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These beautiful older children have already waited so long for a family to call their own!
You are invited to 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!
Girl, born Jan 2003
PRC
Hypophrenia, muscular tension of upper limbs is low
Bailey is 10 years old. She dresses neatly and likes to be beautiful. She is shy but gets along well with other children. She listens well in class but has some difficulty understanding. She has some difficulty writing and with some personal care such as combing her hair, due to the low muscle tension in her upper limbs.
Additional pictures available.
Julie
Girl, Born April 1998
Girl, Born January 12, 1996
Karen is the older, biological sister of Chrystyna. She is a beautiful Roma girl with dark hair, dark eyes, and olive skin. She is 16 years old. She is healthy and smart and has no diagnosed special needs. She goes to school and has no negative behavioral issues. She is just a teen in need of a loving family!
Karen and Chrystyna are living in different orphanages, but in the same region. It would only be possible for Karen to be adopted WITH her younger sister. Due to her age, she can not be adopted on her own.
If you might be seeking a sibling set, please inquire! Both girls need a loving family!
Girl, born Feb 2003
PRC
Albinism
Vanessa is a quiet and active girl who has been diagnosed with albinism. She is a 10 year old girl who always has a ready smile. Vanessa likes jumping on the trampoline and playing with dolls. Vanessa first came to the orphanage at 6 months old. Now, she is 10 years old and has normal physical and cognitive development. Due to her albinism, she does not like to play in the light. Vanessa can move freely in the institute and likes to play with the other children. Vanessa enjoys watching comics and can communicate well with others. Vanessa can put on her clothing without help and can understand easy things such as the answers to “why should you wash your hands before meals”, and “the purpose of a cup”. Vanessa likes to listen to music and play with the other children. She is very close with her caretakers.
Girl, born February 1999
Affection of the central nervous system, spastic low paraparesis, myopia, hip dysplasia, mental delays
What a lovely young lady — she’s waited far too long for a family.
Please help find her family before she ages out (at 16)!
Additional photos available. Married couples only; travel required.
Girl, born November 2002
Moderate mental delay; congenital heart defect at birth, but she is reportedly healthy now
From 2011: Her self-sufficiency skills in tidying up or helping herself are developing: she can dress herself, put on her shoes and brush her teeth independently. She can serve herself in some situations, but she needs constant supervision, as she often drops things or forgets what she was doing. The girl attends speech-therapy very willingly.
Currently she talks in sentences, knows some poems by heart, eats and dresses herself independently, asks for the toilet. The girl is very active and can hardly concentrate.
More detailed history and information about her progress at school is available for families making serious inquiries.
Girl, born April 2002
General delays of speech & development; cerebral paralysis atonic-astatic form; wears glasses for convergent squint and farsightedness
From her report (not sure when this was written up): Aurora has been in the orphanage since 2005. She is being prepared to go to school. Special educator, speech therapist work with her intensively. The girl is active, willingly participates in group and in individual activity. Communicates with all the children. Wishes to be a leader, creates hers own rules. Is interested in puzzles, mosaics. Plays with dolls willingly. Likes thumbing and coloring books. Actively participates in games. Is able and likes ranging toys. Prosecutes orders willingly. She keeps to tasks consciously. Understands everyday vocabulary well, performs simple daily orders. Especially likes drawing classes. She recognizes main colors. When she gets angry, she persists, keeps silence and does not speak. Self-clean and hygiene skills formed. Orients in closest environment well. The girl is lovely, kind and smiling.
Girl, born August 2002
PRC
Mild dysgnosia
Her paperwork is old, from 2009 and it states:
For her better growth, we sent her into foster family. During this period, she become more outgoing, and will not afraid of people, and can call people. In kindergarten, nannies teach her dance, she study seriously, nannies and children all liked her very much. She is a beautiful girl.
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Girl, born June 1999
Speech issues
Arina’s paperwork will not be ready for her to be adopted until late 2014. She will need to find a family before she turns 16!
