Our children come from various backgrounds. Some come from broken homes, their tender lives shattered by the mental illness, poverty and abuse they experienced. Others have braved the challenge of death of a parent, sometimes even both.

It is heartbreaking.

And yet, these children are giving us a chance to show them life under different terms.

They are hesitant. Sometimes it takes months and months to build their trust. It is always a struggle. But we must do it. We must give them the love, warmth, security of a healthy life. It is our mission to set them up for a better tomorrow.

We can’t fix their broken past. But we can show them a brighter future.