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Maxim

Boy, Born May 21, 2001

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Little Maxim has been diagnosed with mild CP, but despite that, he listens well to what caretakers tell him, they refer to him as a nice boy, single him out, say he is friendly, and that he seems to have really good developmental potential.  Maxim walks independently, usually goes to the bathroom independently during the day, with motivation...he should really blossom in a loving family.   Please consider Maxim to be your new son and give him the opportunity to live his life to the fullest!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $100 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

Freddie

Boy, Born June 4, 1995

Eastern Europe

Freddie is an amazing little boy who needs a chance to have a loving family.   He struggles with a mild form of epilepsy, but it is on medication each day that has been successful in controlling it.   He is living in a regular orphanage for typical children, although normally a child with this "disability" would be sent to an institution.   He is an orphanage favorite, and the director there wants him to have a family so badly. 

Freddie is a beautiful boy with dark hair and brown eyes.   He is calm and friendly and affectionate and very very smart.    His mother died when he was only 3, and his father's rights were terminated in 2006, so he so desperately needs a mommy and a daddy who will never leave him. 

From our missionary who has visited him and assisted with child hosting programs from his orphanage recently:  "

I'm hosting other kids from his orphanage and visit with him all the time.  Unfortunately, this is not the first hosting we're doing from this orphanage and we were not able to find a family to host him because of his epilepsy.  I went to his orphanage the other day again to take new photos and chat with the director - and Freddie took me out by the hand and asked "why do other kids go to U.S. and get adopted and me not - is it because I have epilepsy?" And tears came to his eyes.... and I thought I will kill or die but to find a family for him. I changed the subject and we talked about other things and he struck me again by being so smart and logical.  He is just a great boy and I really hope you can help find a family for him.  I have not given his info to anybody except my hosting partner agency, and they pretty much told me that they won't be able to host him and I need to find somebody to adopt him. Other children love him and take special care of him. The director went on about that – I almost cried when she said: “It’s amazing how all kids in our orphanage help him.  He had a seizure once and another boy put his own hand into Freddie's mouth to make sure he does not bite off his tongue…”

This incredible little boy needs you!!!   Please adopt him before he ages out and can't be adopted any longer!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $100 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

for Freddie

 

Henry  (# 295)

(child's name has been changed to protect their identity)

Boy, Born July 24, 2002

• Main diagnosis: Severe mental lagging behind. Microphtalmia.
  Microcephalus

• 2 trips, 5 days each

• Approx cost only $19k!

• NO UPPER AGE LIMIT

• Single mothers may apply

• Easy dossier, very few restrictions

• POSSIBLE ESCORT AVAILABLE

For more information, please contact Toni Vladimirova at Dream Adoptions!

Marnie (# 20)

(child's name has been changed to protect their identity)

Girl, Born June 23, 2001

Main diagnosis: Minimal brain dysfunction. Motor alalia.

• 2 trips, 5 days each

• Approx cost only $19k!

• NO UPPER AGE LIMIT

• Single mothers may apply

• Easy dossier, very few restrictions

• POSSIBLE ESCORT AVAILABLE

For more information, please contact Toni Vladimirova at Dream Adoptions!

Angie

Girl, Born November 1999

Eastern Europe

Orphan care in this country is VERY good.   These children are well loved and well cared for and fed.  You can see it in their faces.    And this country has recently offered to drastically reduce it's initial country fees for these children!    Full medical info and social history available prior to commitment!

Contact Jeanne for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

Jacqueline

Girl, Born April 23, 1997

Eastern Europe

Jacqueline is a beautiful 11 year old who was saved from an institution recently.   She has probably endured horrors we could never imagine, but she has lived to tell about it and is still smiling!

Jackie was born with congenital arthrogryposis multiplex.  She is considered significantly developmentally delayed, but based on the observation of our facilitator and her psychologist and developmental pediatrician, she is only mildly delayed.   Considering the environment in which she was raised, she has been stimulated very poorly...but she has progressed SO MUCH in such a short period of time since she was remove from that place.  Her speech, vocabulary, understanding are just amazing.
She is bound to the wheelchair, and is very dependent on other people.  But she is a very social person, smiling often, and trying to be noticed. She is not toilet trained, but this only because of her neglect and lack of opportunity to be taught.

