She was relatively lucky. Unlike the many who are found dumped in train stations or toilets, her family left her at a safe, warm shelter. The babies there are dropped off in a cozy room with pink walls, a cradle and an incubator. Fangfang was left in a handbag on the floor. In one such case, a baby was found in a dumpster on the outskirts of Beijing. In another, firemen in eastern China rescued an abandoned newborn boy from a sewage pipe. In just two months, children with special needs were abandoned at the baby safety island in Guangzhou.
As a result, 13, orphans will be eligible to be adopted and children with special needs will have the opportunity to be united with a family. We believe that all families should have the opportunity to adopt, regardless of finances, which is. AGCI is currently in the process of acquiring our NGO license—this will allow us to further expand our orphan care efforts throughout Fujian.
In , of the 57 orphanages in the Fujian Province, only 9 were preparing adoption paperwork for the orphans in their care. Without this paperwork, children are ineligible to be adopted by loving families.
To address this concern, AGCI hosted the first ever paperwork conference to educate orphanage directors on the importance of completing paperwork for children and advocating for children with special needs.
Just two years after our advocacy, 60 children with special needs have since united with their forever families through AGCI alone and over 6, more children now have the chance for family. There are currently 8 million orphans living in institutions around the world. Hai Cong came from China's southern region of Guangxi province.
He was born with a mental disability. Hui Hui, born in , used to have difficulty eating and was extremely skinny. Today nearly all of China's unwanted children have disabilities. Le Le was born with congenital heart diseases and abandoned in a temple. Despite rapid economic growth, welfare experts say the world's second largest economy lacks an adequate social safety net, which leads to more orphans.
Yi Tan was born in with congenital heart diseases and Down's syndrome. China says there are roughly , orphans nationwide. Guang Quan is another resident of Alenah's Home. Christina Weaver, a Canadian missionary who works at the home, says of the children: "They all deserve love. They don't deserve this kind of life. Still, he's learned to swim, attends school when he can, and dutifully changes his own diapers.
JiaJia pronounced "Jah Jah" dreams of someday becoming a police officer. The adoption agency has been trying to place JiaJia with a family for most of his life. He has touched the hearts of many staff and volunteers at Alenah's Home , a medical foster home in the Chinese capital that currently cares for 23 Chinese children with disabilities. JiaJia is the oldest and longest-term child at the home. He serves as a de facto big brother to the other kids -- pretend boxing, playing with toy cars, and even singing with them.
A family once promised to adopt JiaJia, then backed out. He has watched many of his friends find homes and then move away. We waited for nine years," Zhang says.
Earlier this year an American family filed paperwork to adopt JiaJia. They learned of him through fellow church members who adopted his best friend from the same foster home. They have a blog and Facebook page documenting the adoption process.
Even if all goes well, it still may be months before JiaJia joins his new family in Missouri. He has Skyped with his future parents, sisters, and grandparents, and he says he wants to be with them "right now. Waiting even just a few more months feels like an eternity for him. He's been waiting his whole life for a family.
He does not show his emotions normally.
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