Orphans

Courage in the Adoption Waiting Game

Craig Juntunen | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Guatemala, International Adoption, Vietnam, Orphans, Adoption, Red Tape, Adoption Policy, Adoption Politics, Impact News
Craig Juntunen

Today, courage and strength have replaced love and desire as the most important characteristics for people who take on the international adoption process. The expected 18- to 24-month adoption process has turned into a maddening and unnecessary four or five year ordeal.

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Creole Lessons

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Dr. Jane Aronson, Wwo, Haiti, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

I remember thinking that I loved the Creole language and found it whimsical in sound, and warm, loving and childlike in meaning.

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Haiti Journal #3 -- The Highs and Lows of Fieldwork

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Dr. Jane Aronson, Wwo, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Haiti, Haiti Relief, Haiti Earthquake, Haiti Relief Efforts, Haiti Disaster Relief, Haiti Aid, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

Everyone was astonished by the condition of both buildings from the earthquake ... and the tent camps that still remain in the main square.

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Haiti Journal #2: A Visit to Our Toy Library and the Problem of Social Orphans

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Wwo, Haiti, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

The vast majority of orphans in Haiti (and most likely in the rest of the world) are social orphans: their parents are alive, but for many reasons, they are not raising their children.

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Haiti Journal #4 - Culture, Literacy and Medicine

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Dr. Jane Aronson, Wwo, Haiti, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Haiti Orphans, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

In Haiti, store signs are symbols or photographs, not words. That's because few Haitians read anything except the Bible.

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Community and the Death of my Good Friend, Tersh Murdoch

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Dr. Jane Aronson, Community, Wwo, Orphans, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Tersh Murdoch, Yale Hillel, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

The work of WWO is about community, and all international development work should be based on the simplest of formulas to help needy people rally within their community to hold strong and escape poverty and conflict.

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'Swamp People' Save An Orphaned Fawn

Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: TV Canada, History, Video, Reality TV, Tropical Storm, Swamp People, Orphans, Tv Replay, Fawn, Alligator Hunting, Alligators, TV News

Most of the time on "Swamp People" (Thu., 9 p.m. ET on History), the drama comes from hunting and killing dangerous prey like alligators. But this wee...

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How Do We Care For The World's Orphans?

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 05.26.2012

Read More: Global Motherhood, Child Rearing, Community Involvement, Adoption, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

I think about how all teens around the world should be dancing in their seats to Katy Perry and Lady Gaga... all children should be enjoying the rites of passage of their time... remembering friendships and school experiences and sharing silly jokes.

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Afghan Fund Launched As Orphans Visit New York

Jim Luce | Posted 05.22.2012

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Jim Luce

With the American presence in Afghanistan shaken in the horrific wake of Quran burnings, the death of innocent civilians and indications that the Amer...

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We Need to Help Orphans Find Families

Craig Juntunen | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Adopted Children, International Adoption, Adopt, Adoption, Orphans, Impact News
Craig Juntunen

If we can all agree that these children's lives matter, then why aren't we doing something to give them a better chance of realizing the dream of joining a loving family?

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Mass. Teen Sells Socks To Support Russian Orphans

Salem Patch | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: sparks540, The Who, Kim Ayers, Keri Cahill, Orphans, Greatest-Person-of-the-Day, Siberia, Bridget Ayers, Russian Foreign Ministry, Impact News

Bridget Ayers is an unassuming 13-year-old who loves the Beatles and classic rock and, like many others her age, she still has the occasional off-day ...

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WWO: Trusted and Valuable Resource in Haitian Community

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Orphanages, Jane Aronson, Orphaned Children, International Aid, Haiti Orphans, Orphans, Haiti, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

Since Haiti's devastating earthquake two years ago, WWO has been in the process of adapting our current program models to fit the needs of children who have been affected by the horrific tragedy.

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Being the Change That I Wish To See In the World

Soiya Gecaga | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: We the Change Foundation, Kenya Children, Early Childhood Development, Kenya Orphans, Kenya Violence, Kenya Refugees, Kenya, Orphans, Good News News
Soiya Gecaga

Upon my return to Kenya, I initially thought I would get involved in peace and reconciliation activities. However, I couldn't help but notice the hundreds of very young children that I saw running around unsupervised on a daily basis.

