CCAA's
New Rules Regarding Waiting Children
ASIA recently received an important notice from CCAA regarding
the publishing of information about waiting children. CCAA
made it very clear that agencies are not to post identifying
information about waiting children on public forums. We have
to be very careful about how we share this information with families.
This includes our password protected website. If you have access
to the waiting child section, you may have noticed that all Chinese
names and provinces have been removed. CCAA does not allow names
and provinces or Social Welfare Institutes of the waiting children
to be public information.
This
rule extends to families in process for a waiting child who
may have gained this information about the child they wish
to adopt. We understand it is extremely exciting when you find
your child and you wish to share this information. However,
please do not post any identifying information about any waiting
child on any public forum including blogs and listservs. This
is extremely important in order to maintain the integrity of
the
waiting child program and ASI's ability to maintain the
privilege to place these children. You may share information
privately with family and friends without posting it publicly.
If
you wish to advocate for waiting children, please feel free
to do so without identifying information. For example, you
are welcome to post that ASIA has a 6 year old boy with congenital
heart disease on our current waiting child list that needs
to find his forever family. Feel free to share Marc's
email with any interested parties: marcisk@asiadopt.org
ASIA thanks you for your cooperation with this critical
rule.
Center
for Cultural Interchange (CCI) www.cci-exchange.com
The CCI invites families from the Portland/Vancouver Metro
area to become a volunteer host family to an international
student. All students have been individually interviewed to ensure
they have the maturity and language skills necessary for an exchange
program. Students are between ages 15-18 years of age and arrive
with their own spending money and medical insurance. If you are
interested, or know someone who is, please call Sherri Hooker
at 503.516.4967 or email at djshooker@verizon.net.
2008
ASIA Reunion in Newport, Oregon
It is time to start planning your summer vacations
and ASIA would like to invite you to spend August 1-3,
2008 with us on the Oregon Coast in Newport, Oregon for the 2008
Reunion.
For
an itinerary and registration information, please click here.
We have an exciting
weekend planned and we hope you will be able to join
us. ASIA has done its best to keep the cost down.
In fact, the cost for a family of four, including 2 nights at
the Best Western Agate Inn, is $543.00. This is more than $100
less than our 2007 reunion in Seattle, WA and our 2005 reunion
in Cannon Beach, OR!
Newport,
Oregon offers guests many sites and activities for the whole
family. It boasts the Oregon Coast
Aquarium, Marine Discovery Tours, Hatfield Marine Science Center,
Yaquina Bay Lighthouse, Rogue Pub & Brewery, Mo's Restaurant,
and not to forget the beautiful beach and Pacific Ocean!
A
limited number of hotels rooms have been reserved in Newport
at the
Best Western Agate Beach Inn. The rates ASIA has secured
are $119 for a Hillside Room and $139 for an
Ocean View Room. All rates are subject to state and local taxes
(approximately 10.5%). Rates are for one or two adults -- extra
adults; add $10 per night and children under 18 stay free with
parents. These rates will be honored until July 1, 2008. If
you choose to stay there, please reference „ASIA Reunion‰ when
making reservations.
You
may reserve by calling
1.800.546.5010.
Best
Western Agate Inn
3019 N. Coast Hwy
Newport, OR 97365
Tel: 1.800.546.5010
Fax: 541.265.5342
Website: www.agatebeachinn.com
The
Best Western Agate Beach features a heated indoor pool, jacuzzi,
24-hour exercise room, gift shop/espresso bar and a game room
for kids.
For
a list of alternate hotels, please visit the Newport Chamber
of Commerce where you can find alternate
Newport hotels, motels, condominiums,
bed and breakfasts, and city attractions- http://www.newportchamber.org/ or call Toni at 503.224.1860.
If
you have
any questions, please don't hesitate
to contact us.
Thank you,
Toni Flitcraft
Office Coordinator
ASIA
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E-Newsletter
for April 2008
Posted: April 11, 2008
Dear ASIA Friends and Families,
Email Difficulties
ASIA is currently experiencing email difficulties. We are able
to send emails, but unable to receive them. If you have emailed
us on Wednesday, April 9th or later, we most likely did not receive
your email. We will be responding to all backed up emails as
soon as our email is operating properly, but if you have an urgent
need or concern, please call
us at 503.224.1860.
