It was Valentine’s Day. Nastya was just a little girl, carefully preparing small cards for her classmates, each one filled with the kind of simple love only a child knows how to give. The kind that doesn’t ask questions. The kind that believes the world is...

She remembers the feeling of home — not the orphanage, not the institutions, but a brief time when she had a mother, a father, and a family. After being placed in the orphanage at age three, Yana’s life became a series of transitions without stability....

Nestled in the middle of Lalitpur, Nepal is a community center. Every day after school, students from the Godawari Slum come to receive homework help, free resources, and a home-cooked meal or snack. The after-school program has become a significant support for families like Bindu...

Photographing for Orphan Outreach in Latvia - Capturing Grace on a 21 day journey through Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova, Prague and France.  As I sat across from Dana and her precious Sofia, hearing her story, I had questions I could not answer. How do you give,...

Photographing for Orphan Outreach in Latvia - Capturing Grace on a 21 day journey through Sweden, Latvia, Ukraine, Moldova, Prague and France.  Here in Liepāja, there is a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel Alexander, the architect of the Eiffel tower. The Oskars Kalpaks Bridge allowed for...