Pastor Claude Thomas, Child Labor Articles

Author: Uchegbu Ikenna
Adoption could be said to be an answer to prayer for many people, especially those who find it hard to have their own children. Many people in this world are unable to have children of their own for health reasons. This situation is always disappointing for couples who desperately want children. To some people, starting and raising a family is the most important goal in their lives. There hopes and is dreams are quickly taken away when a doctor informs them that having children naturally is not possible.

Adopting a child is the only option for couples who are unable to reproduce. Adoption also provides hope and joy to thousands of couples. It gives them an opportunity to become parents and raise children in a family environment. Adopting a child also offer these couples a privilege which in the real world would have been impossible. Adoption makes the dream of some couples come true, by making them have the family they have always wish to have. Some couples adopt one child leading to adopting one or more further down the road.

Adoption is not meant for only couples who can not produce there own children. There are couples who are quite capable of producing their own offspring but rather they decide to adopt instead. The reason why thy do this, is to help them plan there lives, big families with six or seven children are almost unheard of. Most families today consist of two parents with two or three children. In most cases where both parents are working and the option of the mother staying home to raise children is out the only option they have is adoption in order to survive financially and provide for the family. If a couple chooses to have only one child, perhaps they might choose adoption. The process of adoption not only provides the adoptive parents with hope but also provides hope for a child who desperately needs love and attention. There are thousands, perhaps even millions of children in the world who are seeking loving homes and caring parents. They are lucky when there are couples who recognize this need and choose adoption rather than having children of their own Millions of people in the world, makes it their mission to provide at least one child a chance of happiness through adoption.

Some families are made of two parents and children yet they choose to adopt, especially when they are fortunate enough financially to support a third or even forth child. Seeing other children in need stirs feelings of compassion, this does not happen to parents alone but also children Often times some families decides to adopt a child who is less-fortunate and needs a loving family. These families when they have made up there mind to adopt do not mind whether the adoption if from a neighboring town or a foreign country, these families are determined and committed to providing a stable, loving home-life for an adopted child.

In adoption couples show an act of love and compassion to the less privileged. For many people choosing adoption means their only chance at ever having children while for others choosing adoption is an act of selflessness and compassion. There are many reasons people choose adoption and although personal, they are motivated by love. For the child being adopted, adoption is their key to a bright and happy future.

Author: Groshan Fabiola
Many of us consider the opportunity to go to school and learn, or to have clean water and fresh food on your table something very normal, we can’t imagine life without these simple things. But in many poor countries these things are considered a luxury. The children that are born in these countries have a dark future ahead of them, they won’t be able to use a computer or to read a book, their only opportunity is to work as hard as they can, but their work will be hard labor.

Children in the poor countries have to work at very young ages. They usually begin working at around six or eight years, and because they don’t have experience they start as beggars. Then they polish shoes and sell small things. At 13 years they start working more seriously, and at 15 hard labor begins.

But now, you can make something for these poor children! With the help of a charitable organization you can make a small charity donation or you can even sponsor a child. With only a few money from you can make a difference in someone’s life and you can offer him/her a brighter future. By sponsoring a child you will give him the opportunity to learn, which is very important for his future. Charity donations bring books, tutoring services, educational materials and programs to the poor countries of the world.

The charitable organizations that support children use your charity donations to buy books from the local bookstores, and to hire teachers. The most important thing is to learn them how to read, so this is done first.
Also, each year some people volunteer to go to the poor countries and help the children there. These people make sure that your charity donations are used for a good purpose.

Sponsoring a child is the best thing you can do to help improve the life of a poor boy or girl. A special connection will be established between you and the child that you sponsor. He will send you letters in which he will thank you and tell you how the money you sent were spent. Probably your picture will stand in a special place in his house. If you want, you can visit the child and his family in person.

So remember that you can easily make a difference in someone’s life with some money that to you may seem little, because money have different values in poor countries!