Location Change for Emotional Coaching and Attachment
Workshop- 4/12/2008
Due to the overwhelming interest in our Emotional Coaching and
Attachment Workshop on April 12 from 9:30-11:30am, we have to
relocate. The workshop will be held at the same time, but at
a different location. It will now be held in the upstairs room
of the Market of Choice in West Linn, OR.
The
address is:
5639 Hood Street
West Linn, OR 97068
503.594.2901
There will be an ASIA sign to help you find the room. Please
let me know if you have any questions.
CCAA Online Waiting Child Program
ASIA has become aware of some rumors surrounding CCAA’s
new online waiting child system that we would like to dispel.
CCAA has given some agencies with waiting child programs the opportunity to
process waiting child adoptions through a new online entrustment system. This
system is very protected by CCAA. They do not want any non-agency related people
having access to this system; so much so that they require a
USB key to access it. This system contains waiting child files for individual
agencies,
like ASIA. ASIA receives specific children through this system
that only our agency receives and tries to place.
Additionally, ASIA has access to other waiting children that
are given to all of the agencies having access to the online
system. These children are generally the harder to place, older
children or children with
more significant special needs. CCAA has provided strict guidelines
that we are not to post the information or pictures about these
children online, and therefore we do not. All of the children
on ASIA’s website
are listed specifically for ASIA. The only way ASIA advocates
for the children on the shared list is if we have an ASIA family
whose request for a waiting child matches one of the children
on the list. Then we would save that child’s information
and give the family an opportunity to review the file. Since
several agencies have access to the shared list, it is possible
that another family could apply for the child while an ASIA family
is reviewing the file. If this happens, ASIA will immediately
inform the family of the
situation.
Once a family decides to adopt a waiting child through the online
entrustment system, ASIA is able to electronically submit the
pre-approval for that family. We also receive CCAA’s response
to that application electronically. However, ASIA still receives
Acceptance letters and Travel Approvals by mail.
The new online entrustment system also contains updates on the
referral and matching system for Non-special needs adoptions.
CCAA updates that information once a month, just as they used
to do on their public website. ASIA has chosen to post this information
on our website when we receive it. ASIA also puts out an email
to all families in process regarding any new referral information
when it becomes available.
Current Waiting Children
At the end of March, ASIA returned our previous waiting child
lists that we had received in January. We hope to receive a
new list any time now. We still have a couple of boys available
from the March list, which is still posted on our website.
If you would like to be part of the group that receives priority
to view the new waiting child lists when they arrive, please
fill out and return the Worksheet of the Conditions of the
Child You Wish To Adopt form with the required research.
You can
find that form on ASIA's website in the paperchasing section.
Please feel free to contact Marci for more information: marcisk@asiadopt.org
2008 ASIA Reunion
It is time to start planning your summer vacations and ASIA would
like to invite you to spend August 1-3, 2008 with us on the
Oregon Coast in Newport, Oregon for the 2008 Reunion. Please
visit our reunion
details for our itinerary and registration for the weekend.
We have an exciting
weekend planned and we hope you will be able to join us.
ASIA has done its best to keep the cost down. In fact, the cost
for a family of four, including 2 nights at the Best Western
Agate Inn, is $543.00. This is more than $100 less than our 2007
reunion in
Seattle, WA and our 2005 reunion in Cannon Beach, OR!
Newport, Oregon offers guests many sites and activities for the
whole family. It boasts the Oregon Coast Aquarium, Marine Discovery
Tours, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Yaquina Bay Lighthouse,
Rogue Pub & Brewery, Mo's Restaurant, and not to forget the
beautiful beach and
Pacific Ocean!
A limited number of hotels rooms have been reserved in Newport
at the Best Western Agate Beach Inn. The rates ASIA has secured
are $119 for a Hillside Room and $139 for an Ocean View Room.
All rates are subject to state and local taxes (approximately
10.5%). Rates are for one or two adults -- extra adults; add
$10 per night and children under 18 stay free with parents. These
rates will be honored until July 1, 2008.
If you choose to stay there, please reference “ASIA Reunion” when
making reservations. You may reserve by calling 1.800.546.5010.
Best Western Agate Inn
3019 N. Coast Hwy
Newport, OR 97365
Tel: 1.800.546.5010
Fax: 541.265.5342
Website: www.agatebeachinn.com
The Best Western Agate Beach features a heated indoor pool, jacuzzi, 24-hour
exercise room, gift shop/espresso bar and a game room for kids.