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Finding HOPE In the Slums of Kolkata

MeiMei Fox | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Sex Slavery, Hope Foundation, Kolkata, Hospital, Volunteers, Non-Profit, Orphans, Health Services, Ngo, Prostitutes, Slumdwellers, Photographs, Hope Home, Slums, Slidepollajax, Slideshow, India, Calcutta, Healthcare, Good News News
MeiMei Fox

This past December, I returned to Kolkata for the first time since 2004, this time with my husband, Kiran. Here is our story -- Kiran's photographs, my words -- of poverty, inspirational people, and, ultimately, hope.

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You Don't Outgrow Being A Daddy's Girl

Holly Palance | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Parenting post50, Coping With Death, Baby Boomers, Ukrainian Doll, Father Daughter Relationship, Father's Day, Daddy's Girl, Orphans, Fifty News
Holly Palance

When our parents die, we don't like to believe that we're next. But we are. Better to grow up before we die. That's a lesson my dad taught me. So on this anniversary, I remember, with gratitude my dad.

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India an Eye-Opening Journey

John Harden | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: India, Mission Trip, Poverty, Caste Aside: Hope for Orphans From the Heats of India, Orphans, India Orphans, India Poverty, New Books, Robi Ley, World News
John Harden

At 10, Roberta, or Robi Ley knew she wanted to be a writer. She would dream endlessly toward the day she would see her byline printed on a book cover.

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From Steve Jobs to Kids in Foster Care: Lessons During National Adoption Month

Adam Pertman | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Media, Families, Foster Care, Children, Adoption, Orphans, Steve Jobs Adoption, National Adoption Month, Adoption Month, Impact News
Adam Pertman

November is National Adoption Awareness Month, so media outlets nationwide will be writing stories about children whose lives are improved as a result of moving from foster care into permanent, loving families.

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Abandonment of a Baby: Jail and Adoption are not the Answers

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Jane Aronson, Orphans, AIDS Orphans, International Aid, Mothers, Humanitarian Aid, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

When I saw this little boy's photos in my inbox, I was eager to learn about this child. He was sweet and shiny and alert, just a few months old, and I felt hopeful for a moment. Then I read the social history.

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Empowering Orphans

Neha Gupta | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: India, Volunteering, Orphans, Impact, High School News
Neha Gupta

When I was a child, my grandparents used to take me to an orphanage in India to interact with the kids. However, I did not exactly understand the plight of the children's' lives until I was nine years old.

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The Trouble With International Adoption Is not Trafficking: It's the Global Orphan Crisis

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Jane Aronson, China, Child Trafficking, Adoption, Orphans, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

Why did we create such a marvelous bureaucracy to improve international adoption practices and not pour some of that money into the welfare of mothers in these countries?

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Space for One More?

Ken Wong | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Cambodia, Education, Schools, Charity, Orphans, Salvation Centre Cambodia, Cambodia Salvation Centre, Cambodia Poverty, Face-to-Face Aids Project, Cambodia Education, Impact News
Ken Wong

Our school's mission is to get these poorest children and their families accustomed to going to school, and then staying in school for as long as possible.

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What Do Orphans Think About at the Amusement Park?

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Jane Aronson, Amusement Parks, Abandonment, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Orphans, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

My adopted sons will not be able to remember many of the details of the fun they had at the amusement park this Labor Day, but that's okay because that is what childhood is all about.

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Curtis M. Wong

New York Chef Spends Vacation With South African Orphans

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Microfinance, Orphans, Lily of the Valley, Greatest Person of the Day, Hiv, Lynn Bound, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Orphans, Moma, Museum of Modern Art, Good News, Impact News

Many people spend their summer vacations basking along sun-drenched beaches or traveling to exotic ports-of-call. But Lynn Bound wanted her holiday to...

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Curtis M. Wong

Student Gives Somali Orphans A Home

HuffingtonPost.com | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Alia Mohamed, Mogadishu, Somalia Famine, Africa, Orphans, Slidepollajax, Greatest Person of the Day, Somalia Drought, Somalia, Good News, Mercy to Mankind, Somalia Orphans, Somalia Refugees, Impact News

While most of her peers are enjoying their free weekend time, Alia Mohamed spends her Saturdays on Skype. She will listen dutifully at her computer as...

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Partnerships... Smarter, Cheaper, Kinder

Dr. Jane Aronson | Posted 10.09.2011

Read More: Nonprofits, Jane Aronson, Partnerships, Nongovernmental Organizations (NGOs), Charities, Orphans, Worldwide Orphans Foundation, Impact News
Dr. Jane Aronson

At the end of the day, being alone and isolated is not a viable way to live. Humans are not constructed to be successful without interdependence and independence... not just one or the other.

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