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Africa is one of the poor countries of the world that have been marked as ‘the least developed countries’ by United Nations. This is a third world country that is suffering from low economy, poverty, diseases and many other problems. The poverty rate is very high in Africa and the victims include a large number of children.
The African children are in great need of help and sponsorship. Like other third world countries they are suffering from poverty. They do not have access to the basic needs of life such as food, clean water, clothes and medical care. They are also unable to have the shelter and educational opportunities. The number of help children i.e. children living in AIDS and HIV communities is also very alarming.
The reasons of this pathetic condition of the African children include:
- The conflicts, genocides and wars that have been a part of African history
- Poor economy and the lack of education
- Natural disasters like famine, poverty and diseases
- HIV and AIDS
Africa has been a victim of wars and conflicts from the very beginning. Because of the poor economy and lack of sanitary facilities the diseases like AIDS and HIV are very common in this country. Children are the ultimate victims. These diseases have deprived a large number of children of their one or both parents. They have been left alone with extreme poverty without anyone to look after them. Even those children who have parents are suffering from extreme poverty as their parents have no money or means to provide them the basic needs of life. They are in miserable condition. The look of dejection, deprivation, distress and helplessness on their faces are waiting for someone who could provide the starving souls with food, water and other basic needs.
There are many organizations and NGOs that are working for the betterment of the poor children. They provide sponsors for the poor kids who pay a regular amount to provide not only food and water but also education opportunities.
It is the right of every children to have access to education and other facilities to move forward in life and make their future secure. It is not their fault that they belong to a poor country where they have to suffer a lot. The African children also have the right to live their childhood like any other kid in a developed country. And it is only possible with the sponsorship of kind hearted people from all over the world.
If you feel like helping these poor kids and have a kind heart to contribute for their welfare and education, you will find many organizations working in Africa as well as other countries. You can sponsor one or more children with the help of these organizations. It is because of this sponsorship that these poverty-stricken children get food and clean water. your sponsorship also help them to get education that would enable them to move forward in their future lives. When you sponsor a child you pay a specific amount at monthly basis.UN and UNICEF are also working for the welfare of the third world countries.
The calamitous and disastrous earthquake in Haiti has caused wide scale destruction in the country. Besides destroying the properties and houses, it has brought misery and adversity for the children living there. They are the worst affected victims. Thousands of children are left alone in miserable condition as they have lost their parents in this natural calamity. Haiti is the poorest country and even before the recent earthquake there were thousands of orphan children who were living in the streets and orphanages. These orphanages are also not run by the government. Some humanitarians and religious groups have been taking care of these children in these orphanages. But the earthquake has even more worsen the situation. It has increased the number of orphan children which is now very alarming.
There are no food cloths and even residence for these poor children who are starving under the sky without an affectionate hand to feed them and provide them with the necessities of life. And because of the ill nourishment and sanitary conditions the danger to fall the victim to diseases is great. And medical facilities are also among the things which are not available there. In such circumstances these poor and helpless children are waiting for help and sponsorship from all over the world.
The people who want to adopt children from foreign countries should give preference to these miserable children. They are the neediest children who need their help. In absence of food, water, clothes and medical care the question of getting education and spiritual growth is totally out. To provide these children a chance to live there life as children in other countries live you can adopt them and give them the warmth of love which they need besides the basic needs of food and water.
The process of adopting a child is a bit long and takes two to three years to be completed. Within this time the parents who are adopting can visit their adopted kids in Haiti. Travel is also an important thing in adopting a child from Haiti. During last year US citizens adopted approximately 300 children from Haiti. This is very little number of adoption than it is required looking at the greater number of children in need. Infants, toddlers, children of school going age are available for adoption. Sibling groups are also available for adoption.
The miserable condition of the poor kids in Haiti has moved the hearts of many kind and God-fearing people. And they are waiting at their homes to adopt one or more children from Haiti and to free them from this misery and provide shelter and love side by side food and other needs. For the help of these people, there are many agencies and organizations working world wide. They also provide online help with the procedure of adopting children from Haiti. They have the names and pictures and other information about the poor souls and they find parents for them. Many Haitian orphans have already been adopted, yet there are still a large number of them waiting. They are waiting for you to step forward and help.
