The Financial Challenge of Adoption and How the Church can Respond If you missed the Christian Alliance for Orphan's webinar on financial challenges in adoption and how the church can respond, then you can go back and listen to it here:
The Financial Challenge of Adoption and How the Church Can Respond from Christian Alliance for Orphans on Vimeo.
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: Christian Alliance for Orphans |
Starting and Growing a Church-based Orphan Ministry If you missed the Christian Alliance for Orphan's webinar on how to start and grow a church-based orphan ministry, you can go back and listen to it here:Starting and Growing a Church-Based Orphan Ministry from Christian Alliance for Orphans on Vimeo.
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: Christian Alliance for Orphans |
Wrestling with an Angel This book tells the story of a father and his struggle dealing with his son's disabilities. For more information or to order the book visit:
http://www.cruciformpress.com/our-books/wrestling-with-an-angel/
Partnering with the Local Church to Care for Orphans in Haiti This webinar will give practical advice, principles and practices for how your church can wisely partner with indigenous churches to care for orphans in Haiti and beyond.
Host Church: Northridge Church
Presenters: Michael Miller, Northridge Church,...
| Type: Audio | | Related Organization: Christian Alliance for Orphans |
Adoption Tax Credit Information To encourage and support adoption, the adoption tax credit was expanded by President Bush and Congress in 2001. This increased the value of the credit from $5,000 to $10,000, and indexed it for inflation (meaning the credit would increase each year to keep up with inflation.) For 2010, its value had risen to $12,170. However, the 2001 increase was scheduled to...
Insights & Gifts Video Series This new 16 video series by Dr. Karyn Purvis (developed in partnership with the TCU Institute of Child Development) offers seven insights and seven gifts that are highly relevant for those who are parenting or considering adopting or fostering children from hard places.
To watch the videos, click here:...
| Type: Video/DVD | | Related Organization: Empowered to Connect |
African Child Sponsorship Sponsor an indigent or orphaned child in Liberia, West Africa for $40 a month. Your sponsorship will provide a child with food, an education, a place to live, and opportunities to hear the gospel. Christian Adoption Services maintains this sponsorship program as part of its orphan care initiative in Liberia. Go to AfricanChildSponsorship.com today!
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: Christian Adoption Services |
The Post-Placement Journey Webinar This week the Christian Alliance for Orphans hosted the Post Placement Journey webinar. Dr. Karyn Purvis and Amy Monroe provided practical insights and resources to equip adoption and foster care ministries to help families meet the challenges of loving, nurturing and building strong relationships with children from hard places. In case you missed it, you can view it here:
The...
| Type: Audio | | Related Organization: Christian Alliance for Orphans |
Safe Families Model Webinar This webinar, hosted by the Christian Alliance for Orphans, highlights the Safe Families Model which provides a transformational alternative to foster care that makes the homes of local Christians and their church community the center of care. This model now serves more than 1,000 youth in the Chicago area each year, and is now being replicated by Alliance organizations and churches in...
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: Christian Alliance for Orphans |
Is Adoption the Answer? This article addresses adoption and it's strengths and limitations in solving the global orphan crisis. To read the article, click here: http://www.aaronklein.com/2010/08/is-adoption-the-answer/
Trafficking Testimonies This site offers testimonies of individuals trafficked around the world. Reader discretion advised:
http://ex-oriente-lux.org/victim.html
Beyond Benefits: More Ways to Make Your Workplace Adoption-Friendly This booklet suggests opportunities for employers to help employees who are considering adoption, are engaged in the process, or have already adopted and ways to promote the cause of adoption in the workplace. Created with the support of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
http://www.davethomasfoundation.org/Free-Adoption-Resources/Adoption-Benefits
Adoption Benefits Toolkit for Employers A two-part toolkit to establish adoption benefits, such as financial reimbursement and paid leave for employee who adopt: includes a folder and CD-rom with step-by-step instructions to establish a policy; and the booklet Beyond Benefits: More Ways to Make Your Workplace Adoption-Friendly. The CD-rom includes customizable documents and samples, making it easy to propose and establish an adoption...
