China Eases One-Child Policy in Shanghai

http://blog.christianitytoday.com/women/2009/07/china_eases_onechild_policy_in.html

Seeking to offset Shanghai's aging population, government officials are encouraging couples to have two children
by Elissa Cooper


Reports began emerging late last week that while China is not lifting its one-child policy — heavily criticized for leading to forced abortions — it is considering amending it based on the needs of Shanghai, the nation’s capital, which hosts a rapidly aging population and weakening workforce.

Shanghai’s Population and Family Planning Commission has begun sending out officials and volunteers to pass out leaflets and offer emotional and financial counseling to families who might be willing to have a second child. More births would help even out the age proportion and bolster the city’s economy. And younger people will be needed: Shanghai is home to more than 3 million people over 60, about one-fifth of its population. In 2020, those over 60 are predicted to make up one-third.

At the start of Communist rule in 1949, China’s government encouraged population growth and even banned birth control. But the population outgrew the food supply, causing over 30 million deaths from starvation by 1962. The government instated the one-child policy in 1979, and for 30 years has kept a tight rein on the country’s population (the world’s largest) of 1.3 billion people by monitoring pregnancies, sometimes forcing parents to terminate them.
The one-child policy makes limited exceptions based on location, ethnicity, and education, and so on. In urban areas like Shanghai, couples without siblings are permitted to have two children. Rural families (about 53 percent of China’s population) are allowed a second child if the first is a girl. Couples who willingly have only one child get honors and benefits, while those who break the rules are punished with fines and property damages.

And everyone is well aware that boys are preferred to girls. With accessibility to ultrasounds in the 1980s, the number of aborted females skyrocketed. Prenatal gender screening was banned in 1994, but the damage was done: This April, a British Medical Journal study found there are 32 million more Chinese boys than girls under age 20.

Although China’s policy shift seems rooted more in economic security than in ethical concerns over forced abortions and gender selection, the shift is nonetheless welcome. Many have waited a long time for the one-child policy to change.

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15 Year Old Ukrainian Boy Available for Adoption!

From a couple adopting in Ukraine:

"There is a 15 year old boy named Zhenna. I do not know how to spell it. All I know is that he will age out of the Ukrainian orphanage system very soon. In fact he turns 16 in less than six months, making him unadoptable. He is a good kid. I found out today that he has no family at all. If you know anyone who has ever thought about adopting an older child, forward this to them. June and I have all the connections here and it would be easy to do."

Equality for Adopted Children

EACH is pleased to announce the introduction of the Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act (S.1359 and H.R. 3110) and the Families for Orphans Act (S.1458 and H.R. 3070), both of which are a result of EACH's collaborative involvement in the Families for Orphans Coalition.** Both proposed acts represent a potential victory for millions of vulnerable children from around the world who need a permanent family and a major step forward in providing internationally adopted children the same citizenship rights as foreign born biological children of American citizens.

Spearheaded by Senators Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and James Inhofe (R-OK) and Representatives Diane Watson (D-CA) and John Boozman (R-AR), the Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act (The Face Act) simplifies the acquisition of citizenship for internationally adopted children and removes these children of American citizens from the immigration process.

The Families for Orphans Act (FFO Act) was also introduced by Senators Landrieu and Inhofe and Representatives Boozman and Watson. The FFO Act would establish the Office of Orphan Policy, Diplomacy and Development within the Department of State which would have the responsibility for developing and implementing a comprehensive strategy advocating for permanent parental care for orphans including the preservation of families and other permanency options such as domestic and international adoption.
More information about the FACE Act and the FFO Act can be found at: http://www.equalityforadoptedchildren.org/legislation/legislation.html

How can you advocate for these children and passage of these bills? We are asking all of you to become actively engaged with your U.S. Congressional Representative and Senators by urging them to support the Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act and the Families for Orphans Act. Your telephone call, letter or e-mail can make a difference in the life of a child who is desperately in need of a permanent, loving family and help improve the acquisition of citizenship rights for internationally adopted children.

