Remedy This Kind of Poverty: For Cameron.

Can you do me a favor ?

It's really easy - take a look at the photos below, and tell me what you think all the children pictured have in common.

Any ideas ?

Here's a clue - they are aged between the ages of 1 and 11 years - and they all have special needs of one kind or another.

Still don't know ?

Need more clues ?

OK - all of these children were listed on Reece's Rainbow as available for international adoption.

Look at them again - try and see through their adorable little faces, their beautiful smiles and their all round cuteness.

Did you figure it out ?

No ?

The sad fact is that these children are all dead.

All of these children passed away recently.

They all died living in orphanages and institutions.

Some of them had families committed to adopting them, but, tragically, they didn't get them out in time.

Most of them had no-one.

They all died alone, with no mommy or daddy to hold their hands, no-one to comfort them as they lay dying, no-one to tell them how very much they were loved.

They never had a chance.

Had they been adopted in time, chances are they would still be alive - they would have had access to adequate food and medical care - they would have had families able to get them to the doctor when sick, instead of languishing in a crib until it was too late.

As mentioned above - some of these children had families who were in the process to adopt them. I cannot imagine the pain they are going through right now, mourning the loss of a child they had yet to meet.

Please, if you are a praying person, cover these families in prayer ?

These children are the ones we know about - children that we learned had passed away just this year.

In all, Reece's Rainbow have lost 69 waiting children in the past 10 years.

If you are prepared for your heart to be broken, go HERE to see them all.

As an advocate, it is sometimes so very hard to know WHO to shout for.

The children listed for adoption on Reece's Rainbow are ALL desperate for a family - death is waiting around the corner for each and every child.

While it's too late to shout for Cameron, Judah, Cristoff, Beckett, Kolya, Seth and Ginny, there are so many more children just like them.

Children living in orphanages and institutions who need YOU.

They need you to keep on shouting, to share their need, to donate to their adoption fund, to get them SEEN.

I'll be honest.

I've been quiet recently. Every now and then, I become disheartened - I share on Facebook, I write my blogs, I fundraiser for adoption grants - and yet, it seems, that no-one is listening.

I get to the point where I feel that it's all a huge waste of my time, that nothing I can do or say can possibly make a difference.

Then I read about a child dying. Then another. Then today, yet another.

Cameron was just 5 years old, and had multiple special needs.

He was recently transferred from the baby orphanage to an institution.

Sadly, once transferred, many children don't survive - they receive less care - there are more children and less staff - they just don't have a chance.

This blog is dedicated to advocating for the older children, aged 10 and above.

Most children are transferred to an institution around the age of 4 or 5 - so the children I shout for have been living in desperate conditions for at least half of their lives.

These children are truly living on borrowed time - and while there are some institutions that are better than others, these kids still need out - they still need families, friends, LOVE, medical care, education and therapies.

ALL of the children aged over the age of 10 listed on Reece's Rainbow are eligible for a $10,000 adoption grant !!

You can see all of the children with Down Syndrome HERE.

HERE are all the children with disabilities other than Down Syndrome - the "Other Angels" of Reece's Rainbow.

If you have managed to read this far, I thank you - I know I tend to ramble at times - but today, in Cameron's honor, I want to share a few more children with you.
These children have cerebral palsy, like Cameron, but are several years older.

Please see these children - share them - consider them for adoption - pray for them - do something, today, for these children who have waited far, far too long for a family of their own.

You can click on their name to read their profile at Reece's Rainbow.

Phoenix
Y (2)