Special Needs Fund

ASIA has a special place in its heart for those children with special needs that are waiting for their Forever Families. Our Special Needs Adoption Fund is used to give each family adopting a special needs child a discount, and to advocate for these children so that they may find a permanent home. The Fund is also used to assist children still living in China’s institutions by funding surgeries, purchasing therapeutic equipment and underwriting nutrition programs.

ASIA families may remember our big drive last December to fund a year’s worth of formula and cereal for three orphanages in China through Love Without Boundaries. These orphanages had a high number of children with cleft lips and palates. Love Without Boundaries and other organizations send teams of medical personnel to perform surgeries to repair clefts for children in China. Before being eligible for surgery, children must be a minimum weight, and sometimes the orphanage doesn’t have the resources to give these children enough nourishment. ASIA families donated $3,175 for the Nutrition Program, and ASIA matched the first $2,500 with money from the Special Needs Adoption Fund. Click on the link to find out more about Love Without Boundaries.

In 2006 and 2007, we used money from the Special Needs Adoption Fund to sponsor surgeries for children on ASIA’s Waiting Child lists, and to help special needs children who had been adopted but faced unexpected difficulties after arriving home. We plan to continue these projects and others as they come along. We are also happy to help with individual donations for equipment or surgeries for specific orphanages or children.

To read more about projects other than adoption that ASIA funds, click on the “ASIA Gives Back” link above. If you are interested in volunteering for the Waiting Child Program, check out the “Volunteers” page or contact Marci at marcisk@asiadopt.org. Marci would love to hear your ideas.