Hello Friends. If you have been following our blog or have spoken to
me recently, you know that I have a burden on my heart. Let me
explain. As you may or may not know, we came home with our China
doll just 2 weeks ago. When she joined our family at 2.5 yrs old,
she was only on a bottle with formula. The nipple on the bottle was
practically cut off so the rice/formula would just run down her
throat. We were fortunate enough that she does not have any major
eating issues.
However, once we returned home, we were contacted by other moms with
babies from the same orphanage. Seems that Alivia must have been
given extra attention during feeding time, probably because of her
cleft lip. Many of the other babies have not been so lucky. These
babies are needing a year or more of occupational therapy and/or
speech therapy to teach them how to use their tongue, to chew &
swallow. The parents are having many more problems resulting from
the orphanage than what they were aware of. Other issues are
continuing ear infections due to drinking a bottle lying down & many
more.....
Several of the parents have tried to find a solution to this & have
even contacted some organizations. But the organizations have never
complied. Amazingly, I contact Love Without Boundaries just days
ago. They agreed to offer training to the nannies regarding feeding
the babies if the director would comply.
Just this evening I received an email that not only is the director
willing to let them do the training, but they are doing it NEXT
WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!! Plus, the cost is 1/2 of the original best guess
on the price.
So, what I am asking is, do you have room in your heart to help an
orphanage of orphans? The money will be designated to help the
orphanage Alivia came from. There are pictures of this orphanage on
my web site. It is a very poor orphanage in a very poor area. The
orphanage has no grass or carpet on the premises.
The nannies will learn how to feed these children which in return
with help the orphans for years to come.
If you decide to donate & feel comfortable doing so, please email
me. I would like to keep a total on what we've raised so I know when
we've met our goal. Thank you so much for your consideration.
Brenda
You can visit our blog at lovinsfamilyof5.blogspot.com

If you would like to donate online, you can do so at:
https://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com/Donate.cfm?
child_id=0&orphanage_id=26&category=116
Just mark in the NOTE field that this is for nutrition training in
Wanzhou, Chongqing

PS. I also joined this group because Alivia has congenital
dislocation of her hip.