Join Cadaniño at the CAFO 2025 Summit as we work to
Strengthen Families through Gospel-Centered Solutions
This year at CAFO2025, Cadaniño is honored to host two unique sessions designed to equip churches, ministries, and leaders with practical, faith-driven tools for strengthening families and preventing child-family separation.
Session 1: Gospel-Centered After-School Programs as a Family Preservation Strategy
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When: Thursday, October 2, 2025 | 9:45–10:45 AM
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Where: Houston’s First Baptist Church | Room 263
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Format: Coaching Table
Afterschool programs can be one of the Church’s most powerful tools for preventing family separation. Drawing from Cadaniño’s three-pillar model: Spiritual Formation, Academic Reinforcement, and Family Strengthening, Timothy and Sharie Martiny will share practical strategies for launching or strengthening faith-based afterschool programs that transform vulnerable children’s lives.
You’ll discover how equipping local leaders, integrating discipleship with academics, and supporting families creates sustainable impact that keeps children in safe, loving homes.
Session 2: Global Family Services Meet-Up
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When: Thursday, October 2, 2025 | 2:45–3:30 PM
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Where: Houston’s First Baptist Church | Room 503
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Format: Meet-Up
Many in the CAFO community serve “upstream” or “downstream” from immediate child protection—through after-school programs, healthcare, discipleship, job training, and more. This meet-up, hosted by Timothy Martiny (Cadaniño) and Claudia León (Buckner International), brings together leaders from across the globe to share insights, learn from one another, and explore how our diverse efforts can work in greater coordination to strengthen families and prevent unnecessary institutionalization.
Who Should Attend
Church Leader and Lay Leaders
Program Leadership & Child Welfare Professionals
Anyone passionate about family preservation, discipleship, and holistic child & family services
Presenters
Timothy M. Martriny
Co-Founder & President
Fundación Cadaniño - Guatemala
Timothy Martiny is the founder and president of Cadaniño, a faith-based ministry in Guatemala that empowers vulnerable children and families through community-driven afterschool programs. With more than 22 years of experience in missions, child advocacy, and nonprofit leadership, he is a passionate advocate for rethinking orphan care through Gospel-centered, family-strengthening solutions. After a decade of working in orphanages, Timothy saw firsthand that most children had families who simply lacked support. This led him and his wife to develop Cadaniño’s replicable three-pillar model of spiritual formation, academic reinforcement, and family strengthening. Today, he speaks, trains, and consults globally, equipping churches and ministries to prevent family separation and transform communities.
Sharie R. Martiny
Co-Founder & Vice President of Programs
Fundación Cadaniño - Guatemala
Sharie Martiny is the co-founder and Vice President of Programs at Cadaniño, where she leads curriculum development, staff training, and oversight of community-based afterschool programs serving vulnerable children and families in Guatemala. With over 20 years of missionary and ministry experience, she is passionate about creating Christ-centered initiatives that empower communities, strengthen families, and transform lives. Sharie’s leadership combines professional expertise and personal compassion, ensuring that every child Cadaniño serves is known, loved, and equipped to thrive.
Resources
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Practical, Gospel-centered strategies to strengthen families before crisis—through prevention, discipleship, and community-based afterschool programs.
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Distinct: A Gospel-Centered Perspective on Family Preservation Handout
Explore how a Christ-centered, upstream approach to child and family care makes our work truly distinct. This handout unpacks the watershed perspective, highlights Cadaniño’s Community Impact Center model, and offers reflection prompts to help ministries apply biblical distinctiveness in serving vulnerable children and families.
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Practical, Gospel-centered strategies to strengthen families before crisis—through prevention, discipleship, and community-based afterschool programs.