Celebrating Female Partners Making a Difference for Women’s History Month

Celebrating Female Partners Making a Difference for Women’s History Month

March 21, 2024

March is Women’s History Month and Unity 4 Orphans is spotlighting our international team of female partners who are changing the lives of vulnerable children every day! We’re excited to highlight the tremendous growth in our organization enabling us to help more children thanks to the incredible women on our headquarters team and partners in …

How U4O Creates Jobs in Other Countries

How U4O Creates Jobs in Other Countries

March 14, 2024

In-country partners are key to Unity 4 Orphans’ holistic model to help vulnerable children as well as create jobs for educators and counselors who share our mission. As our organization expands to welcome more countries and partners into our growing family, we’re helping dedicated and well-trained individuals through consistent employment. The lack of opportunities to …

U4O Now Helping Children in El Salvador Reach for Brighter Futures

U4O Now Helping Children in El Salvador Reach for Brighter Futures

March 8, 2024

Unity 4 Orphans is excited to announce our expansion into El Salvador, where our holistic programs will help children affected by poverty! Through a new partnership, we’re adding a sixth country to the U4O family and preparing to serve children struggling with poverty in El Salvador. We’re blessed to be able to extend our proven …

Feeding Hungry Bellies During National Nutrition Month

Feeding Hungry Bellies During National Nutrition Month

February 29, 2024

March is National Nutrition Month, and Unity 4 Orphans is highlighting how children living in extreme poverty are being impacted by our Nutrition 4 Change program. The global impact of malnutrition is so high that an estimated 45 million children under 5 years old experience hunger daily. For families facing extreme poverty, finding proper nutrition …

A BLAST 4 Kids Basketball Story Just in Time for March Madness

A BLAST 4 Kids Basketball Story Just in Time for March Madness

February 22, 2024

Local nonprofit partner BLAST 4 Kids is helping transform the lives of kids in San Diego and the director coaches a basketball team that teaches underprivileged children about teamwork and boosts their confidence. In 2022 U4O began partnering with BLAST, an after-school program for underprivileged children in grades K-5 in San Diego. Along with giving …

Community Centers in Tijuana Help Strengthen Families

Community Centers in Tijuana Help Strengthen Families

February 15, 2024

Unity 4 Orphans’ Mexico Team continues to grow in scope and vision, expanding to support families through community centers that provide hope and healing to keep them together. Our team, in the United States and internationally, believes that a family is the best line of defense for a child, and how God designed children to …

Annual Impact Report: U4O By the Numbers

Annual Impact Report: U4O By the Numbers

February 8, 2024

Unity 4 Orphans’ Annual Impact Report shows how 1,697 children received support through education, counseling, nutrition, play, and shelter in 2023, a number soon to be surpassed in 2024! In the history of our organization, 2023 was full of more challenges and changes, and yet we experienced more growth than any year before. We’re excited …

GIVE LOVE to Vulnerable Children in El Salvador

GIVE LOVE to Vulnerable Children in El Salvador

February 1, 2024

Headed into 2024 Unity 4 Orphans is excited to be expanding our program Education 4 Change to help vulnerable children in a new country: El Salvador! Last year our nonprofit, our in-country partners, and the children we serve across Latin America experienced tremendous growth. We’re using that momentum to extend our holistic approach to El …

Meet the Team: Dan Gossett

Meet the Team: Dan Gossett

January 24, 2024

Unity 4 Orphans is excited to welcome Operations and Finance Director Dan Gossett, who will help oversee our program partners, events, and data. Dan joining our headquarters team is also a homecoming, as he took part in building U4O in the early days, and he’s the perfect addition to our growing organization and 3-person leadership …

Popoyo Partnership in Nicaragua Brings Hope Through ESL and Counseling

Popoyo Partnership in Nicaragua Brings Hope Through ESL and Counseling

January 19, 2024

Unity 4 Orphans is excited to announce a new partnership in Popoyo, Nicaragua which will provide ESL education, counseling, and holistic support to vulnerable children. Our well-established ESL program in Miramar, Nicaragua continues to change the lives of vulnerable kids in the area, with 42 students currently enrolled and a handful of them graduating in …

New Management Team Structure Enables Growth

New Management Team Structure Enables Growth

January 15, 2024

Unity 4 Orphans is pleased to announce a new full-time headquarters team member who will oversee operations and finances, helping us grow even more robust in 2024 and bring transformation to more vulnerable children than ever before. Our organization has been steadily growing for the past few years and 2023 was the biggest yet, with …

Giving Season Thank You & Happy New Year

Giving Season Thank You & Happy New Year

January 5, 2024

Thanks to our generous community, Unity 4 Orphans expanded to support over 1,700 children in 5 countries in 2023 and experienced our most successful Giving Season to date! From all of us on the U4O Headquarters Team and our in-country partners, we wish everyone who contributed to our organization in 2023 a heartfelt thank you …

U4O’s Top 5 Moments of 2023

U4O’s Top 5 Moments of 2023

December 29, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans is so thankful for all of the ways our partnerships and programs have expanded in 2023 to bring transformation to orphaned and vulnerable children. We are positioned to change more lives than ever in the new year! We’re humbled and grateful to everyone who helped our organization grow in 2023 and look …

