Independence Day.
The 4th of July.
What does that mean to you ?
A quick Google search brought up the following answers -
You don’t answer to someone else.
You determine your own schedule, values, and priorities.
You stand alone.
Being able to depend upon yourself.
Not being a victim anymore.
Doing things without manipulation.
Self-reliance.
Living a fulfilling and sustainable lifestyle.
The ability to say no.
Not having to ask for permission to live my life.
Choices.
Did you read the list ? Do you agree ?
I would assume that most people reading this enjoy all of those freedoms ?
I know I do.
I don't think we generally think about how lucky we are - and hopefully, on this 4th of July, as we celebrate our freedom, we do spend a moment or two thinking about what that means.
I love how patriotic everyone becomes on this day - the parades, the waving of flags, the celebrating, the fireworks, the red white and blue.
I can't help thinking, though, on this and any other holiday, of those who do not have the same freedoms as us.
Those in countries where the way they live is dictated to them, where some are not deemed worthy, for one reason or other.
Countries where women are told what they can and cannot do.
Countries where racism is still rife.
Countries where families are only allowed to have one child.
Countries where those born with disabilities are abandoned at birth.
Please - on this Independence Day - stop - look around you - and truly appreciate the life you live. It doesn't matter who you are - whether you are rich, poor, young, old, black, white, male or female - the life you are living is SO much better than the lives of a huge portion of this world we live in.
Think about the list up above again.
The one in red and blue.
How many of those freedoms do you think you would enjoy if you were an orphan, living in an orphanage.
Abandoned.
Unloved.
How about if you are an orphan born with a disability ?
Born to a family in a country where the disabled are frowned upon.
Seen as bad luck.
Where there are no therapists, no special equipment, no schooling, no medical services.
What can a family do, when told that their longed for baby is "broken" ?
When the doctors tell them there is no hope, to leave the baby in the hospital, to go home and have another, hopefully "normal" baby ?
So many babies left to be cared for by the state.
SO many children, growing up in orphanages, through no fault of their own.
Too many children living with NO freedom whatsoever.
They will always answer to someone else.
They will never determine their own schedule, values, and priorities.
They will never stand alone.
They will never be able to depend upon their self.
They will always be a victim.
They will forever do things with manipulation.
The will never have any self-reliance.
They will never live a fulfilling and sustainable lifestyle.
They will never have the ability to say no.
They will always have to ask for permission to live their life.
They will never have a choice in anything.
TOO many children without a future, merely because they were born different.
Do you know anyone with a disability ?
Anyone who uses a wheelchair ?
Anyone with autism ?
Anyone with Down Syndrome ?
Anyone with Down Syndrome ?
Anyone with cerebral palsy ?
Anyone with a limb difference ?
Anyone with a cleft palate ?
Anyone with any difference whatsoever ?
If you do - whether they are a child or grown - did they see therapists ?
Physical, occupational, speech ?
Did they go to school, and get an appropriate education ?
Did they go to school, and get an appropriate education ?
Did they receive special equipment ?
Wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, hearing aids, glasses, feeding tubes, communication devices ?
Did they see doctors ?
Get medications ?
Did they/do they get everything they need in order to lead their lives ?
To be FREE ??
Listed below are the names of many many children.
They are not their real names, they are aliases, given them in order to protect their privacy.
These children all live in orphanages around the world.
They are all available for adoption, and they all have adoption grants through Reece's Rainbow.
Unfortunately, they all have less than $100 in their grants.
Some, who are newly listed as available for adoption, have ZERO in their grants.
Their grants are monies that will be given to the family that steps forward to adopt them.
International adoption is crazy expensive, so Reece's Rainbow raises grants in order to offset the huge expense of giving these children freedom.
On this one day, on this special celebration of freedom - can you help ?
You don't have to adopt to make a difference.
You don't have to adopt to make a difference.
Could you pick a child from the list below, click on their name, read their profile, look at their photo, and maybe share them ?
