Back to the beginning

 

 

In light of the upcoming changes to the way grants are allocated to the children aged over 10, I thought I would do some housekeeping on this blog.

If you haven't heard about the changes, please go HERE to read all about them.

 

Below is a list of the older children who were listed and had donation buttons as of September 2011 - every single child listed below had precisely ZERO in their grants back then ! 

Most of the children have a much more substantial grant now - many, thanks to New Hope grants, gifted to them from children no longer available for adoption, due to the Ru$$ian adoption ban.

MANY children have been adopted and are already home with their families !!! 

Many have families actively working to bring them home !!!

Look at the list - scroll down - LOOK at all the RED !!!!!

LOOK at the numbers - the grants - just look !!

These kids had ZERO 4 1/2 years ago !!!!

After May 6th, the older children (aged 10+) will no longer have individual grants. All of the monies in their grants will be combined into a pool, after which each child will be eligible for a $10,000 grant once a family commits to adopt them !

I'm showing this list to show how much - or how little - each child has had as an available grant up to this point.  The change in grant policy means that even those who have barely had any donations to their grant in the past 4 1/2 years will be eligible for the $10,000 grants !!  Hopefully many more of these children will find homes now.

  

Will #21-1 - HOME in 2012
Samuel #3-2 - $10,127.86
Kyle #7-1 - HOME in 2014
Jordan - $10,667
Sasha - MFFM/In Loving Memory
Ruslan - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Andrue #16-4 - $10,000
Alexei  - HOME in 2013
Zane -  HOME
Kyle -  $1,519
Grant - $14,448.85
Andrew - HOME in 2012
Luke -  HOME
Jeff -  HOME in 2016
Drew #6-1 -  HOME
Marty #6-7 - $5,107
Mikale #6-6 - $8,828.50
Madden - $5,164.35
Dylan - $6,495.02
Megan - $13318.60
Dasha - HOME in 2012
Isabelle #2-2 - $5,427.25
Trista - HOME in 2012
Alan  - $3,933.09
Russ  - $102.90
Donald - NO LONGER AVAILABLE
Ross - $287
Matvey - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Nathan - $123.80
Troy - $145.10
Carter - HOME in 2012
Joey - HOME in 2012
Alix - HOME in 2012
Sealey - $2,255.60
Samson - $1,062.50
Anderson - $2,559.70
Silas - HOME in 2012
David - $135
Jason - $3,473.07
Evan - HOME in 2014
Bobby - HOME in 20133
Harrison -HOME in 2013

Glenn - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Dmitri - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Phillip - HOME in 2012

Andrew - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Parker - $102

Olsen -  HOME in 2013

Everett - HOME in 2013

Arthur - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE

Vitaly - IN LOVING MEMORY

Galen - $600

Walter - HOME

Kristopher - MFFM

Erik - MFFM

Marley #60-1 - MFFM

Samantha & Kristina - $10,360

Janna - HOME in 2014

Elaine - HOME in 2013

Erin - HOME in 2013

Patti - HOME in 2012

Marina - HOME in 2012

Nastya -  IN LOVING MEMORY
Leila - $101.49
Chrystyna - $14,135.48
Allie - CH - MFFM
Anastasia - $315
Alisha - $140
Natalia - HOME
Yasmine - $2,741.10
Lauren - $160.37
Berkeley - HOME in 2014
Noel - $212
Brittany - HOME in 2015
Linda - $100
Susan - MFFM
Steffie - MFFM (Domestic Foster Care)
Yuri - $1,255.10
Alicia - $4,430.91
Eric - $150
Andrey - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Rafferty - HOME in 2012
Katerina 2H - MFFM
James - HOME in 2012
Taylor - HOME
Yelena - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
McKenna - HOME in 2012
George - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Kade #16-2 - $8,036.41
Brett #19-1 - $16,282
Heath - HOME in 2013
Andruis - $21,559.50
Dylan #17-3 - $6,495.02
Adam #16-1 - $5,371.71
Michael - $8,715.16
Tanner #31-1 - $10,362.85
Chad - $5,600.12
Daniel -  Aged Out
Marlowe #2-3 - $3631.91
Dixon #2-3 -  $4,213.45
Cullen #12-4 - $5,221.80
Heather - HOME in 2013
Stephie #49-4 - HOME in 2015
Veronika L23 -  HOME in 2014
Amelia #2-1 - $8,009.28
Dawn #17-1 - $10,204.30
Lynette #17-2 - IN LOVING MEMORY
Emilija L64 -  HOME in 2014
Natalija L60 - No longer available
Margit #6-4 - HOME in 2014
Maxim O. - HOME in 2013
Emmitt - HOME in 2013
Tyler - HOME in 2012
Alex - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Frank - HOME in 2013
Makayla #11-16 - HOME in 2013
Laurel - HOME in 2012
Kristie - NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Alexis - HOME in 2012
Justine - $100
Kiersten -  Aged out
Devon  -  $2,106
Estelle - HOME in 2013
Gerard - HOME  in 2013
Marat - MFFM
Vlad -  NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE
Larisa - MFFM (Domestic foster care/adoption)

