How Can You Help Orphans

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How Can You Help Orphans
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Introduction

• There are so many ways you can be a major
  change-maker in these childrens lives.
• Although youre not there during meal time or
  when the kids are getting ready for school, you
  can be assured their smile never leaves their
  little faces.
• You can help Orphanage in Devanahalli by making
  your donation.

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Educate yourself

• Understandto the degree that our small minds can
  grasp ithow vast the number of orphans there are
  in the world.
• Dig into Scripture to understand Gods heart for
  orphans.
• Allow that knowledge to show you what role you
  might play in this arena.

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Use your platform

• Are you an athlete?
• Join an organization like Rods Racing and raise
  funds to facilitate the adoption of a
  special-needs child.
• Are you a speaker?
• Advocate from the stage by partnering with a
  local adoption agency or even an international
  organization like Compassion International.
• At the very least, follow the likes of such
  organizations on social media and use your own
  channels to help promote their posts.

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Meet the tangible needs of adoptive families

• The largest obstacle many people have in adopting
  is the sheer cost of it.
• More people would adopt if it were in their
  financial reach.
• When you learn of a family stepping out in faith
  to adopt and theyre raising funds on a
  crowdsourcing platform, be willing to contribute.
• Or donate to a general fund through reputable
  organizations like Show Hope.
• Find out what a familys other needs are
  (furniture, airline mileage, clothing, legal
  counsel) to determine whether theres anything
  else you can offer.

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Mobilize your church

• Connect your local church to an orphanage.
• Collectively, the local body can offer a great
  deal of aid.
• Through an on-going relationship, the needs are
  better known and met.
• While Id love to eradicate the need for
  orphanages completely, Ill settle for better
  care for children who dont yet have a family.

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Roll up your sleeves

• At the very least, commit to prayer for orphans
  and families.
• Can you help run errands or edit documents?
  Adoptionboth before and for a few years
  afterrequires an advanced degree in paperwork.
• maybe youd be willing to do some extra reading
  to understand the deep wounds of trauma so that
  you could provide skilled respite care.
• Parents (and foster parents) of children with
  trauma in their history often need breaks, but if
  substitute caregivers dont also understand
  trauma, those breaks arent actually helpful.
  Sometimes theyre even detrimental.
• But one of the most valuable things a person can
  do is merely offer non-judgmental, listening ears.

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Sponsor a child

• Organizations such as Compassion International
  allow you to search for and sponsor a child who
  has been orphaned.
• Because orphaned children are especially
  vulnerable to human trafficking, this is of vital
  importance.

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Become a CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocate)

• Youll make regular visits to a child whos been
  placed in a home through the foster care system,
  showing them attention, care, and personal
  investment during what is undoubtedly a very
  trying season in their life.
• And youll represent that childs best interests
  in court hearings.

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Conclusion

• Many of you are looking for ways to get involved
  and help us achieve our goal of a loving family
  for every child.
• . Many children are in orphanages because their
  families are poor and cant afford to feed or
  educate them.
• If you are willing to help those children, make
  your donations at Orphanage in Indiranagar