1. Sign the online petitions in support of these two bills. These petitions will be delivered to Congress.
The FACE Act: http://gopetition.com/petitions/face-act-of-2009.html
The FFO Act: http://gopetition.com/petitions/families-for-orphans.html

2. Call your Senators and Representatives! In coordination with the National Council for Adoption and Joint Council on International Children's Services, we are suggesting a 72-hour sustained telephone effort by asking you to call Congress on July 28, 29, or 30 and urge your three Members of Congress (two in the Senate and one in the House of Representatives) to become a Co-sponsor of the Foreign Adopted Children Equality Act and the Families For Orphans Act. Ask to speak with the Legislative Director or Chief of Staff and tell them that as a constituent you are requesting their boss' support by becoming a co-sponsor of these bills. Provide them with both the names of the two bills and their corresponding bill numbers (the FACE Act is S.1359 in the Senate and H.R. 3110 in the House and the FFO Act is S. 1458 and H.R. 3070 in the House.) You can direct the staffer to contact the offices of Senators Landrieu and Inhofe or Representatives Watson and Boozman for information on becoming a co-sponsor. For contact information on your Representative please visit http://www.house.gov/ and for information on your Senators please visit http://www.senate.gov/.

3. In addition to contacting your own members of Congress, please contact members who sit on the four Congressional committees who will be the first to vote on these bills. The FACE Act will be considered by the House and Senate Judiciary Committee and also by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. The FFO Act will be considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Following is contact information for these committees

In the House:
House Committee on Foreign Affairs:
Phone: 202-225-5021 (Democrats) or 202-226-8467 (Republicans)
Email: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/contact.asp
Members on the Committee who need to know of your support for these bills: http://foreignaffairs.house.gov/members.asp

House Judiciary Committee:
Phone: 202-225-3951 (Democrats) or 202-225-6906 (Republicans)
Members on the Committee who need to know of your support for the FACE Act: http://judiciary.house.gov/about/members.html

In the Senate:
Senate Judiciary Committee:
Phone: 202-224-7703 (Democrats) or 202-224-5225 (Republicans)
Members on the Committee who need to know of your support for the FACE Act: http://judiciary.senate.gov/about/members.cfm

Senate Foreign Relations Committee: Phone: 202-224-4651 (Democrats) or 202-224-6707 (Republicans)
Members on the Committee who need to know of your support for the FFO Act: http://www.foreign.senate.gov/about.html

4. Get the word out. Send this email to friends and family. Post it to your Facebook, My Space, and Twitter accounts, your blog, and personal Web site. On behalf of internationally adopted children and parentless children worldwide, we thank you for your time and your efforts. We can make a positive difference as we work together on behalf of these children.

Sincerely,
J. McLane Layton
President, Equality for Adopted Children (EACH)
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** The Families for Orphans Coalition
Buckner International
EACH
Institute for Orphan Advocacy
Institute for Human Services
Joint Council on International Children's Services
Kidsave
National Council For Adoption
Worldwide Orphan Foundation
Weaving Families
Click here to visit EACH's website: http://www.equalityforadoptedchildren.org/

Little Girl from Haiti Available for Adoption Now

WAITING CHILD: K., the 7 year old girl(she will be turning 8 in August). She really wants a family and has been waiting for a long time. She is from a sibling group of 3 but the orphanage Director recently decided to split the group up since it has taken so long to find them a family all together. K. can be shy but does not have a problem being assertive once she knows someone. She can be bossy with other children at times but she can also be very helpful and kind. She is strong and healthy physically. She is a caretaker. She likes to read books and she likes to play outside. She likes Hopscotch and Jump Rope. She likes to sing. She can be disobedient at times, although their is not a lot of structure in the orphanage which could contribute to this. She would do best as an only child or the youngest of the family or perhaps a small family if the parents are experienced with older children and can maintain structure and boundaries. Please contact us if you are interested. We have many pictures of this child, all of them are recent.

Program Fee (including our agency fee, Haitian Lawyer fee and orphanage support) $12,500
http://www.lovingstork.org/

Home Missions - Consider Foster Care!

