I wish that I was more aware of the suffering in the world as a child. We did grow up pretty carefree, but our recent trips to China and our current pending adoption to Vietnam has made me much more aware and in tune to how lucky we are. Yes I have been selfish recently wishing that Vietnam would hurry up and give us a referral. Then I get immersed in Chat room, Blogs and anything else that can offer up information. Then I get mad. I understand several reasons why the wait, but then I read of babies dying because of the flu! No blankets, watered down formula ect. and this can spread like wildfire, specially in an orphanage. There has to be a way to connect babies with families that want them. It is taking way too long. Ethica is a group that helps adoptive families and are very involved in the world of adoption. Below is a report of current conditions. We are not sure if these orphanages are open to adoption, they might just be in a very poor area without the support of adoption agency's that offer humanartian aid. If you would like to make a difference please follow the link at the end of this post.
The officials were the ones who called provincial orphanages asking what was most needed, and were the ones who picked the orphanages/care centers in:
Ha Tay Province (120 children under 16 in need of aid, including 45 babies between 1-4 months old)
Bac Giang Province Center for Orphans and Handicapped Children (60 children including 20 newborn babies)
Bac Ninh Province (185 children of which are 60 orphans and125 handicapped,52 babies from 1-18 months old, 5 children who are HIV+ from 2-3 years old)
Dong Anh District in Hanoi (56 children of which 35 are newborn-7 months old)
The Fund has mobilized resources and is going on a mission to Cao BangProvince on Monday and Tuesday. They welcomed extra support for these orphanages and also mentioned an additional 200 impoverished children that could use assistance (but who are not orphans) in Bac Giang. At this time we're limiting the Blankets for Babies Fund to the children in orphanages,and if there's even a remote possibility of meeting that enormous sum of$9,350 then we can consider the additional 200 children.Most concerning are the requests for formula, which is quite expensive. I can see why it is usually watered down. There was also a request for cloth to make diapers, a washing machine to disinfect the children's clothing, and medicines. I understand a French company is making some donations to support the handicapped children. I'm hoping that there are American companies that can make similar contributions.
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