Arina is a beautiful young lady! She is on the shy side and quiet but just so eager to be with you and next to you. She loves to braid ones hair and does an incredible job! I see a hairdresser in her future! A mission team visited her school and she took to a particular team member and really attached to her and opened up. One of the other team members gave her some purple barrettes because she saw that Arina always had a purple hair scrunchie in her hair to keep it up and she hugged her with a big grin and just about in tears. She was so grateful.
When she was asked what was one thing she would like to change about herself she said her character because she trusts others too much and they always hurt her. She enjoys classical music and would like to learn how to play the piano. She enjoys sports such as ping pong, badmitten and she also enjoys art, cross-stitching and beading. If she could choose to be in a busy place or a calm and quiet place she would enjoy a little of both. She would prefer to be in the presence of friends verse alone. She is not concerned about being a follower or leader she just wants to be loved and be able to trust others. She would like to be a massage therapist when she can have a career. If she could have three wishes she would love to ride in an airplane, have a cell phone and travel. If she could visit anywhere she said she would love to go visit Paris because of the atmosphere. She has never been out of country but would love to. When asked would she like to visit America she had a big grin and said yes. If she could choose a family to stay with that had children she said she would prefer to be the middle child. She said she prefers girls in the family but younger boys are ok. Her favorite colors are purple, pink and black. She loves cats and dogs and size does not matter and her favorite animal is a parrot.
This young lady has such a tender heart and would love the opportunity to experience the love of family and be able to trust and just feel secure in order to breath. You can see this young lady longs for the touch of a mother.
Girl, Born April 1, 2000
ALIVE and WAITING!
A question was raised about whether Kiersten had passed away, but this photo was taken March 14, 2012 
She still needs a family!
Isn’t Kiersten beautiful? She is 12 years old but is still very much a toddler. She is not able to walk on her own. There is nothing in her medical records to indicate why she is so delayed, and she does not show obvious facial features of FAS…her needs are quite unknown.
From her medical records: significant mental delay, congenital hypothyroidism
As with all children living in these difficult conditions, this child’s cognitive development has regressed significantly since he/she was younger. It is of crucial importance that any family considering the adoption of an older child from the mental institution setting be well prepared for what to expect with regards to how the neglect and lack of adequate medical care and nourishment has affected this child. These children all have TREMENDOUS potential for improvement, and deserve to have a life outside these four walls.
Girl, Born June 29, 2002
CP, mild/moderate mental delays
Girl, born Feb 2002
PRC
Williams syndrome
perforate in the right tympanum
Emily is believed to have a diagnosis of Williams syndrome, but her records reportedly say Down syndrome. An adoptive family should be prepared (and approved) for either.
She can walk alone, run and jump, can communicate with other kids, watch TV or play toys together, she can put on clothes and shoes alone and can go to the toilet, she has normal diet, likes to eat sweet food and meat, likes to play games and study with others, can count 50 numbers, knows colors, big and small and picture shapes and so on, she is lovely and cute.
Girl, born 1999
Additional information coming soon.
Isolde is described as creative and eager.
From someone who met her: Isolde is lovely. First I thought she couldn’t speak when I was there in the summer, ’cause it took her about 3 weeks before she would even say ‘thank you.’ But then she started to talk more and more. I started to do walking exercises with her. She could hardly stand on her legs by then. I practiced with her everyday and what I noticed is that she is a fighter. She worked so hard. She worked until she was bathing in sweat and totally tired. She wouldn’t stop before her legs couldn’t hold her anymore. Everyday we could walk further. First just one side of the building and in the end we could easily walk 2 rounds around the building. Though she needs quite some support. After the summer they gave her PT and she was walking way better when I was there in November again. She could walk with one hand then, which was totally impossible for her in the summer. And again she was fighting to learn more, but being inside the building all day would limit her. She is pretty smart too, I played games with her. One of the games was creating a ‘picture’ with little pins, just copying the example. The physical part of the game was the hardest. So we trained to pick up the pins, put them in and get them out. She is so wonderful! She smiles so sweet. She just stole my hard. In the beginning of the summer she had hardly any muscles in her leg and she was extremely skinny, but during the summer she got more muscles from exercising and in November she was doing even better. I’m so proud of this girl. If she will get the chance, she will reach so much, because she will fight for it. She would do so well in a family, because a family can give her the chance that she deserves and I know she will make the most of it.
