We currently have an open grant fund for a specific waiting child. This will be our third waiting child grant fund - the first is designated for a little girl in Ethiopia who will soon have a family in process for her adoption, the second is for a child in Thailand who currently has a family in process, and this - our third - is designated for an Ethiopian little boy we'll call Will.
Will is 10 years old and has HIV. He is currently taking ARV's, and has been in the orphanage for about 1.5 years. He has no siblings. He is an active boy who loves to play football with his friends. He enjoys singing and drawing. He is an outgoing, happy, and smiley child.
He is waiting for a family.
We want to see that happen. We want you to see it happen too. If you would like to be a part of making hope for Will, please consider donating to his waiting child grant fund. When the fund reaches $2000 it will be made available to reduce Will's adoption fees for the family who chooses to make him their own. If you are interested in learning more about Will, we can put you in direct contact with his agency. Just contact us at info@fromhivtohome.org
Please feel free to share this info (we can even send a link to share on your own blog). If you would like to hold your own small fundraiser, let us know and we can get you set up. If you would like to donate, click below. Any amount - large or small - is another bit of hope!
From HIV to Home is a registered 501(c)3 organization
grants
Many thanks to those who walked on World AIDS Orphans Day! With the proceeds from your walks, we are able to make orphan care grants to two organizations caring for HIV+ orphans: the Worldwide Orphans Foundation (in support of Haregewoin's children - mentioned in post below) and TLC Orphanage in South Africa!
We also have been able to open a third waiting child grant fund toward adoption expenses for a 10-year-old boy in Ethiopia (see our waiting children link for more info).
Please use our donate button or contact us if you are interested in donating toward this grant or toward our orphan care fund.
info@fromhivtohome.org
We also have been able to open a third waiting child grant fund toward adoption expenses for a 10-year-old boy in Ethiopia (see our waiting children link for more info).
Please use our donate button or contact us if you are interested in donating toward this grant or toward our orphan care fund.
info@fromhivtohome.org
beautiful
note: this limited edition necklace is no longer available. please watch the website for information on our next limited necklace - to be available in late summer 2009. if you would like us to contact you when it is available, please email us at info@fromhivtohome.org
welcome!
We are so pleased to welcome our new staff members to From HIV to Home - serving in Family Care, Church Relations, and Campus Relations. Click here to meet them!
online HIV Adoption workshop
We will be offering our online "Paving a Road Home" workshop on:
Thursday, June 11 - 7pm mountain time
Wednesday, August 12 - 7pm mountain time
(all workshops are offered at 7pm mountain time zone)
This interactive workshop will cover the basics of HIV/AIDS both medically and socially, its impact on orphans and vulnerable children, and the unique issues that adoptive families of HIV+ children may face. The content is helpful both to families researching/completing adoptions of children with HIV as well as to friends and family. Workshop will last approximately 60 minutes and will allow time for questions and answers.
Join us! Workshop registration is $10 per individual/couple and spaces are limited (more workshops will be scheduled as needed). Adoption education certificates available. To register, click below.
(note: You will need access to a computer with internet connection and a telephone to call in to the workshop. Registration fees are non-refundable but if circumstances change you may request to be changed to a different workshop date.)
Thursday, June 11 - 7pm mountain time
Wednesday, August 12 - 7pm mountain time
(all workshops are offered at 7pm mountain time zone)
This interactive workshop will cover the basics of HIV/AIDS both medically and socially, its impact on orphans and vulnerable children, and the unique issues that adoptive families of HIV+ children may face. The content is helpful both to families researching/completing adoptions of children with HIV as well as to friends and family. Workshop will last approximately 60 minutes and will allow time for questions and answers.
Join us! Workshop registration is $10 per individual/couple and spaces are limited (more workshops will be scheduled as needed). Adoption education certificates available. To register, click below.
(note: You will need access to a computer with internet connection and a telephone to call in to the workshop. Registration fees are non-refundable but if circumstances change you may request to be changed to a different workshop date.)
remembering Haregewoin
The world lost an important woman last week. It was neither celebrity nor fortune nor political power that made her a person of importance; rather, it was her heart for the orphan - her willingness to touch the “untouchable” and love the unlovely that made Haregewoin Teferra a woman of legacy.
Haregewoin was born in 1946, and grew up in the countryside of Ethiopia as the eldest of twenty children. She went on to marry Worku Kebede. Together, they made their home in Addis Ababa, where they raised their two daughters. In 1990, tragedy struck when her husband died suddenly at the age of 54. Then, in 1998, her older daughter died as a result of AIDS.
Devastated, Haregewoin spent the next eighteen months in crippling grief. As she prepared to retreat to seclusion, she was presented with an opportunity that would change her life and the lives of countless others; she agreed to house a teenaged orphan girl.
Over the next ten years, Haregewoin cared for hundreds of children, many of whom were ultimately united with adoptive families in the United States and other countries.
Haregewoin distinguished herself by caring for children in need regardless of age, gender, or health status. Her life and work were detailed and popularized by the 2006 release of Melissa Fay Greene’s unforgettable book, “There is No Me Without You.”
