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Searching the internet to find orphanages where I could donate some time and energy to making some sad children a little happy, I realized that all I was finding were agencies that wanted to charge a lot of fees to hook me up for a volunteer experience. Hummm! I want to give my time away to help those in need, but you want to charge me to do that? Although I understand that some volunteers aren't brave enough to go it alone and want those services, I also knew that people like me had no desire to pay for services when that fee could go to buy underwear and books and toys for orphans, and I'd traveled enough to know I could get there on my own. Besides I wasn't going for the social benefits of a group experience, I was going to give of myself, my abilities, my resources. I didn't really want to be distracted by the "group" mentality. So I looked deeper and deeper over months of searching the internet to finally find a "direct" orphanage experience where my money would go directly to the needy source. During that experience I realized how few people would ever go to the trouble of searching for that long. Some would just give the idea up. Others would pay the fee and go with the group. I thought is would be awful to lose donors and volunteers just because of the "fee" problem. So I determined in 2008 to put this site together to link donors and volunteers directly with orphanages around the world. I admit I didn't realize what a huge undertaking this would be. As I began, I had to ask friends and strangers to help me by telling me about orphanages they know about or have experience with. I had to ask for help to search the vast online network. I had to visit more orphanages and orphan related enterprises to learn for myself how all this worked. It's a lot more complex that I imagined, each country with their rules and regulations, their customs and taboos. But in the end I'm glad I've begun. I know this will be a lifelong pursuit that can only be completed with the efforts of others. But if each volunteer contributes just a few hours a month, we can truly have a wonderful resource here to help the innocent children of the world. PLEASE HELP! Please send me your "orphanage experience" stories. Please spread the word to friends and co-workers, family and neighbors. This is a marvelous work that will, bit by bit, leave mankind a little better off over time. The starfish story always comes to mind whenever I'm on this topic. Here it is:

Starfish Story as I recall it:

One day a learned man was walking down the beach and noticed a little figure in the distance, moving like a dancer. As he grew closer, he saw a little girl in a pink bathing suit. She wasn’t dancing, but bending down over and over again, throwing something into the sea.  

When he got closer he realized she was picking up starfish that had washed up on the sand. The man chuckled and shook his head, “Why are you throwing those starfish into the ocean?”

The little girl pointed up, “The sun is hot and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them in, they will die.”

At hearing this the man replied, “Don’t you see that there are thousands of starfish along many miles of beach? Your little effort can’t possibly make much of a difference.” 

The little girl looked up at him with big blue eyes and then bent down again. She picked up another starfish and threw it into the water. As the wave took it away, she smiled and said, “It made a difference to that one.”

WE NEED HANDS ACROSS THE WORLD!
PLEASE HELP THE CHILDREN!
WE CAN HELP YOU FIND A PLACE TO VOLUNTEER!
WE DO NOT CHARGE ANY FEES TO VOLUNTEERS!
There are people living close to the orphanages willing to help. Of course, you'll have expenses for yourself. In some cases you'll need to pay a local guide a nominal fee. On this site, you can contact many orphanages direct and find out how you can help. Check out our "recommended" orphanages first. These we have personally checked out one way or another. There are scams out there. Be careful!

 

Children are the living messages we send
 to a time we will not see.
 
~John W. Whitehead, The Stealing of America, 1983~

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