The document announces a historic Global Forum for a World Without Orphans that will take place in February 2016 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Over 500 leaders from 60 countries will gather to address the global orphan crisis and develop solutions to provide every child with a safe, permanent family. More than 1 billion children experience violence each year and 152 million are considered orphans, including 7 million with no family at all. The Forum aims to activate the church worldwide to end the orphan crisis by bringing sustainable family-based care to children in accordance with God's word.