Program supporters and country partners allow the Bethany team to equip parents with the resources, life skills, vocational and business training they need to lead their families from poverty to self-sufficiency. Families move through three phases, with the ongoing support of caseworkers that are local to the country.

1. Preservation: Caseworkers help families access basic needs such as health care, safe drinking water, nutritious food, proper shelter, and children in school.
2. Empowerment: We offer ongoing support, including vocational skills education and business training where their dedicated caseworker helps set goals, make plans, and guide progress.
3. Self-Sustainability: Our goal is to guide families to the point where they have a dependable income, improved health, ongoing education for children, and the necessary tools to thrive in the future.

On average, families are in the program for 3–5 years. However, some families have experienced major setbacks due to civil unrest, natural disasters, major illness, or a global pandemic. When this happens, we ensure they receive the appropriate and individualized support they need, given their circumstances.

When you support the program, your gift helps offset the cost of providing resources and services to all of the families in our global family preservation program. It costs around $210 to serve each family for one month.

But we also want to give you the opportunity to direct your support to help families thrive in a specific country of your choice.

You can have confidence that your gift makes a difference because a caseworker is assigned to help every family in the program. The caseworker works directly with the family to understand their situation and design a unique plan that helps them reach their goals. This person will closely monitor progress and share regular updates with program supporters and country partners.