Adoption Benefits Toolkit for Employees A three-part toolkit to propose adoption benefits to your employer: includes a folder and CD-rom for you to give to your employer; a folder and CD-rom for you to use and keep; and the booklet Beyond Benefits: More Ways to Make Your Workplace Adoption-Friendly. The CD-rom includes customizable documents and samples, making it easy to propose and establish an adoption benefits...
The Tragically Relaxed State of Christianity Today This talk by Gennady Mokhnenko addresses:
The dangerous longing for comfort in modern Christianity
Life of a Christian – a difficult journey or a relaxing cruise?
The Church should understand the problem
An honest call to action
This talk was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Project 1.27 God loves children. But for 80 years too many children and youth have been languishing in the U.S. foster care system. That’s too long. Over 120,000 of them are legally free for adoption and waiting for their forever homes and every year their numbers keep growing. It’s costing taxpayers $283 million a day! In 2005 there were 875 legally free children in Colorado. But something amazing...
Better Care Network Toolkit This resource is to aid social work and child care practitioners and policy makers around the world in planning and providing better care for children—including family strengthening and out of home placement. Divided in five categories, the Toolkit contains a selection of practical guides and manuals to support a quality care system and the delivery of alternative...
HumanTrafficking Statistics This website offers a variety of statistics on human trafficking:
http://www.thehomefoundation.net/the-sobering-facts/
12 Month Church Adoption Awareness Plan This great plan has ideas for monthly activities that can happen in a church over the course of 12 months to increase orphan/adoption awareness. Each idea takes only a few minutes of time during a Sunday service, and only happens once a month. In addition, the plan contains great paragraphs to include in a church bulletin. If you're looking for ways to encourage adoption and...
Wounded Children, Healing Homes Why doesn’t our child return our love? What are we failing to understand? What are we failing to do? These questions can fill the minds of adoptive parents caring for wounded, traumatized children.
Families often enter into this experience with high expectations for their child and for themselves but are broadsided by shattered assumptions. This book addresses the reality of those unmet...
Call to Me: How the Bible Speaks in the Age of AIDS Call to Me is no. 7 in the Called to Care toolkit, which is designed for use by churches, faith-based organisations, NGOs and community groups, especially in sub-Saharan Africa.
This 76-page handbook consists of 20 Bible studies on topics related to HIV and AIDS, e.g. sex and sexuality; healing; death, grief and mourning; stigma, discrimination and denial; church leadership; marriage; fear and...
She is Priceless Website This website shares great articles on human trafficking around the world, as well as ideas for ways you can get involved in fighting against trafficking.
http://www.sheispriceless.com/
| Type: Book | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
US Adoption in a 40% Decline "With 150 million orphans in the world, we should be seeing a dramatic increase in the number of orphans who are adopted every year in the United States. But sadly, the opposite is true. Adoptions have been decreasing every year since 2004.
A new article in the May edition of Christianity Today says this, "Since 2004, these and other restrictions have resulted in a 40 percent decline...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
Ten Questions to Consider As You Explore Adoption These questions from Tapestry adoption ministry are designed to help people who are exploring adoption think through some important considerations and ideas relating to the adoption decision process. Please keep in mind that there are no right or wrong answers to these questions.
After you have thought through your answers you are encouraged to discuss these questions and your thoughts with your...
Older Child Adoption Website This website is a great resource for anyone who wants to adopt an older child, or who has already adopted an older child. It offers everything from information on the homestudy process to information on post-adoption depression: www.olderchildadoption.com
Children's Books about Adoption Are you looking for good children's books about adoption to read to your adopted child? What about adoption stories to read to your biologic children? This is a great list of books about adoption for small children through teenagers:
Families are Different
by Nina Pellegrini, Holiday House, 1991
This books wraps together different-looking families, and different ways of creating...
The Moldovan Crisis Read below to learn from HopeChest's Tom Davis about trafficking in Moldova:
"Being in a country where 30,000 women have literally disappeared is hard to describe. There are over 250 brothels in the capital city of Chisinau and one of the greatest targets for sex-trafficking are girls who leave the orphanages.
