Uniting disabled adults seeking purpose with
disabled children yearning for love.

Globally, five to six million children live in 9,000 institutional care facilities worldwide—truly the poorest of the poor.

Friends of the Forgotten unites disabled adults seeking purpose with institutionalized, disabled children in the developing world yearning for love, fostering Christ-centered healing and hope.

We see a day when every forgotten disabled child knows they are wanted — because someone who understands their struggle shows up and says, ‘You matter’.

We see a day when disabled adults know they were never sidelined, but chosen for this sacred work.

Together, we turn longing into belonging, across borders and beyond barriers.

A diverse group of children and adults in a public space, including a boy in a wheelchair, a boy with crutches, and a girl sitting on the ground playing with toys, engaging with two smiling adults.

A young woman with long brown hair sitting in a wheelchair near a window, looking thoughtfully outside in a cozy living room.

Want to be Needed

Many adults with disabilities yearn for a sense of purpose, possess remarkable empathy and a capacity to uplift others.

A young boy with curly hair and a blue t-shirt sitting on a bench by a window, looking down in a dimly lit room with scattered toy balls in the background.

Need to be Wanted

Institutionalized, disabled children face higher rates of mental health issues due to lack of individualized attention and exposure to trauma.

Woman in wheelchair talking to smiling boy outdoors with children playing in the background.

Freed to be Loved

Disabled adults support disabled children, transforming mutual longing into belonging and building bonds that bring dignity and joy to both.

“The Moment That Changed Everything”

Click below as John Foppe, founder, shares the moment that began it all.