Many of you are staying at home with small children right now and know how exhausting full-time caregiving can be. Right now, several of our aunties are quar...

Open Arms Founder and President Rachel Gallagher recorded an important update from Open Arms Village just a few hours ago. Thank you for your faithful prayer...

Dear Friend, I know you love the children at Open Arms Village and are wondering how coronavirus (COVID-19) is affecting them. Because many of our children h...

We've received an emergency placement of four siblings. Leonida, Esther, William, and Nicholas joined the Open Arms family after their schoolteachers noticed...

I remember when my kids were young, how much they looked forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks from school. The kids at Open Arms Village do, too! I g...

It's amazing how something as small as a mango can teach us about love. In the last few weeks, we've shared about John 3:16 and its incredibly personal messa...

I'm learning that God chooses to be inefficient. He could easily care for everyone and everything on earth. He wouldn't even break a sweat! But He chooses to...

Last week 25 of our eighth graders took their national exams! A huge thank you to everyone who prayed for them and sent notes of encouragement. Before the we...

This week, we want to share a specific prayer request with you. Each year, Kenyan students who are graduating from eighth grade and high school must take a v...

One of the most important gifts you can give a child, besides the love of Christ, is the gift of a voice. When they know their thoughts matter, they start to...

Lily is a bubbly thirteen-year-old girl from Mlango. The eldest child in a family of eight, she is very protective of her six younger siblings and her mother...

Do you remember anticipating your birthday as a child? What gifts you would receive? What your cake would look like? I do, and now - thanks to you - so do th...

For several years now, Open Arms has been part of Orphan Sunday - a day when believers from all over the world come together in prayer and action on behalf o...

Today, we're sharing a story from Leah - a college student from the US who spent time at the Open Arms Village in Kenya this summer. I believe in miracles. T...

Can you imagine not owning a pair of shoes? Children from our community love attending Open Arms Academy because they know their basic needs will be met. You...

“I am deeply moved when I see our children reaching their true potential. I know what they are capable of, and I decided to help them be the best they can be...

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I can't say it enough. Earlier this summer, we shared a huge, urgent need...and you responded! Your generosity supplied the ...

Did you know that almost 100 of the children who attend Open Arms Academy do not live at the Village? For many of those children, their time at school is a l...

Our Back-to-School Campaign is here!! Join us as we raise $25,000 by August 31st! It's a BIG goal to meet a BIG need. For some of our students, school is the...

Have you had a chance to check out our new website? We're excited to have a fresh space to share with you what God's doing in Kenya. We also have a brand new...