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HIV+, 6-9

HIV is a virus that claims many innocent lives when children do not have access to antiretroviral medications. Fortunately, it is treatable and the children who have access to medication and adhere to their treatment can live indefinitely without developing AIDS and can live long and full lives. HIV is now considered a chronic but manageable disease, even easier to treat than pediatric diabetes.

HIV can NOT be spread through casual/household contact. HIV is not spread through hugging, kissing, shaking hands, sharing toys, sneezing, coughing, sharing food, sharing drinks, bathing, swimming or any other casual way. It has been proven that HIV and AIDS can only be spread through sexual contact, birth, breastfeeding and intravenously (such as used needles and blood transfusions).

Children born to women with the virus have a chance of becoming HIV positive due to mother-to-child-transmission. These children are innocent carriers of the virus. The children you see below are currently living in institutions. Sadly, if they end up aging out of institutional life, there is a high likelihood they will be ill on the streets in a life of crime.

Recent laws in the US and Canada allow for these children to be adopted. Being in a loving family helps them access medical care and gives them the opportunity to have a normal, healthy, productive life. They can go to college, get married, give birth to healthy babies and live long enough to meet their grandchildren.

Here is an overview of the medical aspects of living with a child with HIV. To learn more about adopting and parenting a child living with HIV, visit ProjectHopeful.org

PLEASE HELP US raise grant funds and awareness for these precious, waiting angels. You really can save a life, with even the smallest gift! You can make a Paypal donation or send a check (no Paypal fees) to: Reece’s Rainbow, PO Box 4024, Gaithersburg, MD 20885. Your gift will serve ALL of the children, as 10% of each waiting child donation is shared with our Voice of Hope fund as well!

Sabin

Boy, born October 2004

HIV-infection, IV clinical stage, no signs of AIDS, biochemistry test is good; congenital hydrocephaly (shunting); myatonia disorders; disco-visual nerve subatrophy; myelinic cone fibers; hypertrophy of palatine tonsils; two anomalous chords of ventricle; biliary dyskinesia; slight mental delay with minimal behavioral disorders, night enuresis, organic emotional instable disorders. Probable FAS.

He is said to be very careful and orderly, so he is probably a kid who does very well with routines and structure.  He is also described as very helpful.

 

$330.00 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Louis

Boy, Born December 2006

HIV+, ADHD

 

From his caregivers:  good results of blood tests; gets anti-retroviral therapy.

Character: hyperactive, restless, jumpy, sometimes disruptive behaved

 

Update Nov 2011:  

Louis is a very active and communicative boy. He likes attention, he really needs a family. Just look at his smile. He is very sweet.

 

For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.projecthopeful.org/ 

$2021.50 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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HIV+, 6-9
Orphanage 49
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Wyatt

Boy, Born May 2004

 

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!

Diagnosis: HIV. He takes daily medication ART (antiretroviral therapy).   Very smart, tells poems, can draw, write, is good in mathematics, participates in children’s activities, likes encouragement.

 

For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.projecthopeful.org/

 

$5253.97 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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HIV+, 6-9
Orphanage 20
Sizeable Grants ($5000+)
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Yuri

Blonde hair and blue eyes.    He has been diagnosed with HIV, but is medically healthy.  Yuri is already living in the older child internat/boarding school, but can be adopted with any child from orphanage 37, 38, or 39 as well.
 
 

For more info and parent support on adopting and raising a child with HIV, please visit http://www.projecthopeful.org/

 

$205.60 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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HIV+, 6-9
Orphanage 40
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Yelena

Guardian AngelGirl, Born June 2004

Yelena is HIV+.

 

What a beautiful, glowing smile Yelena has!  Beautiful blonde hair (all hidden under her kerchief).   She so badly wants a family of her own.

Recent families have visited with Yelena in country, and there are serious concerns about her behavior.   She has been observed with aggressive behaviors, and would do best in a family without younger children at home.  We have a missionary who met her, who is willing to chat with potential families.

$3451.70 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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HIV+, 6-9
Orphanage 59
Sizeable Grants ($2500+)
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Alicia

alicia6Girl, Born 2004

SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!  ALICIA HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.

