International

LYDIA has been serving children and families since 1916 in the city of Chicago. Founded as an orphanage to serve children whose parents had passed away, today LYDIA is a Christian social service agency that includes a residential treatment facility, counseling centers, foster care, abstinence education, Healthy Families program, and preschool.

LYDIA International was formed to address these same needs around the world.

We have four core principles:

• To further the Gospel of Christ by ministering to those identified as being in need of physical, emotional, and spiritual assistance, such as the orphans, widows in distress and the poor.
• To partner with other established agencies worldwide in order to train Christian workers to be more effective in addressing the spiritual and emotional needs of children at risk.
• To provide excellence in professional service with the best available resources obtained through training, supervision.
• To work with government systems in order to improve practices so they can more effectively support families and care for children.