Mary Hutchinson

Constanza, 22, spent most of her childhood in an orphanage where the walls where covered in black mold. Though the children slept together in single cots to keep from freezing to death, she was isolated because she had lice in her hair when her mother left her there.“Every night I went to bed hungry,” she…

Philip Cameron never planned on extending his family, nor had he envisioned creating a refuge for potential sex slaves. Yet his efforts to transform orphans into walking testimonies of God’s love are now transforming a country.Natalie, a beautiful girl of 16, sat outside the orphanage where she had lived since she was 7 years old,…

Statistics of abuse and neglect paint a grim picture Around the world, at least one in three women has been beaten, coerced into sex or otherwise abused in her life. The U.N. reported in 2009 that up to 40 percent of women throughout Latin America have been victims of physical violence. Forced prostitution, sex trafficking

Publisher’s Note: J. Lee Grady has been part of the Charisma family since 1992. Early this year, after 11 years as editor, his role changed to contributing editor, prompting many readers to ask where he had gone. Lee is still a vital part of Charisma, as you’ll read in this article, but he is also embracing a bold new…

Jan. 30, 2009 -- Vita barked as loudly as he could. He was hungry because all the food in the dog bowl was gone. Two large dogs towered over him, adding their barks to his. The walls of the small Russian apartment were thin, and the noise was constant. The barking continued unabated for days…