I’m not really sure why I’m posting, it really isn’t information that anyone else needs or wants to know – but, it feels good to actually put it in writing. Today I paid off the last of my adoption related expenses. I completely paid off my CC, which I had used to buy the airline [...]
November 2007
Written By: Jonathan on November 21, 2007
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The Blue Dragon Children’s Foundation is my Doing Good selection this week! This is an amazing organization that works throughout much of Vietnam. They run the following programs in Vietnam for poor, abandoned, abused, disabled, or homeless youth: [From their site] Step Ahead: A program supporting 150 street children and children with disabilities. Based in [...]
Written By: Jonathan on November 21, 2007
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As the death toll continues to rise in Bangladesh, aid is greatly needed. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_re_as/bangladesh_cyclone One place to donate is through UNICEF.
Written By: Jonathan on November 20, 2007
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On November 16, 2007 the Hague Adoption Convention was ratified by the USA. The convention will go into effect on April 1, 2008. The convention is only relevant when both the USA and the country where the child is being adopted from are both signatories. This includes countries such as Guatemala. Vietnam IS NOT at [...]
Written By: Jonathan on November 19, 2007
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Even those agencies that many in the adoption community know for having a reputation of being ethical can go wrong. I am sure this does not involve the whole agency, and I am not going to condemn them as a whole – but the fact that this went on, and the fact that they were [...]
