With the World Bank big in the news now, I could be writing today about corruption, but since I just did that I'll be focusing instead on the more up-beat and... more

For some background on the subject of HIV/AIDS in Ethiopia and organizations that can be supported that address vital aspects of the problem, DATA is a good place to start. With statistics and solid information with realizable goals, the group lays out the basics and points in several directions that lead to helping. One of these is the... more

Today's blog is in response to a comment on yesterday's post on World AIDS Orphans Day left by a reader:

Sandra, I have been wanting to find a program that provides antiretrovirals to mothers in Ethiopia (our son's birthcountry). I have posted this comment elsewhere, but never have gotten a response. Do you know of anything like this?

We would like to support such a program, much as we provide sponsorship support for orphans in... more

Today is the day.

This is my second year posting information on World AIDS Orphans Day, and although I put the word out earlier in hopes that community leaders would be encouraged to join in on events, today is the special day set aside in efforts to draw attention to the plight of millions of the world's children who have lost parents to AIDS.

At last count there were... more

"Bones That Float: A Story of Adopting Cambodia" is more than a book; it's a movement!" says Kari Grady Grossman, the book's author. Determined to make a difference for the positive, Kari turned down a publishing deal with Beacon Press and opened her own company ... fixing the date of publication to coincide with the anniversary of the day the Khmer Rouge began the forced evacuation of Phnom Penh ... to assure that every penny possible made... more

" ['Bones that Float'] ... is truly a gift for every adoptive family out there." This quote came from an adoptive mom after reading Kari Grady Grossman's wonderful new book about the Cambodia she came to know and love through her family's adoption journey.

Much more than a story of one child and one family, "Bones that Float: A Story of Adopting Cambodia" is a tapestry of Cambodian lives, past, present and future, that conveys context and encourages... more

Celebrity and international adoption go together like soup and sandwich in the media, and so many people are happy as clam chowder to be served up whatever can be scraped from the bottom of whatever pot happens to be going around at any given moment ... most of it unpleasant pap with a revolting flavor and lingering aftertaste.

I'm... more

As Lisa pointed out in a recent post on the Guatemala Adoption Blog, adopting from a country often results in parents feeling that we've adopted the country as well as the child. This manifests in different ways in different families. Some, like like Kari Grady Grossman, mom to a Cambodian-born son, raise money to build and fund whole schools. (I've ... more

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The Cosmic Volunteers get my nomination for the coolest name, and they offer programs in Africa, Asia and South America that include teaching English, working in orphanages, healthcare, conservation and more.

Volunteer for the Visayans - Recruits international volunteers from all over the world to... more

Everything about becoming an internationally adoptive parent opens eyes and hearts to this big old world of ours, and redefines our place in it. With our children bound to us by unbreakable threads of love and family, their roots entangle with ours, and the soil of their beginnings can never be foreign again. With the expansion of boundaries that comes with a feeling of more global citizenship, is it any surprise that we look for ways to do what we can to make the world a better place?

In researching various programs that provide assistance... more