Overseas orphan sponsorship is one way

Here in the United States, most people enjoy an extremely high standard of living — especially when compared to the rest of the world. While homelessness and poverty do exist in America, the incidences are not nearly as rampant as in many other countries. Those of us that are fortunate enough to keep a roof over our heads and keep our bellies filled often try to think of ways we can help others. Overseas orphan sponsorship is one way to do just that.

There are many reputable programs that make orphan sponsorship easy for anyone that wants to pitch in to make the world a better place. Though the details differ from program to program, the basic outline is the same: you agree to pay a certain amount of money each month to sponsor a single child in a poor country. The organization that offers orphan sponsorship then sees to it that the child you select receives your donations in the form of food, clothing, school supplies, and medicine. Some programs even come with additional perks, such as periodic letters from the child. Continue reading

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World than an orphaned child in other countries

There are over 1.5 million orphaned children in the world. There are over 20,000 living in American foster care. Although foster care is not great, these kids have a much better chance of making it in the adult world than an orphaned child in other countries.

Russia has over 700,000 orphans with only about 25% of them housed. By age 15 or 16 a Russian orphan will age-out of the orphanage system. They are sent back into the streets with about $30 and nothing else. Of course, due to poor conditions in the orphanages many of these kids run away long before they age out. More than half of these kids end up in jail or prostitution. A Russian orphan will have his passport stamped ‘Orphan’. People do not want to hire orphans and do not want them marrying their children. They are considered outcasts. Many boys will join the military but because of their orphan status will get the most dangerous jobs. Only one out of 10 orphans will make to their 21st birthday. Most can’t get jobs and the cycle of orphans continues.

In China an orphan must live in the orphanage their entire life if they are not adopted. Once they get old enough they become workers for the orphanage. They don’t get much of an education as they will never leave the institution. Continue reading

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The children are able to focus on learning

Sarah Ehrlich Executive Director of Help for Orphans, International has been all over the world delivering educational seminars to thousands of students, utilizing her training from Applied Scholastics International. The mission of Applied Scholastics is to provide effective education services and materials that assist people in learning how to learn and thereby work effectively to achieve their goals and realize their full potential.

The main objective of Help for Orphans, International is to help orphaned children around the world. They do this by giving them an education that enables them to help themselves. They do all they can to ensure the children they work with first have all of their survival needs met. Ehrlich says, “in that way the children are able to focus on learning.”

Help for Orphans, Internationals sustainable approach is to educate the orphaned children in a number of subjects to ensure they reach full independence and can at that point give back to other orphans. Ehrlich says “By having orphans helping orphans we plan on helping a lot more orphans than we could possible handle by ourselves.”

Their curriculum, which is taught in the Help for Orphans International Schools, includes topics such as English, study skills, personal values and classes on life and job skills. They pride themselves on the state of the art English reading program that includes life long learning skills. Continue reading

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