Treasured Pearls: Halloween Treats

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Halloween Treats

Last night was Halloween. Jonathan and Aaron dressed up as Ninja's and Sarah was a princess. They got LOTS of candy (too much) and had a great time. Sarah enjoyed knocking on the door as much as the boys, but she wasn't interested in any house that was scary. They all hung in there for a long time. We were out from 6:00pm until about 7:40pm. That was a lot of walking for me, much less them! I'll try to upload pictures soon

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Orphan Statistics

Inter-country adoption has decreased 59 percent from its high in 2004, due primarily to restrictions by sending countries.
81.5 million Americans have considered adoption. If just 1 in 500 of these adults adopted, every waiting child would have a permanent family.
Every year more than 23,000 children age out of foster care, leaving them without families of their own.
The average waiting child is 7.5 years old.
Last year, nearly 9,000 children were adopted internationally
Of the estimated 238,280 children who exited foster care during 2013, the median amount of time spent in care was 21.8 months.
In 2013, California and Texas were the two U.S. states with the most children in public foster care waiting for adoption.
As of 2013, an estimated 17.7 million children worldwide had lost one or both parents to AIDS. Most of these children live in sub-Saharan Africa.
The births of nearly 230 million children under age 5 worldwide (about one in three) have never been recorded, depriving them of their right to a name and nationality
http://showhope.org/9-stats-about-the-orphan-crisis/