 

 SO THANKFUL FOR A NEW PIC OF ALICIA!!   Miss Alicia is a beautiful little girl who needs a loving family.  Her other two typically developing sisters were adopted by other families already.
 
 
Alicia was born to an HIV+ mother, and is HIV+ herself.  She has also has significant delays and challenges associated with her FAS.  (fetal alcohol syndrome).  We are waiting to learn if she has any medical complications, but she is cognitively delayed and does show signs of attention deficit and hyperactivity.    Alicia will do best where she can be the focus of attention and have her Daddy wrapped around her finger :)     Alicia has SO much potential, and deserves a family as much as her other sisters do.   I know there is a family out there for this little girl!  She is facing the mental institution soon, but has grown up in a loving and well kept orphanage so far.  A committed family now can prevent her transfer!
 
 
From an adoptive family who visited with her in July 2010:  “ Alicia absolutely LOVES one on one attention. she is front and center if you are handing out kisses and hugs. You can see she wants a Mama all her own, and it will be so hard on her to have her sister leave to be adopted, as her other sister was already adopted.   (Their mother is deceased, most likely from AIDS).   She likes to swing.   She loved to lay her head in my lap while we were both on the bench swing and I would stroke her hair. The other kids didnt like to share my attention but Alicia was ok with it.   I could have two in my lap and she didn’t mind, but she didnt like being crowded out when the other child decided they wanted me all to themselves.  She likes sensory input.   She kept rubbing her arm across my husband’s unshaved face and shivering and making the funniest face and then immediately doing it again.  She likes to go down the slide again and again.   She really likes to be in the  middle of whatever is going on, and be included. But often she is excluded, even by attendants.  For Alicia it’s a vicious circle. She is delayed, she gets frustrated, they don’t let her do things the others are doing, she gets more delayed and more frustrated. She is VERY VERY SWEET AND LOVING.  She needs a family that has only a couple kids, not ten. She has HIV.   If you want a little girl to hug and kiss, she will GLADLY take all the hugs and kisses you can hand out. She isn’t afraid of men but isn’t inappropriate either. I saw her with my husband as well as another couple of young men who visit regularly.  Alicia is on the small side, like maybe size 4.  The children are valued and loved at this orphanage.   The grounds are visually stimulating and the kids get outside for a couple hours in the morning as well as afternoon.   They even go swimming in the pool they have there.   Hope someone will come for Alicia very soon!”   Alicia is toilet-trained and able to say when she needs to use the restroom.  She has tremendous potential if someone would take her home and love her!

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$3401.50 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Timothy

Timothy (1)Guardian AngelTimothy is 8 years old and is HIV+

Timothy has a big smile that will melt a heart in a second!  His condition doesn’t stop him from living a full life, filled with some typical 8 year old mischief as well.

Timothy longs for a family of his own that will give him the opportunity to turn that larger then life attitude into something amazing.

$1727.25 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Africa 1
HIV+, 6-9
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Tatiana

Guardian AngelGirl, May 20, 2006

Tatiana was born with FAS, but her medical records do not indicate any additional medical complications.  She is also HIV positive.

Tatiana is the younger sister of Trudy and Tristan.   All three children can be adopted together or separately; they are currently in the same region, but in different orphanages. We hope to find a family where they can stay together!

She is facing transfer to an older child internat very soon, but she can still be adopted from there.   Would rather see her in a family!   She has been waiting SO long.

From an adoptive family who met her in summer 2011:  Tatiana is a sweetheart, and she wants a mama so badly. When we’d go to get our kids, she kept asking “And Tania? And Tania?” She would sob when we would leave her with the groupa. Out of all the kids there, she was the only that I saw playing pretend – eating pretend food, taking care of baby dolls. She is very emotionally fragile, and she seems to get overwhelmed. She is very small and thin. She has big blue eyes, and she desperately wants to be held and cuddled.

