Adoption
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ADOPTION
- Estimated number orphans lost only their mother: 34.5 million
- Estimated number orphans lost only father: 101 million
- Estimated "double orphans" 17.8 million
- Number of caring adults needed to make a life long difference?
- JUST ONE
ADOPTION NUMBERS
- 10 yrs equaled 179,719 children adopted
- Top sending countries- China, Ethiopia, Russia, South Korea, Ukraine.
- International adoption has decreased 59% from its high in 2004.
- In the U.S, 20,000+ children age out of the foster care system yearly
- Today there are 104,000 children in foster care waiting to be adopted
ThE MOST IMPORTANT
- James 1:27
- "Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless"
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THIRD REASON
- They do not have enough money to care for themselves.
- They have no mentors or advisers to talk to.
- • They have poor education.
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FUTURE
- 50% of orphan graduates fall into a life of crime
- 10% of Russian orphans commit suicide in first three years of leaving
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HOW YOU CAN HELP
- If not adoption, foster care is a wonderful way to help children in need
- Collect items for an orphan or orphanage
- Start a club at school to help orphans in other regions
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