Love Without Boundaries Podcast

On this episode, Amy Eldridge and Meredith Toering talk about the coronavirus' impact on international charity work and how people are figuring out how to hold onto hope when so many around the world are impacted.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On this episode, we speak with Kelly Wolfe of Love Without Boundaries about nonprofit financials and some of the changes in recent years on how charities are evaluated. Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On today's podcast, I spoke with Brittani Lots, a long-term LWB volunteer whose family was grown through adoption. Brittani discusses the adoption of their son Joel, who was born with an extremely complex heart defect, and how adoption encouraged their oldest son McKade to take on an ambitious project to bring the gift of play to children in Chinese hospitals.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On this episode, we speak with Dr. Robert Spires, from the University of Richmond, about his work in the field of human trafficking. Dr. Spires has extensive experience on this topic in southeast Asia. He shares what he's seen along the border of Thailand and Cambodia, the region where LWB runs our Safe Haven foster care program for children who have been trafficked or severely abused.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On this episode, we interview In Sokleng, the director of LWB-Cambodia. He discusses the issues facing children along the western border and his dreams for making a real difference in their lives through education.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On today's episode, Amy Eldridge discusses LWB's first international education projects - building inclusive schools inside Chinese orphanages - so that children with all types of special needs could have the joy that comes from learning.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On this episode, we speak with Meredith Toering, who spent five years in China caring for children born with congenital heart defects. Meredith has recently returned to the US to become LWB's new Director of International Cardiac Care. She discusses how she got involved in helping children born with CHD and reflects on some of her experiences with pediatric heart surgery overseas. Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On today's episode, we speak with Elyse Ellsbury, a remarkable 14-year-old who was adopted from China. Elyse was born with spina bifida and uses a wheelchair for mobility. During our conversation, Elyse shares some of her memories about life in an institution and discusses why she and her siblings have now launched Chairs 4 Change, an initiative to help orphaned and vulnerable children around the world.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On this episode, we discuss some of the issues faced by children in orphanages who are born with special needs, beginning with China and then transitioning to a conversation with Christina Lindseth, Managing Director for LWB's Uganda programs. Christina shares some insights on our work with foster care and family reunifications, before talking about some specific challenges children in Uganda face when born with disabilities.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

On today's podcast, we speak with Sarah Neville, a PhD student at Boston College's School of Social Work, about the definition of the word "orphan" and how that can impact charity work and adoption.To learn more about the history behind this term, see Crying For Our Elders: African Orphanhood in the Age of HIV and AIDS by Kristen E. Cheney.Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)

In the first episode of our podcast, LWB's CEO Amy Eldridge introduces you to the "baby who started it all" and the unknown hero who helped begin our charity work for orphaned children in China. Support the show (http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/donate)