2022 is officially HALF WAY over, and we can barely believe it!

If you have been following along since last year, you may remember that we started this year with the goal to help FIFTY kids be reunited with their families and able to return home from the orphanages that they had been placed in.

Let's be honest, we all had a favorite aunt or uncle growing up. We knew that if we ever needed a place to go, we could go to them, and they would treat us like their own…

After losing her home to a hurricane, Maria was staying in a temporary shelter with her sister and her three kids. One day, a truck arrived looking for day workers to help with the clean up of the aftermath of the storm…

Meet Karla (pictured with her husband Josue and her three youngest kids)! She is an amazing mom to four beautiful kids!
A few years ago, her oldest son was taken to live in an orphanage…

We love empowering families holistically…

Imagine if the only job you could find made you spend hours under the hot sun, digging through strangers' trash in search of recyclables that you would then haul to the recycling center in exchange for just enough money to feed your family and buy purified water for one day…

This is Hildago. He has worked in construction his entire life, and he lives next door to Cinthia, one of the families we are supporting so that her daughter can return home to her family…

In December, we introduced you to Julio and his wife, Edy!

Julio's son and daughter were placed in an orphanage while living with their mom. Julio began the process of requesting custody of his two kids when two back-to-back hurricanes caused a mudslide that destroyed his home.

Imagine you and your spouse are expecting twins and you are so excited about it!

Imagine giving birth prematurely and your twin girls have to spend time in the NICU…

We were introduced to her because she requested the guardianship of her granddaughter, that has been living in an orphanage.

When Taylor and his kids left the welfare office the day they were reunited, his kids couldn't stop smiling! Taylor said that signing the reintegration paperwork and getting to walk out of the welfare office with his three kids felt

Last month we introduced you to Elsa, who recently welcomed her two younger sisters into her home from the orphanage they were living in.

Meet Ruth. In 2013, all six of her kids were taken to live in an orphanage for false claims that a neighbor made…

Three of her children were taken away because while she was working, her children were staying with a friend who watched them, a neighbor of her friend called and reported them to police as she believed…

This is Elsa and she is truly an inspiration! She is 25 years old, and she is a single mom to three beautiful girls…

We are SO happy to share that Melvin’s son is HOME!

In September, we introduced you to Melvin, and we told you about his son who had been living in an orphanage for the last year.

This is Cinthia! She is a single mom to three beautiful kids, twin six-year-olds, and a 12-year-old daughter! Her oldest daughter has been living in an orphanage for the last four years, and Cinthia has been trying to get her back home, but…

School in Honduras is going BACK to in-person classes for the first time in 23 months! One of the main reasons kids grow up in orphanages and not with their families is a lack of access to education.

In August of 2021, thanks to your support, Embraced launched programs focused on empowering and reunifying families! Here, you can see some examples of how your partnership made a real difference for families in Honduras in the last quarter of 2021.

We'd love for you to meet Taylor! He is an incredibly hardworking and loving dad of three children, the oldest, a 10-year-old girl with special needs, and two boys: 8 and 6.