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March 18, 2021 All • Haiti • Inspirational Living • Stories • Strong Families

From Surviving to Flourishing

The community across the busy stretch of highway from the Back2Back Haiti campus has long received the fruits of relief efforts and donations. When the land was first purchased, staff dreamt of a day when they would work alongside families in the community and establish relationships and sustainability. Today, this vision is a reality. Back2Back… Read more

by Steph Duff
February 24, 2021 All • Inspirational Living • Mexico • Stories

An Honor to Share Their Lives and Home

Back2Back wants children and teens to live in families- either family-style care or if is a healthy and safe option, reunited with extended family. It has been an exciting few months in Mazatlán, as the Foster Care Program has officially kicked off!  Sadie* once lived in a former Back2Back-partner children’s home, but due to a… Read more

by Steph Duff
January 20, 2021 All • India • Inspirational Living • Stories • Strong Families

A Tenacity to Learn

Deepa* reviewed the lined paper in front of her carefully. It was the second draft of a letter to her sponsor, and the first one she had written in English on her own. Deepa, along with her brother, Tanay* are two children in the Strong Families Program in India  who have shown great growth and… Read more

by Steph Duff
December 3, 2020 All • Haiti • Hope Program • Inspirational Living • Partner Children's Home • Staff Stories • Stories • Strong Families

Stories from the Field

Shalom – A Staff Team Retreat Staff retreats are one way Back2Back staff take time to intentionally gather for community, to grow spiritually, and to refresh themselves physically, emotionally, and socially. A retreat was planned for the Haiti staff in the fall of 2019, but due to in-country turmoil, it had to be postponed. Recently, Staff… Read more

by Steph Duff
November 12, 2020 All • Hope Program • India • Inspirational Living • Stories • Strong Families

Field Story Highlights

What They’re Learning in Their Time Apart Staff have learned a significant amount of information about the children they serve in India the last several months. While some work stateside and patiently waiting to return to India, they meet virtually with all the children who call the Back2Back campus home, as well as with the… Read more

by Steph Duff
November 11, 2020 All • Family Reunification • Inspirational Living • Mexico • Stories • Strong Families

Opening Doors, Strengthening Families

Recent lockdowns in response to the pandemic were an unwelcome change for most of the world. As people adjusted to working from home and teaching school from kitchen tables, there were a few families in Monterrey who benefitted from the requirement of sheltering-in-place. Many of the children who live at partnering children’s homes were already… Read more

by Steph Duff
October 20, 2020 All • Hope Program • Inspirational Living • Nigeria • Stories

Holistic Care Growing Whole-Hearted Teens

Growing in Body, Mind, and Spirit Holistic care is one of Back2Back’s top priorities in caring for vulnerable children. Our 5-Point Child Development plan ensures every child and teen is receiving care spiritually, physically, educationally, emotionally, and socially in order to not just survive, but flourish. A young man at Calvary Hope House is a… Read more

by Steph Duff
October 13, 2020 All • Family Reunification • Inspirational Living • Mexico • Stories • Strong Families

Monterrey Highlights

Strong(er) Families, Strong(er) Homes Recent lockdowns were an unwelcome change for most of the world. As people adjusted to working from home and holding classrooms from their kitchen tables, there were a few families in Monterrey who benefitted from the requirement of sheltering-in-place. Many of the children who live at partnering children’s homes were already… Read more

by Steph Duff
August 4, 2020 All • India • Inspirational Living • Stories • Strong Families

Earning a Say in Their Futures

The Indian city is bustling. Car horns sound consistently, as vehicles, motos, and walkers all work to get to their destinations. Tall buildings and shops line the roads, and cows and goats make their way through the busy streets. In the center is another community with a busyness of its own- a slum community within… Read more

by Steph Duff

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