Yet, this is a country filled with secrecy. You don't see hundreds of young...
| Type: Statistic | | Related Organization: Children's HopeChest |
HIV Country Profile-- Kyrgyzstan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Kyrgyzstan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_KG.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Uzbekistan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Uzbekistan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_UZ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Tajikistan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Tajikistan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_TJ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Latvia This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Latvia, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_LV.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Kazakhstan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Kazakhstan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_KZ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Belarus This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Belarus, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_BY.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Armenia This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Armenia, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_AM.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Azerbaijan This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Azerbaijan, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_AZ.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Ukraine This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Ukraine, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_UA.pdf
HIV Country Profile-- Russia This report by the World Heath Organization gives the most up-to-date stats on HIV in Russia, all on one page! It has some great, easy to read charts and graphs.
http://apps.who.int/globalatlas/predefinedReports/EFS2008/short/EFSCountryProfiles2008_RU.pdf
2009 AIDS Epidemic Global Report Every year, UNAIDS does a study on the global AIDS epidemic. This report includes the most up-to-date statistics on AIDS in Russia and Ukraine (pg. 48):
http://data.unaids.org/pub/Report/2009/JC1700_Epi_Update_2009_en.pdf
Our Adoption in Christ: What It Means for Us and for Orphans This book was written to equip churches theologically in the areas of orphan care and earthly adoption. We believe that robust theology produces robust action. So, our writing objective was to put the gospel at the center of the global orphan crisis. If the church is to be mobilized to care for 143 million orphaned and vulnerable children, then the gospel must be the main thing. Our prayer is that...
Beyond Consequences, Logic, and Control Rate:
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The Beyond Consequences Institute, LLC was created to educate and provide the resources for helping children with severe acting out behaviors. Many of these children have been previously diagnosed with such disorders as reactive attachment disorder, bipolar, oppositional defiant disorder, conduct disorder, depression, and the list goes on and on.
Most traditional techniques accepted amongst...
United Nations Global Report on Human Trafficking Click the link below to read the UN's very informative 2009 report on global trafficking. This is a report that anyone who works against trafficking should read:
http://www.unodc.org/documents/human-trafficking/Executive_summary_english.pdf
How to Support a Child Who Has Been Abused This pamphlet gives step by step advice for responding to a child when they've told you about abuse in their life:
http://www.ccpas.co.uk/Documents/Help%20-%20help%20abused.pdf
Trafficking Prayer Guide Use this prayer diary over a period of three weeks to focus your prayers on the issue of trafficking, praying for the victims of trafficking and for change around the world. You could use some of the entries in church services or house groups to inform people and encourage them to pray about the issue.
Click here to view this prayer guide: http://www.stopthetraffik.org/downloads/prayer_diary.pdf
Sharing God's Heart for Orphans with your Kids Are you looking for helpful tools in sharing with your kids about God's heart for orphans? Then look no further! This site has some great resources:
http://www.hopefororphanskids.org/hfokids/index.html
| Type: Websource | | Related Organization: Hope for Orphans |
Guide for Parenting Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Click the link below to read this helpful tip sheet for parents with adoptive or foster children who have Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
http://www.wifostercareandadoption.org/library/966/fasd.pdf
Prayer Guide Based on Psalms Though this prayer guide is specifically geared towards the January earthquake in Haiti, it is also applicable for helping to guide prayer for those in need around the world.
http://ow.ly/13VUH
Engaging the Church for Disabilities Ministry Join Charlie Chastain and Michael Norton as they share about the state of the disabled population in Russia and Eastern Europe. The disabled population of Eastern Europe is one of the most overlooked people groups struggling to find its way within post-Soviet society. Beyond their physical and mental impairments, the disabled of Eastern Europe also struggle to overcome discrimination due to...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Wisdom and Revelation: Keys to Hope and Healing Join Jenni Means as she shares keys to bringing hope and healing to adopted children. Great session for English speakers to watch, since it is in both English and Russian. This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
You can watch the video right on this page, but if you would like to use it in your church or ministry, you can also download...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
A Friend for Every Orphan Join Nikolai Kuleba, head of child and family services in Kiev, as he shares his dream that every orphan would find a believing friend (or, "one believer in the life of every orphan"). This video was taken at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Mass Media - Reformation of the Mentality of a Nation Join Sergey Demidovich as he shares about ways to use media to influence national thinking about adoption and orphans. Sergey Demidovich is the Director of the TV studio TV-Together, as well as the representative for the TV channel TBN Ukraine. He is an adoption advocate and does training for nationals across Russia and Ukraine. This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Prayer Ministry—Breaking Generational Curses Many families fear adoption because they fear “genetics” – “is it true that as the child grows up, he’ll become like his alcoholic father or drug-addicted mother?..” This seminar, by Peter and Tamara Dudnik, addresses those fears and how to deal with them through prayer. This seminar was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Prevention of HIV among at-risk Youth Join Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC and Vitalii Ozernii as they discuss prevention methods for preventing HIV among at-risk youth. After watching their session:
• Participants will be able to describe the relationship between HIV and Orphan problem in Ukraine and Russia
• Participants will be able to identify effective approaches to HIV prevention education among high risk youth using...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Start and Run a Training School for Foster Families Watch here as Mikhail Pimenov, the director of the foster care training school "Family" shares how individuals can start up their own training schools for adoptive and foster parents. This session addresses the following themes:
Types of training for potential foster parents
How to start a training school for foster families; training specialists and forming a team.
