
Second semester is in full-swing The second semester of the Catch Up Class is in session and there are approximately 15 students attending. These students are picked up by Tuk Tuk (above) at the local landfill and taken to Love Without Boundaries’ school. This semester four students had made such progress they were able to…

Hope through family preservation In March, RW sent a check to Orphan’s Voice in Vietnam. They have multiple programs that focus on caring for abandoned and at risk children in Vietnam, including homes and therapy programs. This money was specifically directed to their Building Strong Families program. Through this program, Orphan’s Voice focuses one strengthening…

Education and Shelter Lifesong for Orphans has partnered with two pastors in Cambodia to provide needed resources for local at-risk and abandoned children. Near Sihanoukville, Cambodia, Lifesong has over 40 children living in their shelter as well as an additional 35-50 children (from the surrounding areas) attending daily classes. Most of these classes take place…

Catch Up Class provides opportunities for Nash Nash is an older student in the Catch Up Class program who has not been able to focus fully on his studies since he used to spend most of his time working with his mother in the dump site to help support his family. Even though Nash still…

Catch up class and education provides opportunity In Cambodia many desperate families live in landfills. They and their children spend their days searching for items to sell or recycle. Since the beginning of the pandemic, because of loss of employment, this number has grown. In addition to the unsanitary conditions, fires are burned throughout the…

Five new children placed at Asia’s Hope Asia’s Hope has grown by five children. These children have been placed in the Prek Eng 2 home, which Real Wood Floors sponsors. Reak, above, is 11 years old and in the 2nd grade. When his father died working on a construction site, Reak’s mother determined she was…

More girls than boys will never attend school in Southeast Asia Barriers to education are higher for girls than for boys. And poorer children are less likely to go to school than their peers from richer families. 81% girls compared to 42% boys. The poorest girls remain the most likely to never set foot in…

“It’s so fun to watch her determination…” In 2020, the Romero family adopted their daughter Livia from an orphanage in Ukraine. She has a diagnosis of Down Syndrome and waited for a family for many years. RW provided a financial grant to help her family with their adoption costs. Her mother provided the following update:…

Twelfth Grade Success The students at Asia’s Hope have a history of academic success. This is a result of the belief that every child entering Asia’s Hope should receive the same opportunity as a child growing up with their biological family. Asia’s Hope staff continually seeks varied opportunities for their children, allowing them to meet…

Last December, we provided an update on Real Wood Floors’ 10 x 10 x 10 strategic initiative that served as an integral part of our company’s mission: working towards the day when every child is home. Our completed initiative embodied a three-part strategy of providing facilities, adoption services, and education to children in the US,…
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