 

Irina 26HA - $2170 - Gifted to Jeanette
Kate 26HA -  $5002.30 - Gifted to Iris and Adam
Maksim S. 14G - $100 - gifted to Kolya #7-2
Nikita K. -  $5001.50 - gifted to Lene and Fernando
Denis D. -  $2562.50 - Gifted to ??
Ahmed R. -  $68 - gifted to Madden
Cyril S. -   $100.10 - gifted to Vance
Nicholas 2H -    $902.18 - gifted to Dante
Catherine P. 8CH - $2396.90 - Gifted to Prudence
Danielle 2H -  $1079.25 - Gifted to Bryannah
Ellie 46 - $145.40 - Gifted to ??
Jolene 26HA - $ $176.50 - Gifted to Mara
Tiana 26HA -  $103.50 - Gifted to Mara
Artem 13G -   $1027.11 - Gifted to Daniel #14-2
William - $101 - Gifted to Kenneth
Gregory J. 8CH $194 - Gifted to Maverick
Alexander G. 13G -  $2183 - Gifted to Simon
Christine S. 8CH -  $60 - Gifted to Evelyn
Iryna $140.05 - Gifted to Jeanette
Andrew P. 26HA - $55.20 - Gifted to Jason
Drew B. 26HA -  $145 - Gifted to Andrey
Mark 14 -  $52 - Gifted to Timothy
Avery 3G - $445.50 - Gifted to George
Benjamin 15H -  $140.60 - Gifted to Yuri
Daniel 15H - $105 - Gifted to Kade
Kolya 15H -  $3079.70 - Gifted to Michael
Yana - $1231.70 - Gifted to Devora

 

Please - do what you can to SHARE these children !!  Click on any name in the list and it should take you to their profile, where you can see, in most cases, a picture, as well as a description.

These children have been waiting for FAR too long - and they will all be eligible for a $10,000 grant as of May 6th !!

PLEASE see these children and share them everywhere you can - without a family, they will spend the rest of their lives in mental institutions, or living on the streets.

Please give them a chance - I know we cannot all adopt - but each and every one of us can hit the SHARE button on Facebook !!

Please - share - it's the only way their families will find them !!

Please - if you can - donate !!

Pray !

Only 22

 

Listed below are all of the older children who currently have ZERO in their grant.  There are 22 of them - boys and girls who, through no fault of their own, have no hope of a loving family other than through adoption.

Please - help me zap these zeros - help me get these kids seen, so that their families can find them and bring them home !

 

You can click on any name, and it will take you to their profile on Reece's Rainbow - right there, you will see a donate button. 

Please donate if you can. 

If you can't, please share them !!

Denny - $0

 

Timon - $0


Xander - $0


Benjamin - $0


Laurel - $0


Farrah - $0


Blakeley - $0


Yahto - $0

Aubrey - $0


Thaddeus - $0


Susan - $0


JoyAnna - $0


Nanci - $0


Tyler - $0


Ryland - $0


Aden - $0


Francis - $0

Nannette - $0


Donni - $0


Daryl - $0


Bailee - $0


Chad - $0



Pick a child - share, pray, donate.

If not you - then who ?
 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Which one ?

 

For those of you new to this blog, and to the world of Reece's Rainbow, here's a quick run down of what they're all about.

 

Reece's Rainbow is an organization that raises adoption grants for orphans living in orphanages around the world.   They focus on children with Down Syndrome and other special needs - children who are mostly social orphans - meaning that their parents are still alive, but found themselves unable to cope with their child's needs.  Sadly, many countries still see the disabled as burdens, and they just don't have the medical care, schools and therapists available to help the children reach their full potentials. 

Most children with special needs live their lives in orphanages, then adult institutions, and many die young due to neglect.  These children deserve families, just as our children do.  They deserve to be loved, to be surrounded by moms and dads, brothers and sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins and grandparents.  Sadly, very few will get this opportunity - and those that do are those lucky enough to be adopted. 

 

Over the past few years, I have followed many many stories of children who HAVE been adopted, and brought home to a loving family in the USA. 

So many of these children were malnourished, bedridden, and had basically given up on life.  I have seen them change before my eyes - seen them thrive as they received adequate nutrition, therapy, education and, most important of all - LOVE.

