Social & Welfare Services in Topeka, KS

The Farm. Began in 1965 as a summer camp ran by Maxine Johnson and her family on a farm near Admire, Kansas. After few years of successfully running the summer camp, the Lyon County juvenile judge and county welfare manager approached the Johnsons, asking if they would consider taking kids all year long.

As the global community, including Church World Service, honors the work, struggles and achievements of women on International Women's Day, March 8, one way to spotlight the status of women is to look at recovery efforts underway in earthquake-stricken Haiti. To women like Saint Elene Alcidonis, 52,