Treasured Pearls: Day 14 - The Smith's

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Day 14 - The Smith's

We are in the process of bringing home our 2nd daughter from China. We have 3 bio kids and a beauty from Shaanxi already. We hope to bring Xialan home from Henan next summer. You can learn more about us on our blog at loxahatcheesmiths.blogspot.com
I have just added a chip in button for anyone who would like to help us bring Xialan home.

Just a note - Many of you don't have a way to donate on your blog or listed in your comment. Please make sure you have a chip-in or something on your blog or send me your agency name so that people can donate.

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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/