If you've spent very much time talking about adoption with me, you know that one of the things that I love to see is family preservation. I love adoption and seeing families created, but I love seeing families kept together (in an abuse-free situation, of course) even more.
One of my favorite non-profits is an organization doing work with orphans in China called Love Without Boundaries. They provide medical care, nutrition (formula, cereals, etc.), training for care givers, and many, many other services for orphanages all over the country. Recently I came across their Unity Fund. Basically, there are lots of families in China who want to find a way to get healthcare for their children (duh, right?), but they can't afford it. LWB's Unity Fund steps up and pays for surgery and other care, so that families don't have to do the unthinkable and abandon their child. And there ya go. My new favorite charity.
Today, LWB posted about a father who needed to get care for his newborn son. The baby was born prematurely, and the mother died in childbirth. The baby has developed pneumonia. This father needed help. LWB has stepped up to help this family, but they need help to give help. Go check out the work they are doing and see if it would be something you would be willing to support too.
Seriously. Go on now.
1 comment:
Hi, I found your blog because you left a comment at Korean-Adoption. These are really great links and I'm grateful to you for posting them. I'm also really interested in the comment you left at the other blog -- about information and how much or how little is available.
I was adopted in the '80s and today, over at The Lit Pub, I am beginning to talk about being a Korean adoptee. I'm more interested today in talking about mother-loss and daughter-loss, but I hope that our interests overlap and you'll consider joining our discussion.
I know we'd love to hear from you on these issues.
Sincerely,
Molly
P.S. Today's post is here: http://thelitpub.com/chapter-one-the-chronology-of-water/
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