Author: ceri

Once a month, a woman in East Texas sends a letter to a little girl in Sri Lanka. The two are separated by oceans, continents, decades...

Like most people with HIV/AIDS in South Africa, Shadrack Mvelase receives a disability pension. But it is not enough for a single father raising...

May is National Foster Care Month. CERI is part of the global movement to grow foster care around the world. Here’s the story of one mom making...

For Daniela, being a single mother comes with the tough decision of what to prioritize: money or food? Both take time—and time is hard to...

It wasn’t the super organized mom who packs lots of snacks that saved the day. It wasn’t the wealthy businessman from the village...

Nakeem*, a Rohingya living in a refugee settlement in India, grew up in a society where men take care of matters outside the home and...

The impacts of COVID-19 on the health and economies of each nation the virus has touched are significant. Yet as members of a shared world...

Like many Sri Lankan women, Shanthaledchumi married at a young age. Though she was legally a child when she became pregnant...

When Veronica and Ilie’s parents divorced, their mother moved to Moscow and cut off all communication. But Veronica...

We see examples of this all over the world, but especially in South Africa where Children’s Emergency Relief International (CERI) started its work...