Jackie's pediatrician thinks she has much potential, and she can learn how to read and write.  She started to get some stimulation last year and is progressing very well.  She can use  her hands, but with support one hand with another.  It's very well know that children born with this condition are mostly mentally sufficient.

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

for Jackie

Dalibor

Boy, Born October 2, 2002

Dalibor is almost 6 years old and waiting for his family!  He has dark hair and dark eyes.  He was born prematurely.  He was blessed to not have any medical complications from this, but he is significantly cognitively delayed.   He attends a special needs kindergarten, where he is doing very well.  Although he is working on it, Dalibor is still not toilet trained.  He is eating independently, and needs some help in dressing and undressing.  He is not speaking yet.  He does understands simple orders.  Dalibor is very quiet...not aggressive...very calm and pleasant.  He is very happy when somebody pays attention to him!!  (aren't we all?)  Prefers to play alone, but loves musicand loves to participate in simple activities.  He is an orphanage favorite, and they all hope to find a family for him!

Full medical information available.

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

Damon

Boy, Born March 30, 2001

Eastern Europe

What a darling little boy!   Damon is 7 years old now.  He struggled with mild neonatal asphyxiation at birth, and some respiratory distress.   He is a very healthy, normal little boy, but he is considered delayed.  Both of his parents are listed as "mentally delayed".

From our facilitator:  "Damon attends a kindergarten for special needs children.  He is a tall, active boy with brown hair and brown eyes. He is calm and timid, but a very cheerful boy.  He is very dear, and there are a lot of adult persons who love him very much.  He is not a very demanding boy, and shows his happiness with small things that make him happy.  He prefers individual contact, and is cooperating well.  Most of the day he is playing alone, not trying to make contacts with other children.  His motor abilities are good, although he always needs support when going downstairs and out. In the backyard he is playing freely, but is always looking for a person who took him there.  When someone tries to compromise his playing he asks for help his preschool teacher calling her by her name.  But he also knows to defend by himself. He started to talk/has several words.  He likes to play with car toys and to draw.  Together with his teacher he likes to look at the picture books.  He is extremely happy when you tell him nice words and hug him.  He is eating very well, independently.  He likes sweets the best!  He knows how to dress of his jacket and the shoes and knows his place at the table.  Not toilet trained yet.

He cries rarely, and is mostly in the good mood.  We think he acts well in the group, and is constantly progressing.  He makes contacts with the others easily and is responding to the stimulations of the others very well.  He needs complex stimulation of the adequate developmental specialists, and above all love and  stimulation of his forever family.  He is considered by his psychologist as significantly developmentally delayed.  His preschool teacher loves him very much, and thinks he will be a real joy any family who will adopt him."

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

Irina

Girl, Born September 10, 1996

Eastern Europe

Irina is a lovely 12 year old girl.   She has two younger siblings who were adopted without her :( 

Irina is very smart!  She reads very well and quickly for her age, has good memory, but has light defects of speech – correctable.   Likes to study, responsible and responsive, gifted, self-reliable and self-confident.

Maxym

Boy, Born February 14, 1999

Eastern Europe

Maxym has lived a difficult life.   he has only been in the boarding school since March of this year, so his separation from his family is very recent.  He did not go to school before coming to the orphanage, but in 3 months, he has already passed the annual academic program of first school grade.   He listens to opinion of adults.  Maxym is hard-working, likes mechanical/technical things, logical thinking, can be impulsive, tries to achieve his goal, careful with presents he gets, with pleasure performs the tasks of adults, tries hard, studies with desire, sturdiness and patience.

Please give Maxym the chance to know that a family can real and forever.

Andrei

Boy, Born June 22, 1999

Eastern Europe

Sergey

Boy, Born December 12, 1997

Eastern Europe

Look at this handsome fellow!   Sergey is almost 11 years old, and is still waiting for his family to come for him.  He has several siblings, but they are all still living with their biological grandmother.   He is on his own :(    Registered and available to be adopted without them.

Sergey is the best student in his class.   He likes to write poems and to draw.   He is hard working and easy to teach.  Acute sense of justice. Does not enter into conflicts.  Very logical thinking.

Sergey would make a wonderful son for any family!  