From an adoptive family who met her in November 2012:
Tatiana was described by the orphanage director as very beautiful, and she truly is. She was also very enthusiastic when answering questions. She was asked if she has friends and she replied “Da” with her whole body, “Tania have lots of friends”. It was completley adorable. We had given her a pony that moved around on it’s own, and she kept saying “come to Tania, come to Tania”. The biggest hit was the ball that lights up when you bounce it. She would have chased that ball all day! She has a deep voice for such a little girl which I found endearing. It was so ironic, because she is so little and feminine. She has issues with her eyes. Nothing was mentioned in her medical about it. When she turns her head to look at something her eyes bounce around as they try to catch up. She laughs inappropriately, and is very emotional. Has mood swings.  Does not understand many simple questions. Her answers did not match the questions, or was unintelligible.  She is in constant motion.

$3984.71 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Orphanage 23
Sizeable Grants ($2500+)
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The Reece’s Rainbow Prayer Warrior Ministry was created with three goals in mind:
  1. To lift the daily needs of each waiting child up in prayer
  2. To lift the ministry of Reece’s Rainbow up in prayer
  3. To lift the families whom God is preparing for each waiting child up in prayer

 

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Zach

Zach (2)Zach (3)Boy, born August 2005
HIV

 

Zach is in the same orphanage with several other available children. Interested and approved families could adopt multiple children together.

 

$4.50 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Patience

30607215151 PatienceGirl, born 2004
HIV, mild mental delays

Patience has parentage of mixed backgrounds (her father was reportedly a visiting foreign exchange student) and she is treated poorly because of her skin color.  She is not in a great orphanage; she desperately needs a family.

From a family who met her in 2012:
She’s precious and sweet, but was terrified. They said she doesn’t talk hardly at all ever- my guess is selective mutism. She was definitely the racial minority, no apparent physical disability at all, very smart, receptive language skills seemed awesome. We just adored her and felt so sorry for her.

She would press up close to us and slide one little dark hand over and touch my knee and then the others would yell at her and she’d cringe and her eyes would cloud over and she’d slide to the back of the pack and just watch. We just loved her. Truly.

$9.90 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Kathryn

30407151600 KathrynGirl, born Oct 2005
HIV

 

Kathryn has a sister who was born in 2002, and is healthy.  They may be adopted together, or Kathryn may be adopted on her own.  The girls are in the same region, but live in different orphanages.

 

$102.00 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Adam

AdamBoy, born 2004Adam
HIV, hydrocephalus

 

Adam is a sweet, easy to please little cuddle bug. He is very much like a cuddly, curious little toddler. When I first met him he did not seem interested in me at all, but as time went by he began to want affection, and would grab my hands if I stopped rubbing his head and put them back on his head.

One day I picked him up and from that moment on he wanted to spend most of my time there in my arms. When I arrived he’d jump up from his little wooden chair, and hurry over to me with his arms raised. If I didn’t pick him up fast enough he’d try to climb up into my arms using nearby chairs or beds, and he would not hesitate to grab items from my hands and set them down to free up my hands so I could hold him. He also began to cry whenever I left. He loves wind up toys and toys that vibrate, and would giggle happily and flap his hands to show how excited he was about them. His other favorite toys were a pony he enjoyed chewing on, any sort of car, and some legos that made a train. He is not verbal but was beginning to make noises to communicate. I tried to teach him to sign more one day, by signing hand over hand with him. When I asked him to sign it he took my hands and helped me sign it. He seems to me to have a need for love and affection that can only come from a loving family. I would love to see him thriving and meeting his full potential, as well as bringing joy to as many people as possible!

$2506.15 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

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Other Angels Boys, 6-9
Sizeable Grants ($2500+)
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Kristopher

Boy, Born May 2007

HIV+, heart defect, vision issues (blind in one eye), moderate mental delay

Kristopher is a handsome young man with blonde hair and brown eyes.   He is very active and is said to be always happy, but he is quite delayed.  Kristopher has significant vision issues, which may or may not be correctable.

 

From a family who met him in October 2012:

Kristopher is a super-sweet boy who is 5 but looks 2 and is happy ALL the time.  He needs to live near a large medical facility, have heart surgery (unless it’s too late), and probably needs a small family that can commit to pretty full care for him. He is darling!

Photo from April 2011. Additional photos available.

$1346.06 is available towards the cost of my adoption!

Donations are tax deductible.

 

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