In India, the second most populated country in the world; there are a large number of children who are living beyond the line of poverty. Many live in orphanages. And a large number of these poor children do not have this facility. They live in open dirty places as slums devoid of any food, water and other facility. Having the luxury of education is out of question. Though India is making progress rapidly, its resources are not enough to deal with this problem of poverty in children. Thus there are many people from all over the world who want to adopt these poor kids to provide them the necessities of life and to help them to live a childhood full of smiles instead of worries.
Children are like innocent flowers as they add to the beauty of life of their parents and other people around as well. A person who is rude to others and does not indulge himself in any less serious activity, will surely smile at the sight of a child. He will act like a child to be in friendly terms with a child who is weeping. He would not be able to stop himself from preventing and snubbing the child who is not behaving or indulging himself in wrong activity.
Children are a support to their parents in their old age. They love their parents and try to provide them comfort as they were the one who taught them not only how to speak or eat or walk, but also how to face the world and meet the challenges they come across. Unfortunately, now a days such realization sprout rarely.
The people who do not have kids of their own and even the ones who do have their children can not stand the sight of misery in those Indian slum communities and want to help by adopting the children. There are many people in not only in other countries but also in India who have got their own children but when they see an orphan or a deprived child in there society, they feel it their responsibility to do something productive for them. It also brings to them spiritual satisfaction.
Organizations and agencies
There are many NGOs and organizations to help them. Some people only wish to have a child to bring him up as their own child but there are others who wish to have a child with particular features. They elaborate to the organization about the colour, feature and health of the child they want to adopt. These agencies help the willing people to adopt children from India and provide the names, pictures and other information online. The people can adopt children with the help of these organizations without mush difficulty. They take the child home and bring him up as their own child with love and care. They educate him and make him a man who is able to fight with unfavorable circumstances with courage. They also get an ease and comfort in the hope of having a support in their old age.
The cost of adoption from India also varies. It also depends on the involved organization as well.
What is international adoption?
Adoption is a process of linking and establishing a parent-child relationship between an elder person and a younger one, who are not already bound by a parent child relationship. It terminates the relationship between adoptive child and any formal parents. This process in most accurately described as guardianship in Islamic terms. International adoption is a way and process of adopting a child from foreign countries instead of one’s own country through permanent legal means. This is also a way of building families. You bring a child from a foreign country to your home country to live with you permanently, and brought him/her up as you legal child. International adoption is a way of changing and transferring parent rights from birth parents to new adopting parents. The adopted child has all the rights and privileges of a birth child.
International adoption- laws and categories
Adoption is not that easy a process, and when talking about international adoption it has some complications and challenges. There are certain things that are needed to keep in view while adopting internationally. The laws of adoption vary from country to country. One has to observe the laws of his own country about adoption as well as the laws of foreign countries from where the child is to be adopted. All the countries have the requirements for adopting parents that they must fulfill certain requirements. There is a specific amount of income that the adopting parent should have. Age of the adopting parents is also concerned. The number of existing children also counts. Marital status and relationship is also another thing that is considered in the process of adopting a child. And if you are a single gender is also considered.
There are some countries that have more requirements than the usual ones. These requirements include weight, a specific period of residency in the selected country, your own property and residence and your religion and race.
There are also categories of adoption. These are ‘simple’ and ‘limited or conditional’ adoption. In simple adoption you just simply become parents of a foreign child and he or she becomes your legal child with all rights including inheritance rights. And in limited or conditional adoption all rights are not given to the parents and the adopted child as birth parents and their children usually have.
Organizations and agencies for international adoption
There are many organizations and agencies working in all over the world and helping the willing people adopt the kid of their choice. These organizations have lists of children from different countries and their information. These kids may be orphans, SOS house children, earthquake or flood affected children, children who lost their parents in natural or non-natural calamities such as wars, famine and floods. These organizations make the parents aware of the rules to adopt a child from a specific country. They have the pictures and profiles of the children available online to help the poor kids have nice parents. You can tell about the religion and race and other requirements to them and they will search for a child of your choice for you.
The cost of the international adoption depends on the way of adopting. If there are agencies and organizations involved then the cost is tend to be greater than the otherwise procedure would cost. The cost ranges from 7000 dollars to 30000 dollars.
The act of sponsoring a child is surely an outcome of a profound desire to get spiritual satisfaction but it also adds to the progress of a society. It brings prosperity and pleasure to an orphan or a deprived child. The phenomenon also shows brotherhood among people as their heart throb at somebody’s pain and they come forward to help the needy.
