Somewhere someone loves me
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Topic: Somewhere someone loves me
Posted By: kathyandbub
Subject: Somewhere someone loves me
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 3:22pm
| did anyone watch this last night on one? it was so sad the kids were absolutly beautiful i couldnt belive the parents could just abondon them! if forigners were aloud to i would love to adopt a child from there (or 5 lol). |
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 4:59pm
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Yeah I watched it, oh my gosh so sad. I just want to go and cuddle and kiss and play with all the babies/kids. ------------- Mama to DS1 (5 years), DS2 (3 years) and... http://alterna-tickers.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 6:52pm
i could only watch 20 mins of it it was tooo sad. to see all the children how they used to be in cots just going crazy. Awful.
But great to see the work she is doing trying to turn around the children's lives. -------------  
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Posted By: kathyandbub
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 7:57pm
| i no i think she is wonderful! when i was 15 i went to russia and athens on a kings kids trip and while in greece we went and meet some gypsys they basiclly lived on a rubbish dump no houses no running water nothing. there where so many kids running round half naked as they had no clothes it was so sad. and then when they get to about 14 they forced to get married to some older guy. it puts things into perspective though how we complain about our lives and these babies go through more in there first years of life then we go through in a life time. |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 8:48pm
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Oooh I wanna watch it - I'll be in tears though! I taped it. That's where my SIL was adopted from & I've had a few friends volunteer in orphanages in Romania. Wanna go! I wanna go! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 8:52pm
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I didn't see it, but I wish I had now.
A family friend adopted a child from Russia. She met her (now) daughter when she was 6 months old and finally got to bring her home on her 3rd birthday. It was such a long and drawn out process (not to mention emotionally exhausting), but it's all turned out really well. The little girl is now 8 and is like any other Kiwi kid  
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Posted By: katie1
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 8:53pm
| It was so moving. What wonderful work Orphans Aid are doing. |
Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 9:43pm
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I didn't see it but for those of you interested http://www.icanz.gen.nz/adoption_programmes.html - here are the countries we have intercountry adoption agreements with. -------------  
 
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Posted By: kathyandbub
Date Posted: 25 September 2008 at 9:58pm
| man i would looove to go, though it would be hard to leave the babies and come back home, i would want to take them all home with me. |
Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 26 September 2008 at 1:45pm
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So I've watched it now. ARGH I HAVE to go there!!! I figure a Builder and a Social Worker could be put to good use over there for a year or half, and our kids could benefit from it. We could save now while they're little and once they're old enough for an english-speaking school over there we could be off!! I'm sure it can be done. ------------- Andie |