MORE PHOTOS AVAILABLE. Married couples only, no parent age or family size restrictions, travel required.
Girl, born Nov 2000
PRC
Moderate mental delays
Holly was at a foster home, and they had to return her to the orphanage. She will age out next year, and become unadoptable, when she is 14 
She likes to tell the people around her that “I love you”, if see the stranger, she will take initiative to greet “Hello”. Every day aunt taught her to paint, sing, play game and learn the Chinese words one by one. The effort of aunt made her improve quickly in each aspect, she can handle daily life, count from 1 to 30, especially make a big progress in painting, she likes painting, and tell her friends and teacher what she painted, she likes to have classes. She has colorful imagination, and often builds out various blocks shapes, if she builds up a house, she will be glad and want the aunt to praise her.
Holly is outgoing, kind, active girl, she likes to talk and laugh, can speak the sentences with 5 to 10 words in it, often ask some simple questions and good at communication. Usually she likes to watch TV with her friends, if see the picture she loved, she will be very excited and point the TV and tell everyone the name of the person and the meaning of the picture. She can handle her daily life basically, can use chopsticks, knifes and forks, can put on her clothes and shoes, brush her teeth and go to the toilet by herself. She is sympathetic and ready to help. She is clever, sensitive and popular girl.
Mason
Boy, Jan 2001
Cardiac abnormalities: mitral valve prolapse of 1 stage, supplemental oblique chord of the left ventricle. Scoliosis.
Madison
Girl, born Sept 1997
Abnormal development of cardiac system: mitral valve prolapse of 1 stage, humpback.
They are currently in the same orphanage, and need to be adopted together.
Cate was born in November, 2002
Isn’t she lovely? Cate is said to be a very nice girl who desperately needs a family.
Cate has heart issues, and her diagnoses are as follows: discordant atrioventricular junction, corrigent transposition of magistral vessels, coronary-left ventricle fistula, complete atrioventricular heart block
Cate does have some facial features of FAS, families considering her adoption should be educated on the spectrum effects of fetal alcohol syndrome and the challenges of adopting older children.
Girl, born January 2000
PRC
delay development; amyotrophy of the left lower limb
Ebby’s mental, motor and language and emotional ability are delayed more than other kids. She likes to play games, and obey the rules, and can get along well with others.
In regard to motion, she can walk alone, and her gait is abnormal. When walking and running her right toe will firstly touch the floor, and can not do the action of both feet are straight and be together, when she is nervous or tense, she can not speak naturally.
Ebby did have a disrupted adoption in her country in 2012. Ebby needs a family who understands that she is very delayed in many aspects of her life, including behavior. She would likely do best in a family where she is the youngest or only child. Additional information is available for serious inquiries.
Girl, born December 2002
Mild to moderate delays
Another lovely young lady, still waiting for her forever family.
Girl, Born January 22, 2002
Lauren says “HI Mama!! I’m here waiting for you!” (in this photo she is riding a rocking horse!)
Lauren is a super-sweet and active little girl. She is very social and affectionate, and will do well in a family setting.
From her medical records: chondrodysplasia
As with all children living in these difficult conditions, this child’s cognitive development has regressed significantly since he/she was younger. It is of crucial importance that any family considering the adoption of an older child from the mental institution setting be well prepared for what to expect with regards to how the neglect and lack of adequate medical care and nourishment has affected this child. These children all have TREMENDOUS potential for improvement, and deserve to have a life outside these four walls.
Girl, Born Jan 17, 2002
SIGNIFICANT RISK, PLEASE ADOPT ME SOON!!