Lena

Girl, 14 years old

Eastern Europe

Lena is a lovely, blonde haired teenage girl, who so wants a family of her own!   She comes to us from a family who recently adopted from this boarding school.   Words from that family: 

"Lena (in red shirt) is a 14 BEAUTIFUL, LOVELY girl who is READY to be part of an American family. Her paperwork is in Kiev and she is expected to be available in April/May 2009.   Background: We adopted our daughter Katya  this past winter.  She now lives in the Dallas area with our family.   Katya is one of the most amazing, bright, sweet children you will ever meet! While in the orphanage, we met Lena, one of Katya’s best friends. The photo of the girls at the piano is our daughter with Lena. Lena is not only beautiful and sweet, she is also amazingly talented. She competes all over Ukraine in singing competitions, often winning the top prizes. She is a gem! The other photo is the 3^rd girl in their little trio of friends, Masha, who was also fortunate enough to be adopted by an American family. Like Katya, Masha has adapted amazingly well to her new family and is an amazing kid as well. Lena is sure to be as wonderful a daughter as her two best friends have turned out to be, and we are determined to find her the family she deserves before she gets too old and ages out of the system! 

Lena has been in the orphanage for a few years. We have heard a couple of different stories as to how she ended up there, but it all the stories point to the fact that she was somehow burned either by a fire in her home, or a pot of boiling water. She was brought to the hospital and abandoned by her family. She does have some physical scars of the accident, but they are not noticeable unless she points them out to you (she has some burn scars on her abdomen, and she lost a couple of fingertips which you can see in the photo lena2). Her scars are not debilitating in anyway.  

According to our daughter, Lena is every family’s dream child! She is loving (we can attest to that with the smothering of hugs we received from her every day at the orphanage!), sweet, smart, talented and well-liked by everyone who meets her. She also is very contentious about right and wrong, and deliberately chooses friends who she knows are good influences on her life, which is not an easy task in an orphanage.  We spoke to one of the teachers in the orphanage, and she also attested to how wonderful Lena was and how desperately this girl deserves a family! 

Please, if you have room in your heart and home for this little girl, give her the family she deserves!"

Inna

Girl, Born January 3, 1995

Eastern Europe

Inna is a beautiful, 13 year old girl with brown hair and brown eyes.  She studies very well, recites poems, sings well, does not enter into conflict, and performs duties well. Likes to take care after flowers and animals.  Does not get upset, likes to take care of things.  Draws well and gives away her drawings.  Has good memory.  Likes and practices sports.  Took first place in orphanage competition at throwing a small ball at a distance. Takes care of other children. 

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Alec

Boy, Born June 14, 2000

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Alec is a very handsome young man who has amazing potential in a family setting.   Alec has mild CP.  He is not able to walk at this time, but he is a bright, loving, social, happy little boy.  Physical therapy and education will do wonders for him!   Despite his time in the institution, he is doing quite well, and will truly blossom once he is home.  His records do not indicate any additional health problems or medical complications.   He is legally available for adoption now.

Alec is already living in an institution, so we need a family for him right away!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

for Alec

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Simon

Boy, Born January 5, 1999

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Simon is a handsome young man with limitless potential!  He is 8 years old, and has brown hair and brown eyes.   He has mild CP. He can not walk fully independently yet, however he moves by crawling and crawls all over his room. He actively plays with toys, usually while laying in bed.  Simon can speak and repeat certain phrases but not clearly. His speech definitely needs more work, it's not a speech of a healthy child at this age, but he is obviously trying. Due to lack of staff in the orphanage to take care of children - Simon's care level is limited.  He can be placed in a wheelchair (one for the entire floor) but he is not put there frequently. Due to
lack of care, Simon is not trained to care for himself and does not do it at this point.  His attention is sporadic, and he can concentrate with difficulty.

Separately, one child from this orphanage was recently adopted with the same condition - the orphanage staff COULD NOT BELIEVE when the child started to sit.... he was always labeled as "child cannot sit", however, it turned out the reason for that was that nobody really tried to help him sit - the family did this for a little while - and the child started to sit independently.

Simon will move mountains if you help him!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

for Simon

Marjan

Boy, Born June 28, 2001

Eastern Europe

Marjan is a sweet little boy!  He has mild global delays.  He has struggled since before birth.  Marjan was born a twin at 32 weeks gestation.  His twin died shortly after birth.    His apgar score at 1 minute was only 1, and 3 at 5 minutes.  Despite these early problems, Marjan is doing so well!  He is developing well, as he is living with a foster family instead of in the institutional orphanage setting.  But he will really take off in a loving, forever, adoptive family, with access to proper early intervention, special education and medical care.  He needs a family who believes in him!

