4 Orphans began funding evening classes for high school students who have dropped out of school to work and provide necessary income for their families. These evening classes give young adults opportunities to break cycles of generational poverty by completing their education. Our partners at Juntos Podemos in Panama City run a …
May 2, 2024
In honor of National Teachers Day, Unity 4 Orphans is proud to recognize the incredible educators who help vulnerable children learn and believe in themselves. The children in our programs are born into circumstances that often limit their opportunities to grow up healthy and earn solid incomes as adults, thus perpetuating the cycle of poverty. …
April 26, 2024
Through a partnership in Ecuador, Unity 4 Orphans provides a safe place for children living amidst poverty and rampant crime in their neighborhoods. Sociopolitical conditions are making life difficult in Ecuador for children and their families who live in the urban neighborhoods where we serve. Violence is a daily occurrence as the government and drug …
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