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11/28/07
Adoption and poverty
Posted by : Sandra Hanks Benoiton in International Adoption Blog at 03:01 am , 553 words, 648 views
Categories: Country News
A post I wrote last week inspired comments having to do with separating the issue of poverty from any equation that might mean adoption.
Hunger and malnutrition are a huge problem all over Africa and the rest of the developing world. However, it doesn t mean these kids are not with family that care for them and love them.
In most cases, these families are attempting to keep it together. They are still sending them to school... they are trying! These kids are not in the streets or in orphanages. Their families haven’t given them up. That is why... more
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11/27/07
My international kid
Posted by : Sandra Hanks Benoiton in International Adoption Blog at 03:56 am , 551 words, 447 views
Categories: Raising international kids
Almost without preparation, my son Sam will today say good-bye to his first real school, as the year has come to an abrupt ending that snuck up on me completely.
It seems like yesterday that I wrote about his first day in the Baie Lazare Crèche, the local version of kindergarten, but it was almost a year ago that we all went through the drama and trauma of big boy going to big boy school and all that entailed.
He cried every morning for a week when we d leave him, but soon adjusted well and enjoyed his days.
He has learned to speak Creole over the year, and can... more
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11/26/07
News and Information
Posted by : Sandra Hanks Benoiton in International Adoption Blog at 02:41 am , 393 words, 1197 views
Categories: In the News
Anyone in the Green Bay area of Wisconsin with an interest in possible adoption from Russian might be interested in hosting a child for 10 da...