This photo was taken about 18 months ago.

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

I have $0 in my grant fund towards the cost of my adoption!

for Marjan

Mara

Girl, Born March 27, 2000

Eastern Europe

This beautiful little girl also came to us from the same institution as Jacqueline (listed blow).
Mara has brown hair and brown eyes, and a generous, loving, affectionate, gentle spirit!   She was born with Apert Syndrome.   Additional notes in her medical records include:  internal hydrocephalus, ventriculomegaly, congenital absence of  septum pelucidum, and chorioid plexus cyst.

From our facilitator:  This little girl needed so much help developmentally where she was living, but nothing was done  :((  Nonetheless, she is a fighter.  She has very good nature, understands everything, and tries to obey what you ask from her.  She is walking without support,  although is not very stable.  Her speech is very delayed. I  pushed the speech pathologist from our orphanage to start  with the therapy ASAP.  She has only several words right now:  yes, no...

She is very skillful with her little hands, is trying to hold a cup and is trying to do many things, but it's hard to do many things for her. She is not potty trained yet.  She is moderately developmentally delayed.  She is very calm, likes to play with other children, but also like to be alone with her doll.  She likes dolls very much.  Mara is so easy to take care of!!  She is such a good girl.

There are a growing number of Apert Syndrome support groups in the United States, who will be of much help to any family considering adopting Mara!!   http://www.apert.org/    and http://www.specialchild.com/archives/dz-020.html may be of some help to you!

• NO AGENCY FEES

• Married couples only, under 50 years of age preferably

• No more than 5 children (at home or own their own)

• TOTALLY CLEAN criminal background check

• Parents should be general healthy

• Both parents travel for approx 15 days

• Total with travel and home study under $16k

• Short simple dossier

 There is no "court"...only a beautiful "adoption ceremony".  Orphanage donations are not required.   Short, simple dossier, very short wait for travel once your dossier is submitted.  This is a very easy program, and we could get many children with Down syndrome out of this country with minimal costs and easy travel requirements.

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

for Mara

Karen

Girl, Born January 12, 1996

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Karen is the older, biological sister of Chrystyna, listed below.   She is a beautiful Roma girl with dark hair, dark eyes, and olive skin.  She is 12 years old.  She is healthy and smart and has no diagnosed special needs.    She goes to school and has no negative behavioral issues.  She is just a pre-teen in need of a loving family! 

Karen and Chrystyna are living in different orphanages, but in the same region.  It would be wonderful if they could be adopted together, but our facilitator says it may be possible to adopt them separately.  If you might be seeking a sibling set, please inquire!  Both girls need a loving family!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Please contact Andrea directly for more information

Mira

Girl, Born May 28, 1996

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Mira is a gorgeous Ukrainian beauty!  She is 11 years old and has brown hair and brown eyes.  She struggles with periodic epileptic episodes, but has not had one in more than a year and a half.  She does not have any other health issues, and is a favorite among her caregivers.  She will make a wonderful daughter!

Mira will be "on the street" when she turns 16, with no financial help, no place to live, and no real way to care for herself.  Many teens who "graduate" from their boarding schools end up committing suicide, or in drugs, alcohol, and prostitution.   Mira has so much potential, and her life doesn't have to end up like this.  Please give Mira a chance!

We hope to be able to get more info if we have an interested family.   Please inquire!

• Married couples only may apply

• No more than 45 years between parent and child

• No stated family size restrictions

• Total with travel approx $22k

• Both parents for 2 1/2 weeks to attend court

• Both parents return home for 3 weeks, and  only one must return to complete the adoption for approx 4-5 days

Girl, 8 years old

Additional info coming soon!

• Married couples only

• Travel may not be required

• If you travel, only one parent must go for 1 week

• Low cost, under $15k

• Infants available

• No parental age cap, but must be at least 25 years old

• No family size limitations

Please contact Carla at About A Child for more info!

Girl, 12 years old

Additional info coming soon!

• Married couples only

• Travel may not be required

• If you travel, only one parent must go for 1 week

• Low cost, under $15k

• Infants available

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