...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Types of Family Care; Adoption, Foster Care, etc. Join adoption advocates Petr and Tamara Dudnik as they provide answers to frequently asked questions: what is the difference between adoption and foster parenting, does the government support families that take children – and if so, then how exactly, etc.
This session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. ...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Difficulties in Raising Adopted Children Join adoption advocate Tamara Dudnik as she shares about difficulties in raising adopted children, and how to overcome those difficulties.
Session was filmed at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
How to Practically Help Adoptive and Foster Children Motivation/Filtration/Preparation/Support-- Join Mikhail Kozitsky and Dr. Susan Hillis as they share four steps towards helping adoptve and foster families:
Participants will be able to describe compelling magnitude of orphan problem and sure reward in caring for orphans
Participants will be able to describe profile of families who are likely to be prepared to care for orphans
...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
The Magnitude of the Orphan Problem Dr. Susan Hillis of the CDC shares the most up-to-date government statistics on the magnitude of the orphan problem, as well as offers hope for potential solutions. Video footage from the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
God's Heart for Orphans and Adoption Gennady Makhnenko speaks at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Gennady is the head of the largest rehabilitation center for street children in Eastern Europe.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Theological Foundations of Adoption TV producer, Sergey Demidovich, shares the Biblical foundations for adoption. The video is taken from Mr. Demidovich's session at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Strategy for Church-Government Collaboration Nikolai Kuleba shares about key strategies for church/government collaboration at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Mr. Kuleba is the head of child and family services for the city of Kiev.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to check it out as well.
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
Keys to Healing for Children Peter Kravchuk speaks at the 2009 Eastern European Summit on Orphans and the Church. Peter is the father of 21 adopted children, as well as a board member of Light of Love, an NGO that provides training for adoptive and foster families.
This video is only available in Russian. Please click the link above the title to view and encourage your Russian-speaking colleagues and friends to...
| Type: 2009 Summit | | Related Organization: CoMission for Children at Risk |
40 Day Prayer Guide for Orphan Care Check out this GREAT 40 day prayer guide for orphan care. Will you commit to praying with us for the next 40 days?
Click here to download the prayer guide: http://www.pearpod.com/oc/downloads/40DaysofPrayer.pdf
How to Start an Adoption Fund in Your Church Rate:
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While many families have room in their hearts and homes for a child, they all too often become discouraged and do not answer the call to adopt due to monetary concerns. Though we have assisted hundreds of families with financial grants and will continue to do so, the need for grants far surpasses any one organization’s ability to provide. We cannot do this alone and implore you to begin a...
Ten Ways Every Christian Can Care for Orphans Rate:
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143 million orphans and waiting children. Yes, it's a BIG number. And it can be difficult to know how one person can make a dent in a reality so daunting. However, one Christian -- every Christian -- can make a difference. There are many things believers can do on behalf of the orphan and waiting child. This full color brochure from FamilyLife's Hope for Orphans...
Database of all adoptable children in Russia This website is the official government database of all orphans in Russia who are eligible for adoption. The site is only in Russian, but can be translated using Google Translate here:
http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.usynovite.ru&sl=ru&tl=en
This site provides insight into the magnitude of...