Chrystyna is a beautiful, brown haired, brown eyed girl who deserves a chance at a better life! Her official orphanage papers say she has developmental delays/difficulties from birth, but nothing more specific than that. It is possible she has FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome). Her biological mother was deprived her parental rights in December 2004, and the biological father is not known. Chrystyna has so much potential, and will be a precious gift to any family who adopts her.
Chrystyna is already living in an institution, so we need a family for her right away!
Chrystyna does have a sister, Karen. Karen does not have any diagnosed special needs. If you are interested in adopting both girls, you can do so, or Chrystyna is free to be adopted separately. Please inquire!
UPDATE: God has been watching Chrystyna. She was recently transferred out of the institution into a wonderful facility, where they teach these children, work with them, and they appear very well cared for. The difference in the few girls who were transferred OUT of the institution is incredible! Please give these girls a second chance for a loving family!
If you are unfamiliar with FAS, please spend some time researching this condition. Just as with Down syndrome, FAS and FAE have a wide variation of effects on each child, both medically, physically, and cognitively. This is typically dependent on how long during the pregnancy the mother consumed alcohol, and of course, how much. There is no way to know this ahead of time.
From a family who met her, Sept 2012:
She is getting settled into her new environment. She seems to be very comfortable in her groupa. She is very beautiful and still has a lot of potential. She deserves a chance!
Girl, born 2002
FAS (fetal alcohol syndrome), probable secondary CP
Julia has such happy, giant brown eyes and a smile that lights up a room!
From someone who met her: Julia is a girl that I know as the girl with the big smile. Somehow she just seem to smile almost always. She’s a little monkey. Whenever somebody enters her group she would crawl up to that person and just start to climb on him/her. She doesn’t even need you to give her a hand, she’ll just climb up without any help and then she hangs on your neck, looking around, proud, as if she wants to say ‘Did you see that? Do you see where I am?’
Her favorite toy is a doll. She plays with it as if it is a baby. Keeping the doll up straight, putting her down carefully. She feeds and clothes the doll. One of the nurses showed her how she should put a cotton diaper on the doll, she totally loved it. She even sings lullabies for the doll and she’ll ask visitors to do the same. She also loves to play with long hair. She really tries to make ponytails or braids.
Julia is able to walk, but her legs are really crooked, and she needs help to keep standing or to walk. Julia is described as curious and enthusiastic.
Girl, Born June 11, 2001
From her medical records: congenital microcephaly, autism
Justine is a pretty girl with dark hair and eyes. She is fully mobile and active. Her face bears features of FAS, but this is not documented and is only a cautionary disclosure.
As with all children living in these difficult conditions, this child’s cognitive development has regressed significantly since he/she was younger. It is of crucial importance that any family considering the adoption of an older child from the mental institution setting be well prepared for what to expect with regards to how the neglect and lack of adequate medical care and nourishment has affected this child. These children all have TREMENDOUS potential for improvement, and deserve to have a life outside these four walls.
Girl, born February 2003
Mental delays, fetal alcohol syndrome, microcephaly, partial atrophy of optic nerve, birth vitium cordis
Alys is a beautiful, sweet girl who is already 9 years old! She has significant mental delays, FAS, microcephaly and partial atrophy of optic nerve. She could greatly benefit from a family!
Married couples only. Larger families and older parents welcome. Travel required. Families considering Alys should be home study approved (or nearly so) prior to commitment.
Girl, born October, 2001
Has a sister who has already been adopted
Look at her and her adorable pig tails!
History of tonsillitis, anemia, tachycardia, heart murmur. Moderate mental delay; Speech delays, speech is unclear and vocabulary in minimal; delay of intellectual, behavioral, emotional, and social development were also noted. She has poor posture and myopia.
Carly attends special classes, she can write her name and speaks in simple sentences. She does not show interest in learning. She prefers to play alone and tends to show aggression towards other children. She struggles with self control. Carly enjoys playing with dolls, creating stories, and being in the spotlight. She enjoys singing and dancing.