Upon her unexpected death in Ethiopia last week, the fifty-nine children Haregewoin was caring for were left behind. Of these children, forty-two are HIV+. For more information on how you can help the children, please visit www.wwo.org. On the lower right side, you’ll see “Featured News,” which details the immediate needs of the children, and how you can give to the Emergency Fund for Haregewoin’s children.
Haregewoin, no doubt, will be greatly missed. May her legacy of love and selflessness inspire many to embrace the suffering of others and bring hope to the hurting in our world.
Haregewoin was born in 1946, and grew up in the countryside of Ethiopia as the eldest of twenty children. She went on to marry Worku Kebede. Together, they made their home in Addis Ababa, where they raised their two daughters. In 1990, tragedy struck when her husband died suddenly at the age of 54. Then, in 1998, her older daughter died as a result of AIDS.
Devastated, Haregewoin spent the next eighteen months in crippling grief. As she prepared to retreat to seclusion, she was presented with an opportunity that would change her life and the lives of countless others; she agreed to house a teenaged orphan girl.
Over the next ten years, Haregewoin cared for hundreds of children, many of whom were ultimately united with adoptive families in the United States and other countries.
Haregewoin distinguished herself by caring for children in need regardless of age, gender, or health status. Her life and work were detailed and popularized by the 2006 release of Melissa Fay Greene’s unforgettable book, “There is No Me Without You.”
Upon her unexpected death in Ethiopia last week, the fifty-nine children Haregewoin was caring for were left behind. Of these children, forty-two are HIV+. For more information on how you can help the children, please visit www.wwo.org. On the lower right side, you’ll see “Featured News,” which details the immediate needs of the children, and how you can give to the Emergency Fund for Haregewoin’s children.
Haregewoin, no doubt, will be greatly missed. May her legacy of love and selflessness inspire many to embrace the suffering of others and bring hope to the hurting in our world.
making hope
You may have noticed the small change to the banner at the top of the page. We've added the words "make hope" to our logo.
Why?
Because it's something we can all do. You. You can make hope.
6,000 children losing a parent each day as a result of AIDS seems like the antithesis of hope.
And it is.
But if you choose one. Find a way to make a difference for that one. Then you make hope.
We have some exciting ideas of how you can do just that - make hope for children who have none.
Watch over the coming weeks as we begin to share a few of them with you!
Why?
Because it's something we can all do. You. You can make hope.
6,000 children losing a parent each day as a result of AIDS seems like the antithesis of hope.
And it is.
But if you choose one. Find a way to make a difference for that one. Then you make hope.
We have some exciting ideas of how you can do just that - make hope for children who have none.
Watch over the coming weeks as we begin to share a few of them with you!
bring hope
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World AIDS Orphans Day is May 7!
World AIDS Orphans Day is May 7!
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Make a difference this year by joining us for Kids Walking Kids Home!
Please visit www.kidswalkingkidshome.org for details on how to get involved!
sponsor a grant
If you would like to give a donation toward a specific grant (a waiting child in Thailand, a waiting child in Ethiopia, or a waiting child in Ghana), please contact us at info@fromhivtohome.org or use the donation button to the right and designate what grant fund you would like your gift to go to during the online donation process. Grants are released toward the adoption expenses of specific waiting children when each fund reaches $2000. We are currently working on our Thailand fund specifically and would like to offer a Ghana grant next!
Friday - quotable
A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove...but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.
- Forest Witcraft
- Forest Witcraft
Tuesday publication
Today's publication is an article called "Talking to Kids about HIV: Helping your Children Understand a Complex Disease".
Friday - quotable
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
- Leo Tolstoy
- Leo Tolstoy
Tuesday publication
Today's publication is a listing of resources dealing with HIV and children/teens.
Friday - quotable
Nothing we can do can change the past. But everything we do changes the future.
- Ashleigh Brilliant
- Ashleigh Brilliant
Tuesday publication
Today's publication is an article on helping kids to stay adherent to their medications.
Friday - quotable
Compassion brings us to a stop, and for a moment we rise above ourselves.
- Mason Cooley
Tuesday publication
Today's publication is a link to resources from the Kaiser Foundation concerning the global impact of HIV/AIDS.
Friday - quotable
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Simone de Beauvoir
Tuesday publication
Today's publication is a summary from the Kaiser Foundation of publications and websites regarding HIV/AIDS in the United States.
Friday - quotable
Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired.
- Mother Teresa
- Mother Teresa
waiting children
We have been asked to post info about two waiting girls in Ethiopia - both five years old, both HIV+. If you are interested in more info, contact Celebrate Children International (sue@celebratechildren.org)
Also a 4-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl - both HIV+, available for adoption through WACAP. For more info, contact WACAP directly (familyfinders@wacap.org)
Also a 4-year-old boy and 5-year-old girl - both HIV+, available for adoption through WACAP. For more info, contact WACAP directly (familyfinders@wacap.org)
Tuesday publication
Today's publication is a new, updated tutorial on the current state of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic from the Kaiser Foundation.
Friday - quotable
If you have much, give of your wealth; if you have little, give of your heart.
- Arabian Proverb
- Arabian Proverb
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