Category: Children Waiting for Families

Waiting Child Photolistings – Boys & Girls Need Families

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families
Brian is 10 years old
Olivia is 13 years old
Victor is 12 years old
Tyler is 11 years old

Married couples only

No age requirements

No limit to amount of children already in the home

Timeline: 4-8 months from start of homestudy to travel

Travel: Only one parent needs to travel. One long trip lasting 30-35 days or it can be broken up into two shorter trips, each lasting 10-12 days.

Costs vary be region. This is a special needs adoption, so reduced agency fee and foreign fee. The agency can help you apply for grants and receive donations toward the adoption fund.

Please contact Victoria Tucker  at Good Hope Adoption Services: vtuckergoodhope@gmail.com

*This post has been updated. ‘Violet’ and ‘Alice’ now have committed adoptive families

10 Children with HIV Need Parents

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families

RainbowKids newsletter dated February 7, 2012 is reporting about 10 children with HIV in need of adoptive parents. All of the children are listed with the very reputable agency CHSFS. Contact intchild@chsfs.org about these little ones:

  • Girl in Eastern Europe born 10/2007
  • Boy in Eastern Europe born 7/2009
  • Boy in Eastern Europe born 7/2008
  • Boy in Asia born 3/2004
  • Boy in Latin America born 11/2008
  • Girl in Latin America born 11/2004
  • Boy in Latin America born 6/2009
  • Boy in Latin America born 10/2003
  • Boy in Latin America born 5/2003
  • Boy in Africa born 3/2007

Pretty and Smart Girl Needs a Family ~ Waiting Child Photolisting

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families

“Hope”  was born in November 2005. She has dark eyes and she is an amazing little girl. She gets along well with other children. She is very smart. When an adult explains something to her, she listens carefully and makes her findings. When she is interested in something, she asks questions. She is inquisitive, curious and communicative. She is also described as being charming and affectionate. This child really needs a loving family. It is believed that whatever developmental delays she may have from institutional life can be overcome. She is a cheerful girl and she likes helping take care of the younger children. She is a truly beautiful girl.  She was transferred to the older child orphanage toward the end of 2008. She is so gentle and waits patiently for someone to show her attention or affection. She has a confirmed HIV-positive diagnosis. The chances of a child this age with HIV being adopted by a local family in this particular region are almost zero. The most recent photos were taken in summer 2009.

Waiting Children in China

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families

There are occasionally children in China with HIV who are in need of international adoptive families. The placing agencies who have advocated for orphans with HIV in China include Adoption Advocates International, Lifeline, Wasatch and Great Wall. Exceptions  can sometimes be made to China’s eligibility requirements when adopting a child with HIV.

Adoption Photolistings including Older Children

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families
Wow! Look at those stunning blue eyes. Jack is a good boy. He was born in 2001. He would like to be adopted. He is HIV-positive and doing well physically and developmentally. Married couples may inquire.
Don’t mind the pink shirt, Brance is a boy! He is 5 years old and was born testing positive for HIV and HepC. Married couples who can travel can inquire.
Autumn is a very pretty girl who is active, sweet and sociable. She is healthy and participates in life fully and is developing normally. She was born with HIV and receives the appropriate medications. Married couples ages 25-64 years with health insurance may apply to adopt her.
Hadley is a reserved and sweet young lady. She is a healthy normal 9 year old girl with long silky blond hair and light hazel eyes. She is tall for her age. She is developing normally and is at a location with excellent care. She is noted as being VERY patient, reserved, considerate and kind, great kid. She might have a brother, this can be verified upon inquiry. She was born HIV positive. Married couples who can travel should inquire.
Cole is a cute little stinker! He is all boy Little Cole has dirty blond hair and huge brown eyes. He is ready to hit school, run around the house in Buzz Lightyear pajamas and race hot wheels. This healthy chunky little boy has no developmental delays. He is HIV positive. He is doing well and he is a healthy, active little boy. He can be adopted quickly by a married couple with one parent age 51 or younger.
Val is a 12 year old boy with HIV and normal development. Married couples with one parent within 45 years of the age of this child may apply.
Collin is a 12 year old boy with HIV. He is developing normally. Adoptive parents should be no more than 45 years older than Collin.
Paige has such soulful eyes and stunning blond hair. She was born in 1997 and longs for a family. She was born HIV positive but is doing very well physically. She would like to be adopted into a happy family! Married couples may inquire.
Isaac is a lively young man born in 1997. He has a pigeon chest, is HIV positive and there is a note in his medical records about his tonsils-possibly they need to be removed. He is active, friendly and does well in school. His physical issues do not cause him any problems. He would like to be adopted, married couples may inquire.
Eden is a precious young girl waiting to be adopted. Despite being born with both HIV and Hep C, she is doing rather well. She is doing well physically at this time but would love a family to do all those girl things! Married couples may inquire.
Charlotte has blond hair and brown eyes and she was born in 1997. She longs to be adopted. This sweet little teen girl was born HIV positive and has a mild astigmatism, but is generally physically healthy. Married couples may inquire.