Do you have a spare room in your home…room in your heart…for a child in need?
Consider foster parenting in partnership with the Florida Baptist Children’s Homes. For more information attend an orientation meeting on Tuesday, 8/4/09, from 6:30-8:00 pm at the FBC, Orlando Pregancy/Counseling Center training room on Bruton Blvd. Please RSVP if attending to 407-514-4394. For additional information regarding the foster care program contact Laurie Ingram at 407-514-4394 or e-mail laurie.ingram@fbchomes.org.

Haiti Mission Trip

This is from Jeff Bradshaw about his recent trip to Haiti:



Once again I find myself in the position of giving the Lord all of the praises for His tremendous faithfulness to the work in Haiti. I know that there were many people praying for myself and my wife Debbie during our trip and it was greatly appreciated. Every step of the way God was opening doors for us to accomplish all that we had planned to do in advance.

Debbie painting sand filters with her little helpers…

When we arrived in Haiti we were able to get a 4x4 rental vehicle that served us well our whole time down there. This may not sound like much of a big deal here in the states but there is no guarantee of what vehicles are available when you travel to Haiti. I’ve tried renting the vehicle in advance and that doesn’t guarantee that they will hold a vehicle for you. Therefore, I am always thankful when the Lord provides a reliable and sturdy vehicle that can withstand the rugged test of driving over the mountains to our ministry site. After picking up our rental vehicle at the airport we were very pleased with the accommodations that had been made for my wife and I at the orphanage where we stayed for 6 out of the 10 nights we were in Haiti.

There are forty girls now ages 2 to 20 staying at the orphanage. We have been sending donations down to the orphanage now for over 2 years to help pay for the salaries of the school teachers at the school that serves the girls and some of the local children in the community. I have made multiple trips down there bringing missions workers to do VBS activities with the girls. Therefore, the girls are so kind and appreciative of us whenever we come.

On this particular journey we were inspecting and helping out with an operation that has begun within the orphanage compound to build sand filters for water purification. My wife Debbie who is a water engineer helped to make many recommendations about the operation that had been set up and helped to paint the concrete sand filters that had been created in a metal mold purchased in January from “Clean Water From Haiti”. The second day we were in Haiti we purchased another metal mold so that they could create 2 sand filters every day. As Debbie painted the sand filters, the girls were very curious and taught Debbie French/Creole as Debbie shared a few words with them in English. I can not emphasize enough how precious this time is with the girls who are definitely God’s girls. The orphanage is located on a large parcel of land with many facilities. In addition to the orphanage, there is a school, a beautiful chapel and a lot next door where fruit and vegetables are grown.

Before heading up to the school in the mountains to do our annual spring ministry, we were able to locate some gutters that would be installed on the new school in the mountains. They no longer import gutters into Haiti so we had to locate a metal worker who made the gutters by hand. We also hired the same person to install the gutters up in Cornillion. The gutters will feed rain water into two 400 gallon tanks we have up there. The water will be filtered through the sand filters before it is given to the children attending the school to drink.

The day we headed up to Cornillion, we packed 3 sand filters in the 4x4 SUV along with our supplies for the journey. Fortunately, the rugged drive through the mountains on the remains of a paved road was uneventful. When we arrived in Cornillion, they placed the sand filters on the back of a donkey and moved them to the school over a muddy, rocky walking path that is ½ mile from where we park our vehicle.

The next day we were able to successfully install the sand filters and take pictures of the children at school. There were over 250 students at the school that day. We also were able to watch them using the new sewing machines that we purchased. I was very blessed as the students received my wife and me at the school and I was able to share an encouraging message based on the good news of Jesus Christ.

On Sunday before we left Cornillion, I was able to preach to the church congregation with Pastor Achille as my interpreter. Pastor Achille had not been to Haiti for over seven years even though he was the man God used to link us up with the school ministry. We were both blessed to see the progress that had been made with the ministry over the past 10 years. Our hope is to increase the discipleship training to the leaders of this community through some seminars that we will hold over the next year.

When I returned to Bon Repos where the orphanage was I prepared again to speak to a Tuesday morning worship and prayer service. There were over 400 people there just like I had experienced on the previous Sunday. I was lead to share about Holiness of Heart and Life. Afterword, I visited two new ministries that were struggling but were being led by Christians who were definitely reaching out to the needy. The first ministry I visited was called “The Upper Room” foundation and was a small orphanage started in January with 12 children who had been orphaned by the hurricanes last fall. The second ministry was a small church that had recently grown from 15 to 50 members. We are going to set up sand filters at both of these ministries. Our hope is that we can receive some small donations to buy clothes for the orphans and also provide Bibles for the new church.

