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Adoption Stories: Ellie Is Home!
The Ross Family is home with their beautiful daughter Elliana. Now they have 4 boys and a beautiful baby girl from Ethiopia. She is darling! The family worked with America Word Adoption Agency (AWAA)...
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Infant HIV Testing
HIV can be passed from a birthmother to child during pregnancy, labor, delivery or breastfeeding. Transmission rates are approximately 35% if the mother and child are not treated (this average varies...
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Could Adopting 2 Children in 2010/2011 be Free?
Could adopting 2 children at the same time in 2010/2011 be entirely free? Yes! Well, nearly if your income meets the guidelines and you choose a country program in the right price range. As the entire...
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India Adoption Grant
I have posted about waiting children with HIV in India. Thanks to RainbowKids for the link to M. Night Shyamalan Foundation’s MNSF India Adoption Grant. Here is the info from the website: MNSF India...
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No more pre-existing condition exclusions for children
Starting September 23, 2010, there is a new policy which prohibits children with pre-existing health conditions from being excluded from enrollment in health insurance policies. Information can be...
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Christmas Gifts for HIV+ Orphans
Life2Orphans “Wishing On An Angel” Christmas project has many boxes filled with wonderful Christmas gifts for orphans in Ukraine. They are in need of people who can pay $30-$45 to ship each box...
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Why I Advocate for HIV-positive Orphans
I wholeheartedly believe that there won’t be any more HIV positive orphans to advocate for within my lifetime. That’s right. Until that time, I will advocate for parental care until the time comes...
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AHF Pharmacy – People Before Profit
If you are in Florida, California or Washington DC, you should know about AHFPharmacy.org. It is a non-profit pharmacy benefiting AIDS Healthcare Foundation, and 96 cents of every dollar made goes to...
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Fundraiser for Your HIV Adoption
Here is an interesting fundraising option: Angela and Jennifer are Usborne book consultants to help families fundraise toward their adoptions (www.usborne.com) Anyone can book a show as a fundraiser...
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Adoption Tax Credit – 2012
*THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED AGAIN* I previously wrote about the adoption tax credit resulting in a $13,170 when adopting 1 child or $26,340 refund when adopting 2 children in 2010 or 2011. Joint...
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Lonely Life of a 6 yr Old HIV Orphan in China
China Daily article ]Nicknamed Along, the young boy carries firewood home down a mountain path in Niucheping village of Liuzhou city in Southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Nov 3, 2010...
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Men (& Singles) Adopting Children with HIV
Following is an extensive list of country programs which may be open to men and other adopting parents who are not in a traditional married relationship. This article was written in January 2011 and...
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HIV Adoption Forum February 12th in Chicago
Project Hopeful – HIV Adoption Forum Invitation Project HOPEFUL in partnership with University of Chicago Comer Children’s Hospital Adoption Clinic are pleased to offer their first Parent Forum of...
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Hydeia Broadbent Interview
I interviewed Hydeia Broadbent and published the post on my old blog in February 2009. It’s not an active link anymore so I’m republishing the interview here with a few extras. Interview With Hydeia...
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Children Born with HIV who are Now Adults
There is a new section of links in the right column titled “Grew Up with HIV”. Now that HIV/AIDS has been around for nearly 30 years, there are adults who have had HIV all their lives. Thankfully, they...
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Life Expectancy for Children Born with HIV
One of the big questions I hear when people are considering parenting a child with HIV is “what will their life expectancy be?” Dr. McComsey says “relatively normal life expectancy” and Dr. Gallant...
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Fabulous Giveaway w/ more than 100 Prizes to Raise Money for Grant
Adeye, otherwise known as No Greater Joy Mom is hosting a fabulous giveaway which includes fantastic prizes such as a new Kindle, $100 Amazon gift card, $50 and $100 Gift Certificates, artwork,...
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Two Opinions on Disclosure
Here are 2 stories written by 2 different families on opposing sides of the disclosure topic. Written by a family who chooses to disclose their child’s HIV status: When my husband and I were...
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Grab the Waiting Child Slideshow Button
Please help advocate for orphans with HIV by adding the photolisting slideshow (see left sidebar) to your blogs and social media. Please contact me if you would like help adding the slideshow to your...
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