Bethany Global's office in the city of Addis Ababa partners with local organizations and churches in a variety of ways to serve orphans, vulnerable children, and families in need. Their family preservation and family strengthening programs help prevent parents from abandoning or relinquishing their children to institutional care. Their in-country foster care program is designed to help remove children from orphanages and place them with loving foster families, who may eventually adopt them.
Phone Number: +1 (800) 238-4269
Where they operate
Organization Type
Main Areas of Work
Foster Care
Temporary foster care placements. Includes assessments, case management, and post-placement follow up
Foster-to-Adopt
Assessing families for permanency following foster care placements. Includes placement and post-placement follow up
Family Preservation
Keeping families together by providing essential supports and trainings
Family Empowerment
Empowering families to thrive through essential supports and trainings
Humanitarian/Refugee Services
Providing services to refugees living in camp settings based on current needs. Largely focused on mental health service provision.
- Refugee Services in Cúcuta: Bethany's welcome center in Cúcuta serves refugee families (primarily from Venezuela) – including unaccompanied children – who struggle with psychosocial and mental health needs due to grief, trauma, and displacement. They provide basic services, such as food, clothing, hygiene, and first aid kits.
- Refugee Services in Bogotá: Bethany serves migrants at the main bus terminal and in the city government offices by providing referral and information services, advocacy efforts, and child-friendly spaces for children.
In-Country Adoptions
Developing and supporting programming to facilitate domestic adoptions in countries outside of the United States
Mental Health/Psychosocial Support
Providing accessible mental health and psychosocial support programming to individuals in need.
Organization Resources
Recognizing the increasing number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) and the need to provide standardized and quality alternative childcare and support services, The Ministry of Women and Social Affairs (MOWSA) in collaboration with pertinen
This report provides initial documentation of a pilot program launched by Bethany Christian Services in 2009 in Ethiopia. The pilot aims at moving children from institutional care to family-based care by developing alternative family care for non-relative children using a foster-to-adopt approach, working through a partnership between faith communities in Ethiopia and American faith congregations in the US.