It is amazing what the Lord has already done at the Cornillion school ministry, the Girls Orphanage and now the Water (Sand Filter) Ministry. We believe that the Lord will continue to grow this work as he takes our small donations of fishes and loaves and multiplies them into blessings for all eternity.



Jeff and his wife are still seeking donations in the form of clothing and personal hygiene items for the Haitian orphans. Contact CGC if you can help.

An Adoption Story

A story from Adoptive Families magazine about a couple who adopted older children from foster care:

We thought we wanted a baby. A tiny fist wrapped around our fingers. The smell of talcum powder. A coo, a cry, a cuddle. But after trying, unsuccessfully, to conceive—including an attempt at in vitro fertilization—my husband, Kevin, and I decided to explore adoption. Overwhelmed by the prospects of international adoption and the costs and risks of independent domestic adoption, Kevin and I decided to sign up to be foster parents. We could help a child, we reasoned, while trying to decide the best way to get one of our own. We imagined a toddler, delivered to our door, longing to be loved and nurtured.
That's not what happened.
continue . . .http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=628

CGC Update

Hello Everybody,

Hopefully everyone had a happy and safe 4th!

We wanted to update you on what we have been doing at CGC.

A few weeks ago Sheri and I took a trip to Ft. Lauderdale to visit 4Kids of South Florida. They have an amazing ministry going there and it was a wonderfully overwhelming day to see all that God was doing in the lives of kids in South Florida. As we begin to try and make a difference in the lives of children in foster care here in Central Florida we were asking 4Kids for advice on where to start. They recommended that we try and work with Florida Baptist Children's Homes and begin to recruit and train our own foster families. Several days after returning, we learned that 1st Baptist Orlando is already doing just that! They actually have a caseworker from FL Baptist Children's Homes on their property and they are about to begin foster training at the church. They are going to be doing several classes and they will all be taught from a Christian perspective.

Please join with us in trying to get this word out to churches. The state has lost over 50 foster homes so far this year and it would be such a wonderful thing if the churches would be there to step into this need. The contact at First Baptist is Laurie Ingram and her number is 407-514-4394 or laurie.ingram@fbchomes.org

I also want to remind you all of our bi-monthly meeting coming up at Willow Creek on Tuesday night July 21st at 7pm. We would love to have any of you join us!

Looking forward to seeing you!

Debbie Titus
Sheri Bell

Adoption Tax Credit Set to Expire 1/1/2011

Planning on using the tax credit for adoption? Help petition your representatives for their support of The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009 so that the adoption credit is available for you and others that are in the process of adoption.

The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009 (Bill HR 213) was introduced in the House
January 6, 2009 and has now been referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
By repealing the designated termination of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation
Act of 2001, the Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009 would make permanent a tax
credit of up to $10,000 for expenses relating to certain domestic and international adoptions.
Under current law, the credit will expire January 1, 2011.

It only takes a few minutes to write, call, or email your government representatives asking for
their support of The Adoption Tax Relief Guarantee Act of 2009. Let them know how much
you and other families rely on this credit when giving the hope of a family and home to a child.
Visit the following websites to find your representative/senator and where to contact them.
Mailed submissions (with a live signature) tend to have more impact than electronic or verbal
petitions, although any action is helpful!