Need of Sponsoring child in India
India is the second most populated country of the world. Although it is making progress and becoming a rapidly developing country, its resources are not yet enough to provide all its masses with basic facilities. As a result there are a large number people leading their lives as slums. The condition of the children is worst. They do not have access to of food, clothes, medical care facilities and other facilities essential for life. In a developing country like India where people who are living in pathetic conditions are unable to provide their children good food, dresses or other basic necessities of life, consider education as a luxury. They regard education as the right of children who belong to rich people.
There are a number of slum communities who are living beyond the level of poverty in India. They do not have houses or any place of living of their own. Clean water and healthy diet is just beyond their reach. Educational opportunities are completely out of question for those poor children in this country.
Who does not know the behavior adopted for an orphan! The miserable child might be taken at first hand as flourishing bud which needs care but later it reveals the greed of his caretaker for the assets of his late parents most often. But those poor children who are living as slums, without any possession of property need only people who are God-fearing and kind hearted to sponsor them. They also, like other children living with there parents in good condition, need love and care: they also have the right to have food and water; the medical care should also be in reach for them; education is right of every individual, these poor kids should also have this right to get an opportunity to make their future better; to rise from the dungeon of poverty and misery. But they are distressed and there parents- if they are with the- are helpless. They are waiting for someone with a kind and noble heart to sponsor them.
Organizations for sponsoring child
There are Many NGOs and organizations that are playing a vital role in giving their country a healthy nation. They work for the betterment of orphans and poor children whose parents tolerate the absence of their child from their house in hope of their bright future. These organizations collect data of these children and give them a place to live. They provide these children not only the basic necessities of life but also provide them a platform to flourish their creative capabilities. You can be a part of their noble cause of helping these poor kids by paying a particular amount of money on regular basis. Your little money would bring smiles of satisfaction on these poor faces. Move forward and sponsor a child now and be a part of the noble cause of removing poverty from the world.
Child poverty- a world wide problem
One of the harsh calamities of this modern world is poverty. This poverty is a threat to the life and future of the children. Almost all countries including the United States of America are faced with the challenge of poverty. There are millions of children in every country who are living I in poverty. Even the developed countries are faced with the problem of child poverty. The condition is worse in developing countries. In third world countries millions of children are living even below the poverty line.
Meaning of child poverty
Child poverty means lack of basic necessities e.g. clean water, food, clothes, and medical facilities, spiritual, mental and emotional development. It also includes lack of educational opportunities for the children. Thus they lack the things essential for survival. Children who grow up in poverty pay the heavy price for the sin that is not their own. Many surveys and researches show that the children who live in poverty grow up with bad health, they are physically less strong. If they have education opportunities they do not perform well in schools. They also fall a victim to mental illnesses. They do not get much chance to raise their standard of living in their future lives as they have no chances to get higher education.
Reasons of poverty
The question that “What causes the children live even beyond the level of poverty?” has obvious and definite answers.
- In developing countries poor economy is the first reason. The people live on even less than two dollars a day. They do not have access to clean water. Education is beyond their reach. Their children are bound to suffer in such circumstances. The poverty cycle goes on as they do not get any chance to improve their lives.
- Then there is lack of education which in itself is an outcome of poverty. And because of which they are unable to get good jobs that would earn them enough to rise from the level of poverty.
- The governments developing and third world countries do not have much to spend on basic needs of sanitation and education. Even the supply of food is a hard job for them. They do not attract investors and they themselves are not able to provide job opportunities.
- In developed countries broken relationships between parents is leading their children toward poverty. Single mothers form a great number of poverty-stricken people in the world
The situation in third world countries represents the most accurate example of child poverty. Poverty rate is higher in Countries like Africa and other south Asian countries. According to a research more than 43% people suffer from poverty in south Asian countries. The majority is of children and women.
There are many organizations and unions that are formed to help the children in poverty. World organizations like UN and UNICEF have been making policies to reduce the extreme poverty in the world. UN has made a goal to reduce extreme poverty by 2015. These organizations collect funds from rich people and countries and give it to the poor countries to be spent on the basic needs.
Every child has the right to live and enjoy the basic necessities of life; every child has the right to get education and other facilities. It is the responsibility of all human being related to any creed and country, to play their role to release the poor kids from the feeling of deprivation.
