I understand not everyone is called to adopt. Certainly if that were the case, there would be no orphans...wouldn't that be incredible??? However, we can all do something to help even one orphan be free from living in an orphanage or a mental institution their entire life. What is it you feel lead to do to help?
There are tens of thousands of children around the world who need a family. They need someone to love and care for them. Someone to show them the love of a family. You can choose one of these children or a family who is working toward adopting one of these children. Pray for the child, pray for their family (even if the family has not yet found them). You can donate...literally every $1 donation is $1 closer to that child being with their family. You can share, tweet, blog...whatever it is you do. Tell everyone you know that orphans matter. When you share, people you know share and so on and so on.
Reece's Rainbow is an organization that assists by setting up grants for children awaiting adoption in countries around the world. Once a family has committed to a child, the money stays with the child until the family travels to see them. It seems it is sometimes easier for a family to commit to a child when they see all or part of the adoption expenses are covered by a grant. It makes the often cumbersome process a little easier.
If not Reece's Rainbow, find another organization that you feel comfortable with and donate to help save a child. We can all do something to help. What will you do?
Please know many countries are far behind the USA in the way disabled individuals and orphans are treated. In so many countries, babies born with any type of special need are considered a curse or, at the very least, are a burden on the family they cannot afford. There are so many orphanages (as there used to be here as well). Some are nice enough and do the very best they can for the children (some with foster care options for young children). Others are not at all nice and the children barely survive, if at all. When the children age out, that is an even worse fate in most countries. Children are put out on the street to beg or steal. They are sold for prostitution or trafficing. If they are placed in another facility, it is likely an adult mental institution. I hear that many will admit children transferred from an orphanage to an institution do not live long; either due to neglect or abuse. Almost none, whether they need it or not, receive proper medical treatment. It is such a sad situation. You can help...if just one!
If you say, "But we knew nothing about this," does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who guards your life know it? Will he not repay everyone according to what they have done? Proverbs 24:12
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