Iraq's Abandoning Children?

What is best for Iraqi orphans -- those abandoned and living on the streets and those left at orphanages? With such few orphanages, how can they be cared for? What does this mean that children are being abandoned? Culture change? Please watch this video to help us answer these questions. The more you are informed, the more you can share -- and help the life of just 1 child. To view video, click here

Orphanages provide safety for Iraqi orphans

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Can I adopt an Iraqi orphan?

Some people ask us about adopting orphans in Iraq. We hope this article will help to explain why adoptions are not the focus for Orphan Whispers and other orphan organizations at this time...Read more here.

Teddy Bears For Orphans Arrive For Holidays

Just in time to celebrate Eid, Thanksgiving and Christmas, the new Orphan Whispers Teddy Bear has arrived! This year the Orphan Whispers Teddy Bear is white and very, very soft. We could not have picked a cuter and more cuddly bear! Same Orphan Whispers t-shirt, different bear. Same "Hug An Orphan" campaign, different year. Give the gift that gives. Help a child. Purchase a teddy bear today. $50 will get you the teddy bear and help an orphan for a month. What better way to spend this holiday season?

JUST 1! CAMPAIGN

"I expect to pass through life but once.  If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again."  ~William Penn

Orphan Whispers has started the JUST 1! campaign.  Reflect on the above quote.  What can you do to make a difference in the life of another today?  It takes only one person to make a difference.  Become a fan on facebook today.  Invite a friend to do the same.  Will you be that 1 person to help another get connected with orphans in Iraq?

Iraq's Orphans Battle to Outgrow Abuse

(Reuters) - At night, 11-year-old Salah Abbas Hisham wakes up screaming. Sometimes, in the dark, he silently attacks the boy next to him in a tiny Baghdad orphanage where 33 boys sleep on cots or on the floor.  Read more...

Multicultural Concert Raises Funds, Awareness for Iraqi Orphans

On Saturday, May 1st, the organizers of Orphan Whispers present their debut event to raise awareness about their work on behalf of orphans in Iraq. The Saadoun Albayati Ensemble, Wael Kakish and members of Kan Zaman, the Unison Interfaith Choir, as well as a children's "blind" choir and kirtan drummers are donating their time, in a dynamic concert to raise funds for Iraqi orphans.  Read more...