Treasured Pearls

The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it. Matthew 13:44-46

Kids who Wait

This page is dedicated to providing links to other websites that have more information on waiting children from China.

This is a work in progress so check back regularly.

Blogs:
Your Outstretched Arms - Features aging out children from around the world
Sharing Live and Love
Red Thread Kids
Cornbread and Chopsticks
Waiting on their Family
Waiting Children in China
Still We Wait
Kids From The Heart
A Family for Every One - Features older children
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Agencies:
Small World Adoptions
Madison Adoption Associates Yahoo Group
Bay Area Adoption Services Yahoo Group
Wasatch International Adoptions  some of these kids are in countries other than China
Lifeline Adoption
ASIA
FTIA Journey of Hope Kids
FTIA Special Focus Kids
Holt International
Gladney

Password Required for agencies listed below:
Wide Horizon
CCAI
WACAP
America World
Great Wall of China Adoptions
Christian World Associates
Wide Horizons for Children
Living Hope

Foster Homes:
New Day
Starfish Foster Home
An Orphan's Wish
True Children's Home
Shepherd's Field

Other Organizations:
Love Without Boundaries
No Hands but Ours
In His Hands
The Shepherd's Crook
Rainbow Kids
Reece's Rainbow

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Orphans

Orphans are easier to ignore before you know their names. They are easier to ignore before you see their faces. It is easier to pretend they're not real before you hold them in your arms. But once you do, everything changes.

--David Platt Radical

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/

2011 International Adoption Statistics for the US

  • China - 2589 down from 3401
  • Ethiopia - 1727 down from 2513
  • Russia - 970 down from 1082
  • South Korea - 736 down from 863
  • Ukraine - 632 up from 445
  • Philippines - 230 up from 214
  • India - 228 down from 243
  • Colombia - 216 down from 235
  • Uganda - 207 up from 62
  • Taiwan - 205 down from 285
  • Nigeria - 148 down from 189
  • Congo - 133 (new this year)
  • Ghana - 100 down from 117
  • Jamaica - 100 up from 59
  • Kazakhstan - 86 down from 181

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