After adopting our daughter from a Ukrainian orphanage in 2002, my family made a commitment to do whatever we can to improve the lives of orphans and homeless children through humanitarian relief efforts, community outreach, and adoption advocacy programs. We do this out of love and because in Matthew 25, Jesus is very clear about his expectations for his followers. Feed the hungry, provide drinks for the thirsty, give clothing to the needy, care for strangers, visit those who are sick or in prison.
Our next journey will take us
halfway around the world to Moa Wharf in Sierra Leone. It is a slum
where hundreds of children have been made orphans in the wake of the
Ebola crisis horror.
Sleeping on piles of rotting
clothes and heaping garbage, these young children are vulnerable to
disease, physical abuse and exploitation — all danger at its truest
form. Girls as young as 5 are the sexual property of wicked men. The
orphans are stigmatized and discarded in their own communities.
The children deserve a better life. They have no voice except for yours and mine, and they need us to act on their behalf.
My son Michael and I are making
plans to travel to Sierra Leone in July on a humanitarian aid mission as
representatives of Embracing Children Adoption Services based in
Plymouth.
If your heart leads you to help the Ebola orphans, we would gladly accept your support in the following ways:
- Humanitarian aid: We're accepting donations of new clothing and shoes for children of all ages, first aid supplies, toothbrushes and toothpaste, and other items that can be packed in checked luggage. (No books, liquids, or battery-operated items, please.)
- Financial contributions: A GoFundMe page, https://www.gofundme.com/robinchance, has been set up to provide funding for an interim foster care home for Ebola orphans and for in-country food and medical care, and to help with travel costs.
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