Maybe donate a few dollars, in the name of freedom, to their adoption grant ?
Could you do that ?
If you scroll all the way down - you will see some names in RED.
These children once has ZERO in their grants, but thanks to the incredible generosity of people like you, now have over $100 !!
Now, look at the names in PURPLE !! They have families who have committed to them, who are currently working to bring those children home !
Children who, hopefully, will be able to celebrate their own freedom NEXT 4th of July !!
Children who, hopefully, will be able to celebrate their own freedom NEXT 4th of July !!
ZERO
BABY STEPS TO $15
Heath - $14
Krista - $14
Willow - $5 $14
Flynn - $13.50
Fynn - $10
Sammy - $10
Dean - $10
Garrett - $10
Artie - $10
Emily - $10
Quilliam - $10
Waniya - $10
Carissa - $5 $9.50
Justin - $9
Bonn - $9
Becky - $9
Athens - $9
Jolina - $8
Jamie - $7.20
Jessica - $7
Andrey - $0 $1.80 $5.80
Graham - $0 $5.40
Eben - $5.40
Chelsey -$0 $5.40
Emma Grace -$0 $5.40
Aleah -$0 $5.40
Lucy -$0 $5.40
Eben - $5.40
Chelsey -
Emma Grace -
Aleah -
Lucy -
Joy - $5.40
Patton - $5
Matty - $5
Miko - $5
Ellie - $5
Frank - $5
Hanson - $5
Patrick - $5
Trenton - $5
Jinger - $5
Gary - $5
Huan - $5
Robert - $5
Benson - $5
Russ - $5
Payton - $5
Jonny - $5
Leonard - $5
Rhyder - $5
Saul - $5
Miles - $5
Jacques - $4.50
Guido - $4.50
Colleen -$0 $4.50
Dacey -$0 $4.50
Tomo -$0 $4.50
Nelson -$0 $4.50
Jacque -$0 $4.50
Edison - $0 $4.50
Cody -$0 $4.50
Drew -$0 $4.50
Piper -$0 $4.50
Gavin -$0 $4.50
Amelia - $4.50
Nella -$0 $4.50
Calista -$0 $4.50
Emilie -$0 $4.50
Nigel -$0 $4.50
Sophia -$0 $4.50
George and Martha -$0 $4.50
Colleen -
Dacey -
Tomo -
Nelson -
Jacque -
Edison - $0 $4.50
Cody -
Drew -
Piper -
Gavin -
Amelia - $4.50
Nella -
Calista -
Emilie -
Nigel -
Sophia -
George and Martha -
STROLLING TO $25
Trisha and Tyler - $24.05
Antonio - $23
Chantelle - $23
Lizzie - $0 $4.73 $22.73
Piper - $22.50
Charlie - $22.50
Isis - $22.50
Felicity - $0 $22.50
Matthew - $19.80
Alice - $18.41
Benji - $18.10
Emery - $18
Kambry - $18
Tracy - $18
Erich - $18
Eva and Ella - $5 $9.50 $15.80
REACHING FOR $50
Jerry - $45
Maiya - $27.90
Evelyn - $27.50
Zephan - $25.65
Luca - $68
Nicholas - $60
Vanessa - $8 $57.50
Leila - $55
Caesar - $51.50
Merlin - $51
Troy - $50.60
Aurora - $50
Ellisyn - $0 $50
SOARING TO $100
Violet - $75
Blaine - $75
Garion - $75
Morris - $75
Fabio - $75
Please help them.
Donate.
Share.
Pray.
If you don't do anything else - please - care.
$100 +
Eliah -$90.45 $270.45
Opal -$83.30 $149.90
Ethan -$76.50 $103.50
Nehemiah -$75 $142.50
Laurence -$95 $100
Buddy -$94.50 $100.49
Murray -$47.50 $226.15 $610.45
Susana -$90.90 $100
Apollo -$67.50 $157.50
Josie Lynne -$0 $112.50
Marshall -$0 $112.50
Elizabeth -$0 $27 $2511.30 !!
