Still need sponsors!!!

We are still in need of sponsors for our children. We have three children who are 2/3 funded. That leaves 9 children totally available for sponsorship and three 1/3 available.

The sponsorships are $150 per month per child. This covers everything we need for that child: food, nanny, education, clothes, etc. This will give them the standard two meals a day with protein added to their diet. We realize that is a large amount to ask from any one person. So we are asking you to provide $50 and we will find two other sponsors to share that child. Or maybe you have an organization, Sunday School class or Bible Study group who would combine efforts to sponsor a child. We are also so appreciative of one time only gifts that get us through the tight spots like we are currently in! Any amount is appreciated and used wisely to care for the children currently in Addy's Hope home.

This past year has taken its toll on everyone in Liberia who care for her children! The halt on adoption has halted many humanitarian projects simply for a lack of funds.

We need your help! We need prayer that God would move on the hearts of officials and the band on adoption would be lifted. Most of all we need financial support to feed our kids. If you are unable to help us financially, would you pray for people who can to hear of our need and give generously? Our children need you!

Thank you for spreading the word! There are boys and girls available for sponsorship. If you e-mail HollyAnn at hollyann@addyshope.com, she will send you the picture of the boy or girl in the age range you request. Then you can prayerfully decide on a child to sponsor.

Our children know we rely on the generosity of donors like you! They pray for you regularly...not prompted by any adult, just because they are children who understand to a certain extent the situation they are in. Please help them regain at least some of their childhood by not having to worry about the basic needs!

We Need Sponsors!

January 26, 2010 marked the one year anniversary of the halt on adoptions in Liberia by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. The past twelve months have been a challenge for Addy's Hope as we have had no cash flow since that time. It has been a bleak time for Addy's Hope as we have worked to care for the 49 children still in our care. We have lost Matthew because we couldn't get him out of Liberia and provide him the medical attention he needed. We have turned away many children in desperate need because we knew we just couldn't take them in with adoptions on hold; not because they would be placed for adoption but because adoption funded the care of all children at Addy's Hope Home. My heart breaks for my Liberian staff who has to look into the eyes of Liberian parents who have already been to the government who has halted adoptions and been turned away because the government has no resources to help them. Then my staff has to tell them that we can't help either because the halt placed by President Sirleaf has stopped the funds we used to help the children still in Liberia. For every one child adopted, tens more were assisted through scholarships, clean water or medical care.

As one of the smallest agencies working in Liberia, we are proud that we are also the only one that has kept the full staff to care for the children. This is only due to God's faithfulness to lay us on the hearts of those who know about us. As adoptions are still on hold, we have a need for more consistent support in order to care for our children the way we believe God orders. We have instituted a monthly fee for adoptive parents to help care for their children while we wait for adoptions to open, but that does not cover the expense of the children who do not have adoptive families. All the children need care! So we need your help!

There is so much attention on Haiti right now. Our hearts go out to the Haitians as they rebuild their country. But even before the earthquake hit, there were Haitians in need of clean water, stable housing and ample food for survival. Liberia has not had an earthquake. There are no TV cameras covering the deplorable situations in Liberia, but that does not mean they do not exist. We are asking you to help us with these children who, were it not for Addy's Hope, would be in the same state as some you see pictured in Haiti now. Liberia needs your help too!

The biggest need is child sponsorships. We have 14 children in need of sponsors. Most of these children have been in the care of Addy's Hope for two years or more. We care for them because they have need, not because they will be adopted. This has always been our commitment. However, up until the halt, the adoption fees covered our care of other children. Without adoption fees, we have no way to care for these children. Would you sponsor a child? By sponsoring a child you will ensure they have three meals a day, education, safe living conditions and the love they need to grow into productive and healthy citizens. Email HollyAnn at hollyann@addyshope.com for the children in need of sponsors and detailed sponsorship information. For the privacy of these children we will not post them here or on our website.

"For in You the orphan finds mercy" ~Hosea 14:3