Contact your Representative:
https://writerep.house.gov/writerep/welcome.shtml

Contact your Senator:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

International Adoptions will Continue to Decrease, then Stabilize

This is an article from Adoption Today magazine - http://www.bluetoad.com/display_article.php?id=169715

Legislative Update by John Towriss, Adoption Today Washington Bureau

Office of Children’s Issues: Adoption Downtrend Likely to Continue for Short Term

Director Sees Decline then Stabilization. Growth in African Adoptions

With the implementation of The Hague Treaty to regulate intercountry adoption, no department of the American government has become as central to the adoption process as the Office of Children’s Issues. Housed within the State Department in the Bureau of Consular Affairs, the Office of Children’s Issues was founded in 1994 to take on a variety of children’s issues around the globe. But, it was thrust into the forefront of the emotional and often volatile world of intercountry adoption in 2007 when it was appointed as the Central Authority representing the United States to other Hague compliant countries. Indeed, the primary role of the office is to implement the Hague Convention that has been in effect since November 2007. This has included establishing a process for certification of adoption agencies as Hague compliant, overseeing the consular process and determining if other Hague certified countries from which Americans are adopting are truly meeting Hague Convention standards. In short, the office oversees almost every aspect of the international adoption process. Recently, Adoption TODAY had the chance to speak with the director of the Office of Children’s Issues, Julia Furuta-Toy about present international adoption issues, future trends and the evolving role of the department she oversees. Furuta-Toy was appointed director of the Office of Children’s Issues in 2007, but has dealt with international adoption issues for nearly a decade. She has been posted to embassies overseas and positions at home in Washington and so has seen adoption issues play out from both ends. Even before being appointed director, Furuta-Toy was involved in some of the hot button issues and countries. She has worked through the closure, re-opening and now re-closure of Vietnam. She is working closely with the country of Guatemala, last year’s leading adoption sending country that is also now closed. She believes both programs will eventually open again. Earlier this year, she was instrumental in working with the government of Kazakhstan to get that program moving again after a significant slowdown.

Downtrend to Continue for Near Term

Furuta-Toy forecasts a continued short term decline in international adoptions. She has good reason. The decline has become significant and sustained. From a peak of more than 22,000 international adoptions in 2004, the numbers have slid to just more than 17,000 in 2008. The leading sending country in 2008 was Guatemala with more than 4,000 children finding American homes. But the Guatemala program is now closed, which will add even more downward pressure. Agencies report no significant let up of the number of prospective adoptive parents wishing to adopt which has in turn led to increased wait times in the programs that have remained open. Some critics have suggested one of the factors accounting for the decline is the Hague Convention itself, which will not allow one Hague compliant country to send or receive children to another if the strict conditions of the Hague Convention are not being met. Furuta-Toy denies the Hague Convention is causing a decline.“The Hague is not forcing a decline. The Hague Convention is trying to insure children have many options to find a home, including preserving the opportunity to stay in their birth family or their home country,” she said. Furuta-Toy sees the Hague Convention as ultimately smoothing out the adoption process as more countries become party To the Hague Convention. “The Hague Convention provides a framework for countries to communicate on issues of social welfare. Since we have established federal oversight of the adoption process we have found that more countries are willing to talk to the U. S. about establishing adoptions programs,” she said.

A Global Shift

Furuta-Toy noted recent studies that have shown there is a general decrease worldwide in the number of children younger than 2, which in some countries, has lead to fewer children being available for adoption. She says there are other natural factors, “Over the last few years, the four leading sending countries — Russia, China, Korea and Guatemala — have all had decreases. Korea and China have had increases in demand for domestic adoption and economies have improved in some of the traditional sending countries. She says the down trend will continue for the near term but once some countries are able to get their houses in order it should stabilize and there are others that will increase.“I think we will continue to see increases in the number of adoptions out of Africa even as some traditional sending countries slow down. We are also seeing an increase in non-infant adoptions and special needs adoptions,” Furuta-Toy said.

Role of the Office of Children’s Issues

Furuta-Toy says that until now the Office of Children’s Issues has largely been occupied with implementing the requirements of the Hague Convention. The office has grown to more than 60 employees since becoming the central authority for the United States and has spent much of its time handling questions from other countries. She says the central voice for American adoption procedure has been welcomed by other countries. In the future Furuta-Toy says the Office of Children’s Issues will evolve into a more technical focus on making sure regulations are followed. But as the office settles into its role she also expects more time to pursue bi-lateral and multi-lateral meetings with other countries to work through issues of adoption. She cites the current case of Guatemala where she says there are 15 countries that are assisting Guatemala in building an adoption infrastructure. Lastly, Furuta-Toy says new Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has shown great interest in children’s issues and in improving the intercountry adoption process. She says adoption is one of the issues on her radar screen and she has shown her full support.