Twyla -$5 $9.50 $234.50
Grace - $45 $2145 !!
Jake -$57 $2157 !!
Jojo -$50 $2544.84 !!
Jack and Jill -$0 $5.21 $526.50
Kelly -$22.50 $2517.34 !!
Danny -$18 $38.70 $376.65
Evan -$75 $80.40 $87.60 $2187.60 !!
Kayla - $0 $4.95 $38.33 $180.13
Mario -$84.85 $89.35 $93.85 $98.35 $103.35
Sara -$81 $100
Tenney -$0 $260
Dirk -$0 $890.70
Easton -$0 $145.50
Malea -$5 $217.25
Ruben -$5 $186
Cole - $90 $100
Ricky -$0 $4.50 $624.28
Reid -$70 $104.20
Olivia -$0 $67.50 $112.50
Manny -$15 $25 $70 $99.70 $108.70
Denzel -$75 $120
Sarah Anne -$0 $103.50
Nicki -$0 $100
Grady -$0 $100
Skippy -$0 $100
Jagger -$0 $168.40
Campbell -$0 $216
Dina -$0 $5 $105
Sawyer and Finn -$0 $5 $504.50
Rita -$4.50 $10,075.50 $12213.00 !!!
Johnathan -$0 $4.50 $49.50 $103.50
Illiana -$0 $22.50 $40.50 $1147.40
Raul -$5 $25 $128.50
Jason -$50 $68.90 $121.10
Donald -$68 $186
Marv -$36 $49.50 $58.50 $103.50
Merritt -$4.50 $9 $99 $101
Eloise -$9 $96 $101
Lexi -$87.50 $101
My Family Found Me !!!!
$0 $9.96
Shawn - $77.50
Palmer - $5
Lenny - $39.06
Belle -$0 $5.40
Lisa Marie -$0 $4.50
Marilee - $4.50
Chloe Ann -$0 $4.50
Trixie -Donate.
Share.
Pray.
If you don't do anything else - please - care.
$100 +
Eliah -
Opal -
Ethan -
Nehemiah -
Laurence -
Buddy -
Murray -
Susana -
Apollo -
Josie Lynne -
Marshall -
Elizabeth -
Twyla -
Grace -
Jake -
Jojo -
Jack and Jill -
Kelly -
Danny -
Evan -
Kayla - $
Mario -
Sara -
Tenney -
Dirk -
Easton -
Malea -
Ruben -
Cole -
Ricky -
Reid -
Olivia -
Manny -
Denzel -
Sarah Anne -
Nicki -
Grady -
Skippy -
Jagger -
Campbell -
Dina -
Sawyer and Finn -
Rita -
Johnathan -
Illiana -
Raul -
Jason -
Donald -
Marv -
Merritt -
Eloise -
Lexi -
My Family Found Me !!!!
Alia - $0
Hallie - $9
Tirzah - Shawn - $77.50
Palmer - $5
Lenny - $39.06
Belle -
Lisa Marie -
Marilee - $4.50
Chloe Ann -
Jeanne - $0
Tallis - $5
Geoffrey - $4.50
These children are in a region that is currently not open to adoptions. Reeces Rainbow are no longer able to accept new donations for these children.
The current grant funds will remain with the children until the unrest is resolved or the children become permanently unavailable for adoption.
Cheryl - $14
Venetia - $10
Alys - $9.50
Pavel - $7
Adelina - $5
Braden - $5
Kent - $5
Coralina - $5
Sandy - $5
Havalah - $5
Shayla - $5
Frieda - $5
Saul - $23
Nadine - $22.50
Seeley - $22.50
Victoria - $20
Laraby - $18
Israel - $17.10
Delta - $16.71
Vera - $45.90
Eponine - $45
Alexey - $28
Karis - $27.90
Canaan - $71
Dmitri - $51
Galvin - $83.30