For a list of alternate hotels, please visit the Newport Chamber
of Commerce where you can find alternate Newport hotels, motels, condominiums,
bed and breakfasts, and city attractions-
http://www.newportchamber.org/ or
call Toni at 503-224-1860. If you have any questions, please don't
hesitate to contact us.
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CCAA Orphanage Fee Update
Posted: March 7, 2008
TO: All ASIA Families in Process
FROM: Sandra Miller, ASIA Executive Director
RE: Orphanage Fees Follow Up
Hello again ASIA families in process,
We have received back some preliminary information about orphanage
fees that point to a larger issue impacting fees. It is important
to put this information into the context of the current changes
that China is experiencing.
As you know, in the past the exchange rate for RMB has been tightly
controlled by the central government. In 2006 the government
allowed slight changes in the exchange rate. These changes did
not dramatically alter prices. From January 2007 to now, one
can see a much more significant fluctuation. For example:
March 2008 $1 USD was equal to 7.00 RMB
January 2007 $1 USD was equal to 7.70 RMB
The Chinese government has not adjusted the orphanage fee to account for the
drop in the exchange rate. If they had, it would look like this:
March 2008 $3000 USD orphanage fee = 21000 RMB
January 2007 $3000 USD orphanage fee = 23100 RMB
Difference: 2100 RMB or $300 USD
This means that if you had paid an adjusted exchange rate orphanage fee in March
2008, you would have paid another $300 in orphanage fees. This may explain part
of the concern on the part of orphanages.
In addition, adoptive families are experiencing an increase in costs as they
travel to China, since the rest of China’s businesses are adjusting their
rates to keep up with the exchange rate. This explains the increasing travel
costs over the year. It also appears that the general public is experiencing
inflation as consumer costs rise. We know that over the past several months food
prices are climbing – meat, fruit and vegetables by as much as one third.
While some price increases may be due to supply shortages, the exchange rate
plays a role too. The price of internal transportation is rising, as is the price
of gasoline. Taken together, there is a huge impact not only on the orphanages
and their ability to care for the children, but on the country as a whole.
As nearly as I understand, it is the central government (not the CCAA) that regulates
the fees that orphanages charge; but we are hearing that some orphanages want
to increase the fees to account for their increasing costs. It may be that, just
as in the U.S., some areas are more impacted than in other areas, thereby causing
more stress to specific orphanages.
So what is the answer to rising orphanage fees? The CCAA has told us they were
unaware of some of the provinces’ declarations about increasing the orphanage
fee. They also stated that, at this time, families are not obligated to pay more
than $3000, even if asked to pay more. If you are willing and able, you can pay
more than $3000. In my opinion, this appears to be an issue that will be resolved
at the central government level, but it may take some time before this is accomplished.
In the meantime, we are all likely to see provincial and even orphanage differences.
We are accustomed to a very systematic and centralized implementation of adoption
rules. It could become less internally consistent for a while, as the Chinese
government implements new rules. I do believe that we should expect many expenses
associated with the adoption process and travel will continue to go up, especially
if the exchange rate is allowed to continue in this “controlled float”.
We will continue to do our very best to keep you informed of changes as we learn
of them. We will also continue to do our very best to keep costs as reasonable
as possible. If you have further questions, please email sandram@asiadopt.org or
telephone.
With kind regards,
Sandra
ASIA
Receives Accreditation Under the Hague Convention
February 29, 2008
E-Letter from Sandra Miller, Executive Director ASIA
To: All ASIA Families
Associated Services is very pleased to announce that it received
formal notification of accreditation under the Hague Convention
through the Council on Accreditation.
How the Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Cooperation
of Intercountry Adoption Impacts Agencies and Families
As you know, ASIA and hundreds of agencies around the world have
been actively engaged in the process of becoming accredited under
the “Convention”. Approximately 71 countries have
ratified and will implement programs in accordance with the Convention.
According to the Council on Accreditation:
The Convention is an international treaty created to ensure that
intercountry adoptions are in the best interests of children
and to prevent abduction, exploitation, sale or trafficking of
children. Go to www.hcch.net for more information.
All agencies seeking accreditation must demonstrate compliance
with the standards. How it is demonstrated will vary by agency.
You might wonder how this accreditation will impact your family
and its adoption process. Much relates to infrastructure, such
as verification of licensing and board oversight as well as evidence
of ASIA policies and procedures that demonstrate best business
practices. Many of our policies have been in place for several
years, others recently begun. For example, in May 2007 we implemented
new contracts that require additional waivers of liability and
more detailed information about grievance procedures. The Department
of State will require annual reports with specific data requested.
