Real Life Stories

Human Interest Success Stories Focusing on Children

Success stories about children, orphans, and adults who have all been helped by the charity efforts of Family Care Foundation. Click links below to read real life, human interest stories about those who our FCF programs are designed to help, from AIDS orphans to North Korean refugees.

Himalayan Sherpa Benefits Thousands Mingmar has worked hard toward his dream to bring health facilities to his Himalayan village.	IT Skills Empowering Pakistani Women Emphasis on IT development and language skills make impact in the lives of hearing-impaired women.
Who Was Yoo Chul Min?--And Why Does it Matter? A 10-year-old N. Korean refugee made a sobering decision light years away from most 4th graders.	Walking to School on Her Own Unable to stand on her own, let alone walk, 7-yr-old Angura is walking for the first time in her life.
Silence No Longer a Barrier Through a hand up, determination and persistence, Ali is now one of the sole deaf computer teachers in Karachi.	The Best $100 I Ever Spent The four-year-old was discovered wandering around a hospital in northern Thailand, abandoned by her relatives.
A Family for Gahtae Thai Gahtae had never even ridden on an escalator and yet she was soon scheduled to begin a new life in France.	A Mother's Last Wish Mom was dying of AIDS, and had one last wish for her 10-year-old daughter Samantha
I'll Always Remember His Smile I met Dawo in a Bangkok children's hospital where children with heart problems and leukemia are treated.	Olga--Born to Lead Brought up in the terrorist region of Colombia, 17-year-old Olga told us of her constant state of fear.
Still in our Hearts Ioanna was raised in a Romanian orphanage, and had very little self-esteem and no hope for a happy future.	New Light in a Dark Prison While attending my classes in his prison, Andile offered his help translating from English to the Zulu language.
A Tailor-Made Vocation Despite being deaf, Matthew's training will allow him a livelihood, and a chance to attend university.	Anna's Story Anna’s infection was so bad that it seemed her leg would have to be amputated, not an encouraging prospect in Africa.
Light for the First Time Blind from birth, 11-year-old Paul receives a new lease on life through a bilateral cataract operation.	Katie's First Birthday Party! When Katie first met me at that orphanage in Mexico, she wrongly concluded, “My mom has come back!”