Adoption and Foster Care Resources in Russian Rate:
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This is a list of over 15 Russian resources on adoption and foster care, that are very useful for Russian-speaking believers ministering to orphans:
Legal help for Adoptive Parents
Юридическая помощь усыновителям
http://www.risknetwork.ru/resources/?id=90
Comprehensive Information about Adoption, Foster Care, and Gaurdianship
полезный ресурс по усыновлению, опеке и приемным...
Russia's Growing HIV Epidemic The HIV epidemic in Russia is increasing more rapidly than in any other country in Europe. Read this article to learn the history of HIV in Russia, as well as the explanation for it's rapid growth.
"The terms HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome), typically first call to mind Africa. But increasingly the public is coming to realize that HIV...
| Type: Article | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
AIDS Experts Say Russia Needs New HIV Strategy By DOUGLAS BIRCH (AP)
MOSCOW — AIDS experts urged Russian officials on Wednesday to scrap their abstinence-based strategy for curbing the spread of HIV, saying the country's fast-growing epidemic could be entering a dangerous new phase.
AIDS specialists meeting here urged Russia to adopt successful strategies such as needle exchange programs and heroin substitutes such as methadone for...
Adoption Grants and Loans Adoption is our ultimate goal in caring for orphan children as it enables them to become a part of God's perfect plan…a family. While many Christian couples have the desire and resources to care for a child, initial costs keep many from following God's call to adopt.
Lifesong Legacy Fund
Interest Free Loans
The Lifesong Legacy Fund offers interest free loans to help couples overcome the...
Aggressive-Defiant Child: a tutorial for Teachers and Foster Parents Do parents, or teachers always like their child’s behaviour? Few kids are the model of perfection ( I haven’t met any yet, but there may be one or two!) and kids do things that disappoint or displease us. Sometimes they can behave in ways that really annoy us; the angry, defiant child is a good example. How do you change an angry, aggressive child into a cooperative child?
Firstly,...
List of Books on Adoption and Foster Care This site offers a good list of books on adoption, attachment issues, parenting adopted children, and children development.
Site on At-Risk Youth At-Risk.org has been compiled as a resource for parents and the general public in search of information about at-risk youth. This site will present you with information and articles about helping at-risk youth. The Works Cited page of this site will reference any at-risk youth resources that were used to compile the content for this site.
Whats Being...
Attach-- Association for Treatment and Training in the Attachment of Children Many children throughout the world do not benefit from adequate parenting during their early years. Their foundation for healthy development is damaged so they have difficulty in forming loving, lasting, intimate relationships. This condition, known as attachment disorder, can be triggered by abuse, neglect, abandonment, separation from birth parents, birth trauma, maternal depression, chronic...
Joint Council on Children's Services The Joint Council works to ensure that orphaned and vulnerable children can live, grow, and flourish in a family. Advocating for high standards, ethical practices, and child-centric policies, Joint Council educates governments, professionals and families all with a goal of finding a safe, permanent, and loving family for every child.
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Adoption Learning Partners Adoption Learning Partners provides the highest quality online adoption education. Our course list includes comprehensive training for parents preparing for an international adoption. The following online courses meet Hague training requirements for international adoption:
The Journey of Attachment
Attachment is an essential component of any healthy, happy family. Adoption, however, may...
Attachment Disorder Website We offer information on adoption / attachment and bonding issues, and Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) to families and professionals. We are also the official home of Families by Design providing educational materials and seminars.
The goal of this site is to provide help for each wounded child with attachment disorder, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), ODD (Oppositional Defiant Disorder)...
New Life Radio - Moscow New Life Radio Satellite Network - Moscow, provides Christian radio programming throughout Russia, the former Soviet Union, Europe, and Israel, using direct to home satellite radio channels on HOTBIRD and ABS satellites: Internet radio to the Russian-speaking world at (www.NLRadio.net) and FM radio stations. NLR began as Russia's first Christian FM radio station (1996), and...
| Type: Audio | | Related Organization: New Life Radio-Moscow |
Recommended Mission News Subscriptions Want to keep up with what's going on in world missions? Here are ten of the top mission news sources that are recommended by Missions Catalyst:
Missions Catalyst News Briefs - The news digest from Missions Catalyst; focused on missions-related stories. Stories are all previously published material from a variety of sources. Comes out twice a month. Web and email, no RSS...
Christian Radio in Russian This Christian radio station, put on by New Life Radio, offers music in Russian and English.