When fully implemented, these reports will be available to our
families upon request.
Perhaps the most significant impact to newer out of state families
in process in China is that they cannot begin the home study
process with their cooperating agency until the agreement is
signed and returned to ASIA. This will slow the process if a
family does not choose its home study agency in a timely manner.
China, as a signer to the Hague Convention, must also meet new
requirements. As you know, these changes are meant to insure
the best interests of the child and to reduce the possibility
of child trafficking from either sending or receiving countries.
We believe that the Convention will add new levels of professionalism
and consistency from all countries and agencies involved in international
adoption and are extremely pleased to call ourselves a Hague
accredited agency. Please free to contact Sandra Miller or Marci
Siegel-Kittrell if you have specific questions.
Regards,
Sandra Miller, Executive Director ASIA
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Use
Goodsearch for Your Holiday Shopping and Help ASIA
Posted: December 10, 2007
Holiday
Shop Online and Help ASIA
Every time you shop from GoodShop.com and make a purchase,
ASIA EARNS MONEY! The more you shop, the more we make! Add
up the money generated from all of your shopping and the shopping
done by all of the other people who use GoodShop, and we can
make a real difference for ASIA.
Simply go to www.goodsearch.com and click on the GoodShop link
or go to www.goodshop.com. In the “Who do you GoodSearch
for” box, be sure to choose "ASIA- Associated Services
for International Adoption (Portland, OR)"
Next, click through to the partner retailers and start shopping!
A percentage of your purchase will go to ASIA. The amount donated
is different for each retailer but it averages approximately
3% of the total sale and can go up to 20% and beyond (the percentage
donated is indicated below the merchants logo). The total amount
raised can quickly add up and the sky is the limit. The more
people shop through GoodSearch, the more money will be directed
towards ASIA. There is no cap on how much money ASIA could raise!
Here’s
an estimate of how much your organization can earn:
| Charity
or School Size |
Number
of Supporters |
Average
Amount Purchased/Year |
Percentage
Donated |
Estimated
Donation/Year |
| Small |
100 |
$500 |
3% |
$1,500 |
| Medium |
1,000 |
$500 |
3% |
$15,000 |
| Large |
10,000 |
$500 |
3% |
$150,000 |
ASIA
Partners with Language Company for Mandarin Lessons
Posted: December 10, 2007
ASIA
and company, Just
Enough Chinese Now Offering Parent/Child Chinese Language Lessons
for Beginners.
Learn
Mandarin with
your child! ASIA and Just Enough
Chinese are now offering language lessons for children ranging
from 4-8 years of age. One parent must attend the lesson
with the child. The group will meet on Saturdays
from 9-10am starting January 5, 2008 to March 8, 2008. The cost
is $150.00 total for one adult and one child, however, class
material must be purchased separately. Registration deadline
is December 15, 2007 but only the first 6 registrations will
be accepted. You may call 503.224.1860 or email Fei
at feiyang@justenoughchinese.com for more information.
For
a flyer on this program click here (.pdf)
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USCIS
Updates Required Forms for China Travel
Posted: December 10, 2007
For families who will travel to China after 12/31/2007, USCIS
has updated some of the forms familes need to bring along with
them on their travels.
Please
go to http://guangzhou.usembassy-china.org.cn/forms_and_sheets.html to
print out the forms below:
E-Newsletter for December
Posted: December 10, 2007
TO: All ASIA Families and Friends
FROM: E-Letter from Sandra Miller at ASIA
Hello to all friends and family of ASIA!
We are pleased to report that the Taiwan Program is fully operational
with a number of families in process. Please note that the website
is also updated. We have added detailed information regarding
the Taiwan Program and have reviewed and updated each and every
page of the website (at least 75 pages in all!). There are many
new photos, so if you haven’t visited the site recently,
we encourage you to do so.
The China Program is still experiencing a long wait from dossier
log in date to referral. Each month we post a wait update on
the front page of the website. You will find “Wait Update” on
your right and just above “ASIA News.” Families who
received just received their referrals waited 24 months. While
the wait is still long and seems likely to continue that way
for some time yet, China’s program is still one of the
best in terms of the physical and emotional care the children
receive, along with safeguards in place that children are legitimately
orphaned or abandoned.
