If you want to support a missionary in China or certain critical areas in Southeast Asia, your support will be sent to the indigenous mission operating there. Names and photos of the missionaries are sometimes supplied, but sending biographical information and worker reports outside the country can jeopardize the worker. Children Millions of children in Asia, Africa and Latin America are destitute. Wars and natural disasters have added to the distress in some areas. Even many who live with their own parents go hungry, wear rags, and don't go to school because their parents are unable to find work and therefore can't pay local school fees.
Many children wander the streets looking for scraps of food.
Most suffer from malnutrition. Sometimes their fate is much worse. Many are abused. Some are kidnapped and used as slaves. Thousands of needy children are cared for in children's homes operated by indigenous groups.