(John Towriss is the Washington Bureau Chief for Adoption Today. He has three children adopted from Kazakhstan and one biological child. To contact Towriss, e-mail him at Towriss@aol.com. )

Netherlands Limits Adoptions of US Children

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g2-M-kYml7bNRXjXMDIUQEHCe0cg

THE HAGUE (AFP) — The Dutch government said it would make it more difficult to adopt American children, who formed the third largest group of foreign adoptions in the Netherlands last year.
"The adoption of children from the United States will be subjected to stricter requirements," the justice ministry said in a statement -- explaining that small children could easily be placed with American families.
From a total of 767 foreign adoptions last year, 56 were of American children -- the third largest group after China and Haiti.
Under Dutch adoption regulations, it was preferable for a child to be adopted from within his own area or country. And investigations have shown that "small children can easily find homes with American families," said the statement.
"There appears to be no necessity to place these children outside the United States."
The ministry said the tougher criteria would not be applied to American children of five years or older, those in foster care, or those who are difficult to place because of health problems or other special reasons.

Spots are Available for HopeChest's September Vision Trip to Uganda

If you think your Church / Business / Organization might be interested in partnering with an orphan community in Uganda, why don't you invite them!

The purpose: Vision trips are designed for pastors, church or community leaders who are interested in the prospect of having their community sponsor an orphan community. This is a great way to get to know Uganda, HopeChest and the children / orphan communities available for sponsorship. We will be traveling from community to community to allow you to choose the community that best fits yours!

Details: September 8 (Tuesday) - September 17 (Thursday). They are in Uganda from Wednesday to Wednesday
Cost: $750 for ground fees, airfare is $1200-$1500
*Ground fees cover all food, transportation and lodging

If you think your pastor might be interested, this is a great way for him to catch the vision! We even have partial scholarships available on a need by need limited basis! Feel free to email me for more details. I'd love to talk to you about it.

brandi @ kidslake .org (remove spaces)

Ebay auction will help Central Florida family bring their daughter home from China

In order to raise money for their adoption, the DeFelice family is holding an Ebay auction running July 15 - July 21, 2009. They are auctioning off valuable items, such as theme park tickets, dinner certificates, spa certificates and hotel stays. To find out more go to their blog,
http://www.bringingritahome.blogspot.com/

Christian Alliance for Orphans' "Orphans Deserve Better" Campaign

Orphans Deserve Better is a grassroots initiative to counter the movie Orphan. Join us in taking the side of those who cannot speak for themselves.

However far-fetched some stories are, they can still subtly shape our values and perceptions. So when a major motion picture leaves a lingering impression that orphans are damaged goods and that adoption can tear apart your life, those who know the deeper truth must speak up.
People deserve to know better. They must be told of the great needs orphans face. They should also see the joy found in loving them…and practical steps we can take to do so.

“Defend the cause of the fatherless,” urges the prophet Isaiah. We invite you to join in doing just that:
1) Send a message to Warner Brothers urging them to contribute a portion of proceeds from the movie to help orphans.
2) Share your stories of how loving an orphan can lift a child’s life and those who choose to love them.
3) Consider ways you can act to help orphans today.

Visit the site: http://www.orphansdeservebetter.org/

Haiti Orphanage Clothes Drive

This from Jeff Bradshaw of United Missions:

When I was down in Haiti 2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to visit 2 orphanages and the
children (mostly ages 2 thru 13 with a total of 52 in both orphanages) are in dire need of clothes donations.

Since, I am sending a pickup truck to Haiti in August that has a topper I’ve decided to have
a drive for used clothing for the children that I can put in the back of the pickup.

The children needs are:
girls – shirts/blouses, skirts and dresses (shorts okay)
sandals and flip flops
Note: They don’t wear pants in Haitian Culture

boys – shirts, shorts, pants
any shoes but sandals and flip flops are best for climate

Other children items I am going to purchase/ship are: toothpaste, toothbrushes, school supplies
and underwear (new only)

Thank you in advance for any items you might donate.

~Please contact CGC (connectinggodschildren@gmail.com) if you have items to donate!