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“My most important goal for the trip was to meet with our in-country staff and learn about the present state of adoption Kazakhstan... I visited one children's home and two baby homes while in Almaty City and Region. It is impossible to visit an orphanage without coming away with a renewed commitment to Children’s Hope goal of providing health, homes, and hope to children in need.” “I won't soon forget the hospitality shown to me when I enjoyed dinner at people's homes several evenings... I must say I was impressed by the culture, country, and people of Kazakhstan and I commend our families for choosing it as the country of origin of their children.”
New Estimated Waiting Time: Children’s Hope is currently working with nine orphanages in Kazakhstan, three within Almaty City, four within Almaty region and two within the Shymkent region. If new regions become available, the possibility exists for 30-40 of our families to finalize adoptions from Kazakhstan this year.
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Adoption: Waiting Children – from New Staff Member Sandy Puhse My first month at Children’s Hope has been a wonderful learning experience! I have really enjoyed talking to many of you and meeting my new families. Thanks for your patience with me as I try to answer so many questions! Karen and Jeff have been extremely kind and helpful. They are two very dedicated and compassionate people. One of the jobs I have been asked to help with at Children’s Hope is the Waiting Children Program. I was very excited to get involved with this program as I am the adoptive parent of two waiting children. Both of my daughters are beautiful, amazing, precious gifts from God. Not a day goes by that I am not truly thankful for the joy they have brought into my life. What are waiting children? Waiting Children are children that have already been identified as being available for adoption. They may be older (over 5 years) or have special medical needs such as a cleft lip/ palate, heart condition, etc. In every country there are always many older/special needs children in orphanages who have little or no hope of finding families. These children desperately need homes; they need warm beds to sleep in, good nutrition, clean clothing…most of all they need loving parents! Right now in the Kazakhstan program we have three families who are pursuing a “waiting child” adoption. Two of our families are adopting beautiful older children and one family is adopting a beautiful special needs toddler. This is VERY exciting news for our Kazakhstan program! One of Children’s Hope International’s goals is to encourage families to adopt older and special needs children and fees are adjusted to help parents adopt these children. Also, because these Waiting Children are already identified, the entire adoption process is shorter. If you are currently a Children’s Hope family, you may see the children currently available on CHI Family Net. At this point in time, there are not a lot of children in the program but our hope is that the more older/ special needs children we place, the more that we will be referred. As we strive to build our Kazakhstan Waiting Children program in 2008 and as we continue to offer humanitarian aid to our regions, we hope to show that the heart of Children’s Hope is for these precious orphan children. There are many ways to create families; perhaps you will consider one of these wonderful waiting children. After all, in God’s eyes, the only real “special need” a child has is the need to be loved. May God bless you all!
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KAZAKHSTAN PROGRAM UPDATES
“My visit to Kazakhstan in
mid-January left me with a new appreciation for the culture and
bright future of this dynamic country. Just 16 years after
gaining independence from the former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan is
now an important player in the region as it works toward its
goal of close of becoming the financial center of Central
Asia... It is a country where the big cities are full of
expensive cars and high end stores, but once you leave the city,
you are likely to have to stop for cows in the middle of the
road.” 
2007 Children's Hope International.
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