PLEASE NOTE: ASIA will implement its new fee structure effective
January 2, 2008 for both China and Taiwan. All applications postmarked
December 31, 2007 will fall under the 2007 fee structure. For
the benefit of adoptive parents, we have endeavored to keep the
increases as low as possible – the overall average increase
is about three percent.
We currently have waiting children available from both China
and Taiwan. Please consider adopting one of these children deserving
of a loving home and family. If you are interested in learning
more about a waiting child, please contact marcisk@asiadopt.org.
We have received an excellent response to our appeal letter and
we appreciate all the families who have donated. We still have
a way to go to reach our financial goal, so if you have not yet
sent in your gift, it’s not too late!
Our very best,
Sandra Miller, Executive Director
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New China Waiting Child List is Here
November 1, 2007
ASIA
has just received a new list of wonderful waiting children
from the CCAA. We hope that you will consider
adopting a special needs child through ASIA. If you are interested
in viewing information on these children, please contact ASIA
at 503.224.1860 or e-mail Marci in
order to receive the login and password information that is required
to view the waiting children pages located on this site. Due
to CCAA regulations, we must ask for updated information about
your family each time we receive a new Waiting Child list from
China.
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ASIA
Completes Hague Convention Application
Posted: October 8, 2007
ASIA is pleased to announce that it has completed
its Hague Convention application and review process. We, along
with all other applying agencies, will be notified in spring
2008 of the results. The USCIS has sent us the following press
release and questions
and answers relative to the interim rule
that establishes new procedures for adopted children under the
Hague Convention.
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Taiwan Waiting Child List is Here
Posted: September 13, 2007
Only
1 month after announcing our new adoption program with Taiwan
and we have received permission to place 2 wonderful waiting
children from the Taiwan program. If you would like to receive
information on these children, please contact Marci at: marcisk@asiadopt.org
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ASIA
Opens Adoption Program With Taiwan
Posted: August 8, 2007
E-Letter from Sandra Miller
ASIA Executive Director
August 7, 2007
Dear
Families and Friends of ASIA,
The
ASIA family reunion held in Seattle, Washington this past weekend
was a warm and wonderful
gathering with opportunities
to become acquainted or reacquainted, forge friendships,
take delight in the children, enjoy the sights and sounds of
Seattle
and learn more about ways to give back to the community of
Chinese
adoption.
It
was also an exciting moment for the ASIA staff and board when
on Saturday we were able to announce thrilling
news about
our
agency. On July 31, ASIA received word that we have a new
country program to add to our services. ASIA is now one of
a handful
of U.S. agencies authorized to place Taiwanese children into
American homes!! We will be working with a nonprofit foundation
in Taiwan that specializes in international adoption services.
We
are ready to take your inquiries and place you on a waiting
list over the next several months. We plan to implement
the program in late fall of this year. Watch for a new page
to
the ASIA website
coming out soon with details of the program.
General
qualifications include
• Married couples between 25 and 50 who have been married two years
• Stable residence, work and financial resources
• Mentally and physically healthy
• No criminal record that could affect the ability to parent
• Ready to genuinely accept, love and care for the child
General
time frame
The adoption time frame is dependent upon which program you
choose. As with China, the Special Needs Program moves more
quickly
than the Non-Special Needs Program. Currently we estimate that the
complete process (application to travel) for a non
special needs child will be about 18 – 24 months, depending
on the paperwork flow and the availability of the children.
The Special Needs
Program is estimated to take about a year or less.
Costs
A Taiwan non special needs adoption will cost about $23,340
including travel for two persons and is about $4,000
more than a Chinese
non special needs adoption. A special needs adoption
in Taiwan costs approximately $18,900, including travel
for two
and
is about the same as a China special needs adoption.
Why
Taiwan
•
Taiwan is an excellent option for families who may not meet some
of China’s criteria
• The wait is shorter than for China
• Fei recently visited the orphanage with whom we will be working.
She was very impressed with the quality of care
that the children receive.
• We are confident the directors and staff in Taiwan are very ethical
and genuinely want the children to thrive
Why
ASIA
• We have a well established and positive reputation for working
in China that will carry over into Taiwan
• The Taiwan organization with whom we work is impressed with our
successful Special Needs program in China
• Our bi-lingual staff is both professional and compassionate and
will work tirelessly on behalf of the best interests of both
the child and the family
• Positive feedback from ASIA families about their experience working
with us
• We appreciate feedback and are responsive to families if or when
something goes awry
Please
consider Taiwan for your own needs and/or share the information
with others you know
that may have
an interest in adoption. If
you have questions, please contact me at
503-224-1860 or email sandram@asiadopt.org. If I do not
have an answer to
your question,
I’ll be happy to find out for you.