 

International adoption is expensive - and most families who CAN provide for their children once home - who CAN feed, clothe and house them - who CAN provide medical care - who CAN love their children - these families just don't have tens of thousands of dollars to pay for the adoption.   

 

This is where Reece's Rainbow and their advocates come in.

They list children who are available for adoption - they get them seen - and they help raise adoption grants for them.  Once a family commits to adopting a child, they are able to raise funds, and once they travel to meet the child, they receive any money in the child's already established adoption grant.

 

My mission - the mission of this blog - is to make sure that every child over the age of 6 has a few dollars in their grants.  I focus on the older children because they are the  hardest to find homes for - they have been passed over time and time again.  I just cannot stand seeing a big fat zero on their Reece's Rainbow profile - so I do my best to zap those zeros !

 

I also aim to get every older child's grant up to $100 - however, as there have been so many children newly listed on Reece's Rainbow over the last few months, I have put this on the back burner. Once we have zeroed the zeros, we'll get back to that mission !

 

So - listed below are all of the older children who currently have ZERO in their grant.  There are 27 of them - boys and girls who, through no fault of their own, have no hope of a loving family other than through adoption.

Please - help me zap these zeros - help me get these kids seen, so that their families can find them and bring them home !

 

You can click on any name, and it will take you to their profile on Reece's Rainbow - right there, you will see a donate button. 

Please donate if you can. 

If you can't, please share them !!

Denny - $0

 

 Hattie - $0

 

 

Connor - $0


Timon - $0


Xander - $0


Benjamin - $0


Laurel - $0


Farrah - $0


Blakeley - $0


Yahto - $0

Aubrey - $0


Thaddeus - $0


Susan - $0


JoyAnna - $0


Nanci - $0


Tyler - $0


Ryland - $0


Aden - $0


Francis - $0

Bennett - $0


Nannette - $0


Jack - $0


Seth - $0


Donni - $0


Daryl - $0


Bailee - $0


Chad - $0



Pick a child - share, pray, donate.

If not you - then who ?
 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

21 Days of HOPE

While I spend my time trying to get those zeros zapped, there are many other ways of helping the children of Reece's Rainbow.

 

During the month of March - more precisely, from March 1st - March 21st (World Down Syndrome Day) - Reece's Rainbow run their "21 Days of Hope" campaign.  This campaign has 3 aims - to raise money for their Voice of Hope fund; to provide visibility to 21 waiting children; and to raise all round awareness of exactly what Reece's Rainbow does.

 

The Voice of Hope fund is what keeps Reece's Rainbow going - they are totally non-profit - they keep their operational costs below 10% - they run 7 days a week - and they rely totally on private donations. 

 

Without the Voice of Hope fund, there would be no Reece's Rainbow.

 

The Voice of Hope fund covers all of the behind the scenes stuff that we don't even think about - postage - office supplies - printing costs - accounting - outreach projects - web design - fundraisers - and much, much more.

 

In a nutshell - the Voice of Hope fund is pretty important !

 

So - how does the 21 Days of Hope campaign work ?

 

Did you read it ?

Did you see - if we can raise $1000 per day for the VOH fund, during these 21 days, an anonymous donor will match that $1000 with a gift of $1000 for EACH of the 21 children highlighted !!

 

This is HUGE !!

 

There are 21 children designated to receive this wonderful $1000 gift.

Many of the children chosen this year do no have a photo in their profile, due to privacy laws in their country.  Photos are HUGE when it comes to adopting a child, as you can imagine, and many adoptive families fall in love with their child solely because of their photo.

 

Without a photo, children tend to become invisible - sadly, their listings are scrolled past as if they are not even there.  However - they ARE there - they are real children with real lives, who are just as much in need of a family as the children who DO have photos.

 

Let's help get these children SEEN !! 

You can donate to the 21 Days of Hope campaign, and so the children will receive the matching money.

You can also share this blog - or the campaign - or the children.

Or all of the above !!

 

Please - go HERE - scroll down, and you will see the children. You can click on their picture to read their profile. Remember - while you can, of course, donate directly to the children - at this time, we would prefer your donations to go to the Voice of Hope fund - this way, both the child AND the Voice of Hope fund will benefit from your donation !

 

Below are the children - both the silhouettes of the "invisible" children, and the photos of those who are allowed to be pictured. ALL of these children have Down Syndrome - ALL of these children are orphans - ALL of these children need a family. ALL of these children need YOU to help them.

 

NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL !!!

 

Four children have already received their $1000 matching donation - but we have fallen behind big time - we are on day 14, and should have 14 children with $1000 already - please help us catch up and help all of the children.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you reading - thank you for seeing the children.

 

Please go HERE to donate.

 

THANK YOU.