Play 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Panama

Play 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Panama

December 20, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans’ program Play 4 Change is giving children in dangerous inner city Panama a place to belong, keeping them off the streets and helping them see their potential. Our end-of-year blog series features transformative stories from 5 different locations, each highlighting a separate program: Education 4 Change, Healing 4 Change, Nutrition 4 Change, …

Shelter 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Ecuador

Shelter 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Ecuador

December 14, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans’ latest Shelter 4 Change project, a Learning Center in Ecuador, will provide a dignified, safe place for local impoverished children to receive tutoring and holistic support. Our end-of-year blog series features transformative stories from 5 different locations, each highlighting a separate program: Education 4 Change, Healing 4 Change, Nutrition 4 Change, Play …

Nutrition 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Nicaragua

Nutrition 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Nicaragua

December 7, 2023

Giving Season stories continue with Unity 4 Orphans’ program Nutrition 4 Change and how it’s making a difference in the lives of children in Nicaragua experiencing extreme poverty and food insecurity. Our end-of-year blog series features transformative stories from 5 different locations, each highlighting a separate program: Education 4 Change, Healing 4 Change, Nutrition 4 …

Healing 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Mexico

Healing 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Mexico

November 30, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans continues Giving Season Stories with our second program highlight! Healing 4 Change is helping children and staff at our partner orphanages in Tijuana through counseling and emotional support. Our end-of-year blog series features transformative stories from 5 different locations, each highlighting a separate program: Education 4 Change, Healing 4 Change, Nutrition 4 …

Education 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Miramar, Nicaragua

Education 4 Change: Transformation Stories from Miramar, Nicaragua

November 17, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans kicks off Giving Season with the first of five stories on how our holistic programs are helping vulnerable children. Today we’re talking about Education 4 Change in Nicaragua. Our end-of-year blog series features transformative stories from 5 different locations, each highlighting a separate program: Education 4 Change, Healing 4 Change, Nutrition 4 …

Special Education Teacher Helps Vulnerable Children Gain Knowledge and Confidence

Special Education Teacher Helps Vulnerable Children Gain Knowledge and Confidence

November 13, 2023

Special Education Teacher Helps Vulnerable Children Gain Knowledge and Confidence Unity 4 Orphans’ special needs teacher in Mexico devotes her time and talent to helping children who have experienced abandonment and abuse overcome learning barriers and realize their value. This year our Mexico team has grown substantially, unified by program director Marco and his wife …

U4O Team Unites for a Shared Purpose and Vision

U4O Team Unites for a Shared Purpose and Vision

October 30, 2023

U4O Team Unites for a Shared Purpose and Vision Each year the Unity 4 Orphans team gathers to fellowship, celebrate recent developments, and share our visions for the future of the organization and the children we serve.  The U4O team has grown in number of members and the number of countries represented, and thanks to …

U4O Helping Kids in San Diego Through Partnership With BLAST 4 Kids

U4O Helping Kids in San Diego Through Partnership With BLAST 4 Kids

October 20, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans is transforming the lives of vulnerable children across Latin America and at home in San Diego thanks to a partnership with local nonprofit BLAST 4 Kids. In 2022, we began partnering with BLAST 4 Kids, an after-school program in San Diego that serves underprivileged children in grades K-5 from low-income and often …

5 Easy Ways to Help Vulnerable Children this Giving Season

5 Easy Ways to Help Vulnerable Children this Giving Season

October 13, 2023

As we approach Giving Season, Unity 4 Orphans offers many easy ways for individuals, families, friends, and coworkers to help orphaned and vulnerable children. It’s been an exciting year for our organization with the expansion of our holistic programs into more countries than ever. We’re excited to see what we can do together in the …

Wave-A-Thon to Raise Funds for Vulnerable Children in Panama and Nicaragua

Wave-A-Thon to Raise Funds for Vulnerable Children in Panama and Nicaragua

September 28, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans expands holistic programs to support poor and vulnerable children through education and nutrition in Panama and Nicaragua, where 30% of children live in poverty. Our upcoming Wave-A-Thon, now in its 4th year, has a solid track record of raising money to help children affected by poverty and often abandonment and abuse. In …

Healing 4 Change: Uniting Teams Across Latin America for Vulnerable Children

Healing 4 Change: Uniting Teams Across Latin America for Vulnerable Children

September 22, 2023

Worldwide, it is estimated that 1 in 6 children are living in poverty, which has increased due to economic fallout from the pandemic and is steadily rising. U4O is transforming more vulnerable children’s lives than ever before, and a crucial aspect of our holistic support model is our program Healing 4 Change.  Unity 4 Orphans …

See You at the Beach for U4O’s 4th Annual Wave-A-Thon!

See You at the Beach for U4O’s 4th Annual Wave-A-Thon!

August 24, 2023

Unity 4 Orphans’ 4th annual Wave-A-Thon is coming up soon and it’s our favorite fundraiser of summer, where we raise money to help vulnerable children in Latin America through education and holistic care. Surf for a Cause at Unity 4 Orphans’ Wave-A-Thon Our organization and our community continue to bless the children we serve with …

receive news from U4O!