Kind
regards,
Sandra
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 9, 2007
Contact: Sandra Miller, Executive Director
Associated
Services for International Adoption
Telephone: 503-224-1860
Email: sandram@asiadopt.org
Associated
Services for International Adoption (ASIA) is adding new adoption
services from Taiwan for
adoptive families across the United States. ASIA formally announced
the expansion of its services at its family reunion gathering
in Seattle, Washington, Saturday, August 4, 2007. ASIA Program
Coordinators will begin taking inquiries about the Taiwan program
immediately and expect to be fully operational by late fall 2007.
“ASIA has been a specialist in Chinese adoption since 1995, placing
more than 600 children," says ASIA’s Executive Director,
Sandra Miller. "We are especially pleased to expand our
services into Taiwan. It fits our mission to create a better
future for children who are currently without permanent, loving
homes; and it is extremely gratifying to see how the children
blossom in their new families and see how the families are enriched
by these children.”
Senior
Program Coordinator, Fei Yang, who visited the Taiwan orphanage
in March, says “I was extremely impressed with the level
of care and attention the children receive at the orphanage,
including weekly individual therapy as needed.” ASIA’s
Taiwan program will focus on two areas: children aged from
one to twelve with special medical and psycho-social needs
and children
aged from infant to five with no special needs. The length
of the process and cost will vary depending upon the program
adoptive
parents select.
General qualifications to adopt, as set
by the Taiwanese government include:
• Married
couples between 25 and 50 who have been married two years
• Stable residence, work and financial resources
• Mentally and physically healthy
• No criminal record that could affect their ability to parent |
Anyone
interested in learning more about the Taiwan Program can contact
Sandra Miller, Executive
Director or ASIA’s Program
Coordinators, JoJo Zhou or Fei Yang. Call 503-224-1860 or email sandram@asiadopt.org.
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U.S.
Consulate in Guangzhou Clarifies Statement Regarding IR-3
Visas
Posted: August 5, 2007
Clarification
from the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou: They will continue to
issue visas
for either one or two parents traveling. They are no longer issuing
IR-3 visas if both parents traveled but only one showed up at
the oath ceremony. One spouse traveling is still okay, they will
issue an IR-4 visa in this case and the family will need to re-adopt
the child in the U.S.
If
you have any questions, please contact ASIA at 503.224.1860
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ASIA
Comes to the State of Washington
Posted: April 10,
2007
WOODLAND,
Wash. - Associated Services for International Adoption – ASIA – is
now licensed to provide full adoption services in the state
of Washington. New families who
select ASIA as their adoption facilitator will work with Corinne
Precourt, LCSW, for their home study and post placement reporting.
Until now, families that work with ASIA have had to hire a social
worker in Washington to provide these services. The Washington
office is located in Woodland, north of Vancouver, and will serve
all of Washington State. The remainder of the adoption process
will continue to be managed at ASIA’s head office in Portland,
Oregon. ASIA works with families from across the United States
and with 46 families in Washington who have adopted or are in
the process of adopting. The agency has facilitated more than
600 adoptions, all from China.
For
further information regarding the adoption process or to speak
with an adoptive family, call
Executive Director, Sandra Miller at 503-224-1860.
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Use
www.goodsearch.com and help support ASIA
We
just learned of a simple and effective way to support the work
of ASIA and we are asking for your support. At
no cost to you, you benefit by knowing that you will support
the placement of orphaned and abandoned children as well as provide
services for children who may need to remain in China.
A
new search engine, www.goodsearch.com ,
will donate a penny to the charity of your choice for every
search
conducted
on its
website. Simply go to www.goodsearch.com and
in the second drop down box, write “ASIA”. Click
on our name and then continue with your internet search on any subject. This
is exactly like searching on other search engines like Google
or yahoo, except ASIA benefits. Below is an example of
how much ASIA could potentially earn:
Number of Supporters |
Average Searches per Day |
Estimated Revenue per Year |
100 |
2 |
$730 |
1,000 |
2 |
$7,300 |
10,000 |
2 |
$73,000 |
As
you can see, the pennies add up quickly! Please
help support ASIA by using www.goodsearch.com for all your
internet searches and choosing ASIA as your beneficiary. We
thank you for supporting ASIA’s mission to provide loving
homes to children needing families
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