Sponsor a child?

We sponsor the foster care of a little boy from Maddy's orphanage in QinZhou, Guangxi, China.  We get quarterly reports and pictures of him and it's something we always look forward to.  The cost is pretty minor -- especially considering how far those dollars go and how much foster care affects every single minute of a child's life (as opposed to living in an orphanage). 

The family portrait pictured here is of the family who sponsored Maddy when she was in foster care in 2005/2006.  They also adopted a little girl from QinZhou.  It wasn't just their dollars that touched Maddy's life.  This family is part of her history and she'll, someday, understand how significant a role they played in her happiness.

There are a few kids from Maddy's SWI who don't have sponsors.  If you're interested in helping (tax deductable, of course), here's a link to see their pictures:  https://www.grace-hope.org/(cqxuajar25kj3l45tozb0eq2)/Waiting.aspx?OrphanageID=9.  If you decide to sponsor a family, please post a little comment so I'll know this blog post made a difference.

Comments

[Abra Leah]

That is so absolutely precious! It made me cry.

Mike and I sponser a child in foster care, but not in China. It's such a nice thing to think that those extra few dollars can mean such a huge difference in the life of a child.

Thanks for spreading the word!

[Michelle]

I'm so glad to see you mentioning Grace and Hope! I just joined on as the orphanage volunteer for Wuxue City in Hubei Province, which is where Julia is from. I am also the interim volunteer for Huang Gang. There are so many great kids waiting for a sponsor, and this is a wonderful to make a big difference in their lives. Thanks for sponsoring!

[Stephanie Raccasi]

Hi Thank you so much for the link. We have been wanting to sponsor a child for some time now. We signed up to sponsor Mamie Min! They will now start looking for her a sponsor family. Thank you so much and I hope they find a foster family for her soon.

Stephanie R.
LID 2/28/06

[Kayla Gute]

Thank you for this link! We've been wanting to find a sponsorship program in Hubei, where our daughter is from. We finally found one with Hope & Grace. This is great!

[Keri]

Donna,
I sponsored a little SN girl from the Hubei province in honor of our wonderful guide who was from Hubei. They don't have a program in Claire's province yet. We have pretty much decided to go SN with our next adoption, and I can only hope that our future daughter is in this wonderful program. We have no information on Claire, and the only pictures we have are her finding ad and her referral. Thanks for the prompt.

Keri

[Emmie]

We'll definitly have to check this out. We have been wanting to get into sponsering children from China as we have been sponsering many from different countries for years! It is indeed a wonderful thing to do!

[Rosie Finigan]

I just wanted to thank you so much for the link. I rarely have time to read blogs now, but something must have drawn me to your site- I am now the sponsor of jane Xia, one of the older litle girls who was waiting for a sponsor. Thanks so much!

[Laura]

We were so excited to find this. We already sponsor a child through our agency..he is from Guizhou province but our daughter is from Hubei and I read about this program on our Yahoo group. My friend has a daughter from Guangxi so I know she will want to take a look. Thanks for posting

[Shannon]

Thanks for the link! We signed up to sponsor a child from Wu Xue City, Huang Gang as it seems they have many in need of sponsors.

[Debbie]

Donna,
Thank you so much for the link. There is a little girl in Nanning named Jessica and I was so moved to sponser her because we have just started the paperchase for our little Jessica! I sent the link to my husband and I hope that he will agree that we need to do this. It just seemed like fate was working this morning!
Debbie

[Kate]

I sponsor a little girl in Cambodia, but I am going to look at this too. Thank you!