These children were on the photolisting website http://waitingchildren.wordpress.com/ .  Email me if you need contact info. 

Eastern Europe Waiting Child – Boy

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families

This little boy is 4 years old (August 2006). He is living with HIV. He also has CP but he walks and runs. He is happy, outgoing and always has a smile on his face. He was transferred to the older child internat in August 2011. A recent adoptive family that met him says he is a “total sweetheart”. He is loved by the caregivers and he is always, always smiling.  Additional photos available.

The baby house provides very good medical care and the children have access to ARVs. It is an easy adoption-friendly region. The children are able to play outside. Nutrition is basic although the children get fresh fruit for a snack. The children appear to be healthy and the nannies are caring.

Waiting Child Video

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families

This little boy is waiting for a family. He was born August 2007 and is at risk of being transferred away from the baby house. He is living with HIV. Not only is he handsome, but he is calm, curious and friendly. He speaks in sentences. When playing, he can complete a series of successive operations, matches objects, knows the different colors, builds a compound with a house, gate and bench. His self-care skills are fully developed: he eats carefully using the correct utensils, brushes his own teeth, and he dresses himself although he needs help with buttons and shoelaces.  Photos available.

Grab the Waiting Child Slideshow Button

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families, Media, Non-Profit Organizations, Other Topics

Please help advocate for orphans with HIV by adding the photolisting slideshow (see left sidebar) to your blogs and social media. Please contact me if you would like help adding the slideshow to your websites or if the slideshow is too wide for your sidebar. In blogger, I believe you add an html widget (not a slideshow widget).

Here are the Codes:

STANDARD SLIDESHOW CODE:

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WordPress.com: (via Gigya) REMOVE THE SPACES FOR END-CAPS

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Google Gadget URL:

http://www.slideroll.com/google-gadget.php?s=0jjqnyh0

Facebook Static FBML (?) for Pages:

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NEW MYSPACE CODE:

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Simple Embed Code:

<div align=”center”>http://www.slideroll.com/player.php?s=0jjqnyh0</div>

ALTERNATE JAVASCRIPT INCLUDE:

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://slideroll.com/slideroll.php?s=0jjqnyh0″></script><span style=”display: none;”><a href=”http://slideroll.com/?s=0jjqnyh0″>View Photo Slideshow</a></span>


NOTE: If your slideshow runs slowly, remove the wmode=”transparent” and <param name=”wmode” value”transparent” /> tags from the code.

Urgent Plea for Little Girl w/ HIV & CP

by Bethany, posted in Children Waiting for Families


It is believed this photo is of a little girl named Irina taken in 2006 when she was nearly 3 years old. We think she was born in December 2003.
An article from December 1, 2006 states: “Now urgent problem with one of our patients Irina who is nearly 3 years old. She is HIV-positive but she does not need special treatment; the virus can sleep in her body for many years (this may mean she is a slow-progressor). It was disturbing her underlying disease – cerebral palsy and she needs a qualified neurological treatment which we cannot provide in our hospital. The children with this pathology go to the orphanage for children with central nervous system damage and mental disturbances (“the mental institute”). We are working in this direction but it’s hard to say how long the girl will be in our center. Frankly, we are scared to send the child to people suffering from phobias about HIV. It is excusable for an uneducated man, but should never be in health care workers. A year ago, she held her head badly, could not sit there and just not realized was smiling, but now she crawls, stands, leans on the barrier and is beginning to talk. The children at the hospital are loved, they are neatly dressed and well-trimmed” (see younger picture).
The hospital she was in at the time of the article seems to be a decent place, but it looks like she has been transferred to the mental institute. It is our hope to find a special family very soon who can help her with HIV and CP, and also with any emotional help she may need.
According to the article, there are other children in this region with HIV who are also in need of adoptive parents. The other HIV+ child specifically mentioned in the article is a boy named Sergey who we believe to be younger than Irina, but born before December 1, 2006. There is also a boy born May 2008 in this region.
Please feel free to copy and paste this information in to any of your groups, social media, blogs, etc to help find a family for this little girl. This is her only chance.
*Update – new photo from Summer 2012.