Life Doesn’t Wait: Romania’s Failure to Protect and Support Children and Youth Living with HIV "More than 7,200 Romanian children and youth between age fifteen and nineteen are living with HIV—the largest such group in any European country. They are Romania’s miracle children, the survivors among the more than 10,000 children infected with HIV between 1986 and 1991 in hospitals and orphanages as a direct result of government policies that resulted in large numbers of...
UNICEF's "Fighting HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Success 2002-2005 " Fighting HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Sucess 2002-2005As HIV/AIDS spreads through nations, it disproportionately affects the world's most vulnerable: women, adolescents and children. Those affected are routinely denied their rights to education, economic opportunity and health care, and to protection from exploitation and harm.
This publication looks at the global development challenge posed by...
Unite for Children Unite Against AIDS This UNICEF program strives to bring the specific needs of the most vulnerable children and adolescents into the HIV debate. The program works to prevent infection among adolescents and young people, to prevent mother to child transmission, to provide pediatric treatment and for the protection of orphans and vulnerable children.The report is available in English and in Russian.
UNAIDS 2006 Global AIDS Report The 2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic contains the most comprehensive set of data on the country response to the AIDS epidemic ever compiled. Not only did 126 countries submit full reports, but, for the first time, civil society was actively engaged in the collection, review and analysis of these country data. In addition, UNAIDS received more than 30 separate reports from civil society,...
President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief PEPFAR is an HIV/AIDS plan that focuses on 15 countries with the highest HIV/AIDS rates. Please see the link below on more information for PEPFAR's work with orphans and children at risk.
"The Emergency Plan expects to support treatment for 2 million HIV-infected people, prevent seven million new infections, and support care for 10 million individuals, including orphans,...
HIV/AIDS and the Global Orphan Emergency: Its Implications for Russia The Power Point presentation of statistics from the Centers for Disease Control HIV/AIDS as compiled by Dr. Susan Hillis, can only be obtained by contacting Cristi Hillis as government regulations prohibit posting the presentation directly on this site. The Power Point presentation is available in English and in Russian. Please email Cristi Hillis and she will be happy to...
| Type: 2006 Summit | | Related Organization: Mission Specialties, Inc. (MSi) |
Health Training Material for Street Children from the World Health Organization The World Health Organization has put together a training package with activities to help workers understand how to help street children deal with some of the issues they encounter on a daily basis which affect their health.
The training packet is broken down into modules which can all be downloaded as a pdf. file.
To access this training package go here and then scroll...
World Mission Atlas Project This site contains various forms of information including maps, tabular data sets, and written descriptions. The information is helpful in assessing the current status of Missions progress throughout the world. It is a constantly expanding site that seeks to produce a strategically significant World Missions Atlas. The WorldMAP consortium is comprised of Evangelical organizations. Collectively we...
Children: The Missing Face of AIDS in Russia UNICEF CEE/CIS
Moscow, 14 November 2005 – Every day more than 100 new HIV infections are registered in the Russian Federation, with children and young people affected as never before. “The epidemic in Russia has a young face and is fuelled by stigma and discrimination,” said Maria Calivis, UNICEF Regional Director for Central and Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent...
Narnia Center's Children's Ministry Magazine Our magazine is printed four times a year. Published in Russian, its purpose is to serve as an information network connecting a wide variety of leaders in children’s ministry spread out over the vast expanse of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and other regions where Russian is the common language. It includes seasonal articles related to Sunday School, Harvest festival, Christmas, Easter and the...
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Multi-Language Media Multi-Language Media (www.multilanguage.com) offers Christian resources in foreign languages including Russian, Ukrainian, and Romanian. Their online catalog contains Scriptures in over 90 languages, Christian books in about 45 languages, the "Who Is Jesus?" tract, Bible-based ESL materials, children's resources_old, the JESUS video in over 300 languages, plus a variety of Christian...
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Caring for Children Affected by HIV and AIDS The report looks at how the epidemic undermines children's health and schooling, and reinforces marginalisation and deprivation. It explores the options for the care of children in communities affected by the AIDS epidemic. Beginning with the premise that the parent-child bond is the basic building block of child development and the family the basic unit of society, the report looks at ways to...
ECPAT Anti-Trafficking Country Reports This ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) study covers the reasons and ways in which children are trafficked, and potential prevention strategies. How states deal with cross-border prostitution and separated minor asylum seekers is also considered in this new research, as well as the legislative environment and the application of rules...
Get Well or Else- Forced Drug Treatment "The bill would allow Russia's schools to send pupils under the age of 16 to treatment centers without their consent through a special judicial procedure involving a trial. Parents’ consent would be required, but the fate of orphans and children whose parents are absent for long periods or seriously ill would be left to school administrators."Read the full article by Galina...
Sport, Recreation and Play This UNICEF report states, "Through sport, recreation and play, children and adolescents learn to exercise judgement and think critically while finding solutions to problems. They promote the spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play, teaching teamwork, self-discipline, trust, respect for others, leadership and coping skills. Essential to ensuring that children develop into responsible...
Violence Against Disabled Children "Children who live with a physical, sensory, intellectual or mental health disability are among the most stigmatized and marginalized of all the world’s children. While all children are at risk of being victims of violence, disabled children find themselves at significantly increased risk because of stigma, negative traditional beliefs and ignorance. Lack of social support, limited...
Children and Disability in Transition in CEE/CIS and the Baltic States The goal of this report, in keeping with the global mandate of UNICEF, is to provide information and analysis that can be used to protect children with disabilities and promote the fulfillment of their rights.This report is available in English and Russian.
Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 The Innocenti Social Monitor 2006 provides practical examples of ways in which children can be given distinct attention and visibility in the analysis of poverty and in policy priorities, while also stressing that data collection has to be improved and made more accessible in order to allow the impact of policies on children to be effectively assessed and addressed.Scroll down the page at this...
Romani Children in South East Europe This UNICEF report details the challenges facing Romani children in South East Europe and poses recommendations to help end discrimination and secure the rights of all children.
Mentally Disabled Children and Youth in Romania This UNICEF report strives to identify real solutions so that young people and children with mental disabilities may benefit from the best of care and living standards. Hopefully, the recommendations and conclusions in this report will help to the achieve this objective.
Uzbekistan: Childhood Under Threat This UNICEF article highlights several issues that threaten the well-being of children in Uzbekistan and makes suggestions on ways to protect them.
Challenge to Civil Society: Russia's Amended Law on Noncommercial Organizations The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a report on Russia's controversial law on nongovernmental organizations. The authors state that the law places "disturbing" restrictions on NGOs.To read the report in its entirety, click here.
EBF Anti-Trafficking Resource Book 2006 The European Baptist Federation workgroup to fight human trafficking has put together a useful resource to help churches become active in battling human trafficking. The resource include Biblical basis for church involvement, suggestions for action and several Bible studies.
Romania's Segregation and Abuse of Infants and Children with Disabilities This report is the result of an 18 month investigation by Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI) into the human rights abuses of children with disabilities in Romania. This report documents a broad range of atrocious conditions for children with disabilities inside Romania’s institutions. While Romania has reduced its orphanage population and created foster care placements for many...
Creative Activities for Children in Drop-in or Residential Centers This ECPAT resource offers activities for children of various ages. Most of the activities are low-budget and do not require a large amount of space. Each activity is designed to promote a positive skill or trait such as sympathy for others, patience, problem solving, and communication.
Juvenile Justice in the Republic of Moldova This 72 page UNICEF report gives an in-depth explanation and evaluation of the juvenile justice system in Moldova.
Ending Child Abandonment in Romania This article highlights the joint effort of UNICEF and local child protection agencies in Romania to break strong cultural and rooted patterns that encourage child abandonment.
Breaking the Cycle of Child Abandonment in Tbilisi, Georgia This UNICEF article highlights the success of Mother and Infant Shelters in helping mothers in need keep their children. The shelters are funded by UNICEF in partnership with World Vision and help keep families intact.
300,000 Children in Serbia Live in Poverty and Exclusion This UNICEF article highlights the findings of The State of Children in Serbia 2006. The report finds that over 155,000 children in Serbia are poor and that an additional 155,000 are at risk of falling below the poverty line. It additionally points out the extreme exclusion of Roma children, children deprived of parental care in residential institutions, children living with...
Combating the Trafficking in Children for Sexual Purposes What is trafficking in children for sexual purposes? How to recognize children at risk and child victims of trafficking? This book is available for download as a pdf file and answers these questions and more.
ECPAT International has extensive information available on their web-site dealing with the issue of commercial exploitation of children.
2006 US State Department Report of Trafficking In 2006, the US State Department published a report on human trafficking around the world. The report designates each country as a country of orgin, transit or destination. Each country also recieves a rating based on the level of trafficking in the country and what the government is doing to combat human trafficking.
Russia was rated one of the worst countries in terms of...
Financing Adoptions This website offers a list of adoption grants, loans, etc. to help families who would like to adopt but do not have the funds.
Children on the Brink 2004 Children on the Brink 2004: A joint report of new orphan estimates and a framework for action
Author: UNAIDS, UNICEF and USAID Price: Free No. of pages: 42 Publication date: July 2004 Publisher: USAID Languages: English - available as a PDF only. Also available in French and Spanish.
Please go here for your free copy of Children on the Brink.
Millions of children are growing up without...
Russian Govt Adoption Website This official government website provides a host of good information about orphans in Russia. It has everything from official orphan statistics to rules for international adoption. Unfortunately, the majority of the site is solely in Russian. The top right of the home page does have an English option, which will lead you to a few pages in English.
Countries And Peoples Of The World CD ILS International, in cooperation with Adopt-A-People Clearing House, has just released the "Countries and Peoples of the World" CD. This huge reference work, which took six years to complete, contains information on every nation and each of the 16,000+ ethno-linguistic people groups of the world. There are over 34,000 pages of...
World Christian Resource Directory Have you ever wondered where to look for good Christian resources for use in your ministry? There are many great publishers and distributors with materials in every language, but where do you find them?
This site provides information on resources in many different languages for missionaries and Christians worldwide. You may be especially interested in the Russian Christian Video Directory, and...
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Sampling of Internet Resources on Children at Risk Editor's Note: For valuable lists of links to organizations and reports dealing with post-Soviet orphans and street children, visit the following Web sites: Beeson Divinity School Global Center:http://www.samford.edu/groups/global/links/childrenatrisk-ee
Rainbows of Hope:http://www.wec-int.org/rainbows/resources/links/index.phpEastern European Adoption...
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Radio Rossii This website provides lots of information (in Russian) on orphans in Russia. It is updated regularly.
Hotels Russia Online reservations for hotels across Russia. www.hotelsrussia.com/
Long Distance Phone Cards and Plans All of the following sites provide long-distance plans for calling internationally from the U.S. Some offer rates from other countries as well. Most of these plans can be purchased online. This listing is not an endorsement, but we hope that the information provided will save you money.
Things to look for: Some phone cards have surcharges, connection fees and/or monthly fees that should be...
Hotels Guide of St. Petersburg This is a practical guide to information about hotels in St. Petersburg with on-line hotel reservations at competitive rates. In most cases these rates are lower than those that you get directly from hotels. They also provide visa support for their clients.
Explore the website. The Hotels Chart allows you to compare brief statistics of various hotels and make your...
Children and the Development of the Church Viva Network has launched an online discussion forum to encourage church-planting agencies and organizations working with children at risk to find ways to partner. The forum examines where and how such partnerships have already taken place, as well as the underlying holistic principles apparent in case studies and reports. It is easy to use and free to...
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Skoro.info - CIS Christian Events Calendar Один преподаватель задал вопрос своим студентам: "Сколько церквей в вашем городе?"Они начали считать и давать возможные ответы.Он улыбнулся и сказал:"Я знаю, сколько у вас церквей – одна!"
За последние десять лет в СНГ появилось огромное количество христианских организаций, церквей, ассоциаций. Но между ними очень мало взаимодействия. Зачастую Христиане одного города...
Forgiven and Set Free: A Post-Abortion Bible Study for Women Christian Camping International/Russia has recently published the book "Forgiven and Set Free" by Linda Cochrane. It is available in Russian from their St. Petersburg office.
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The Story of Jesus for Children The Story of Jesus for Children, adapted from the original "JESUS" movie classic, will give every child, both churched and unchurched, a chance to see and hear the gospel in a way he/she can understand, in every possible language worldwide.
This 62-minute video entertains, educates, and introduces children to the life of Jesus of Nazareth, giving them a chance to see and hear the...
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