Girl, born 2001
CP spastic paraplegia with malfunction of lower limbs, convergent squint, myopic astigmatism of both eyes, S-type scoliosis of thoracic spine, flexion-adduction contracture of both hip joints, equinovarus feet, dysarthria.
Such a lovely young lady, such poise.
Girl, born January 2001
Mild to moderate mental delays
Soleil comes very highly recommended from the orphanage director. She has shown great progress since she entered the orphanage.
She is running out of time — a family must be found for her before she turns 16!
Girl, born September 2002
Mild to moderate delays, Cerebral Palsy
Girl, born August 2000
Polly is a 12-year-old girl with a mild mental delay who has a developmental disorder of speech and language. She is in need of dental care due to some issues with her teeth.
Polly is relatively well-developed physically when compared to the age norms. The lack of parental care, a mother’s caress and physical and emotional contact in early infancy has affected the child’s psychological development negatively by lowering the quality of her behavioral activity.
There are no significant irregularities as regards Polly’s psychomotor development. She demonstrates satisfactory verbal, non-verbal and eye contact. Her strength is correspondent to her bodily development. The child has normal mobility and well-coordinated movements. She would benefit from active physical activities and sports. The girl has adapted well to her classmates at school. Her attention is unsteady during the classes; she has limited attention span and low stability of concentration and can easily be distracted.
Additional medical information available.
Because we only have this child’s file for a short time, she will not be able to receive donations until a family is found for her.
Girl, born February 2002
Mental delay, HIV
Creative, eager
Devora is a real sweetie pie! She loves to have her head rubbed, and enjoys being tickled. Her smiles and giggles are absolutely heart melting! She does not talk, stand, or walk as far as I could tell. Her idea of mischief is to kick off a shoe or hide her arm inside of her sweatshirt, and she’d giggle as these things were corrected.
She seemed to find it very amusing when I would ask her where her hand was, then say “There it is” as I removed it from inside of her shirt. This became a game, and she would giggle as she hid her arm again as soon as I removed it from inside of her shirt. She is a very content little girl, and something as simple as a spiky ball could put a big grin on her face. I never saw her upset as long as she was allowed to play in either her bed or her chair, but she would become upset if I tried to move her to a more unfamiliar area to play.
Girl, born January 2002
She has moderate mental delays
What a beautiful smile!
Currently Tatumn lives in school orphanage. She is very friendly and easy-going.
Girl, born Aug. 1999
Diagnoses: arthrogryposis; mental delay
Aubree is very active, easy-going, and friendly. Currently, she lives in a special school-orphanage.
From one of our adoptive families who visited with her in August 2012: She truly is a ray of sunshine! She comes out to greet us in her wheelchair (she has good upper body strength, her legs are fixed straight out in front of her and are tiny. She doesn’t appear to have AMC in her upper limbs at all. She is extremely friendly and happy, she enjoys singing and dances in her wheelchair. She can also use her upper body strength to scoot around the floor. I am so excited that she is available because I know she will be a wonderful daughter if just given a chance. This girl just exudes love and happiness! The orphanage does provide the children with an education, and even music instruction. We were able to see Aubree perform in a concert that the children gave for their visitors (they have help from humanitarian groups that come in to work on the building and work with the children). If anyone asks about her, I would love to talk with them more about the orphanage and the children there. They have my heart!
*** ADDITIONAL $3000 GRANT AVAILABLE FOR AUBREE’S ADOPTION ***
DOB: 2002
Diagnosis: delays in all aspects of development
Carmen has spent most of her life in a family environment. She was raised by her birth mother until she was 3 years old. At that time, she was placed in a mental institution where the children are generally well cared for. At the age of 5, she was placed with a foster family. The family is missionaries and she lived with them for over 2 years, at which point they had to return to their home country. She moved from their home to another foster home, where she lived for over a year. At the age of 8, she was placed in a group home style orphanage, where she lives today. She was placed in the group home because her foster mother moved to a different town and could not take Carmen with her. The foster mother still visits her when she is able and takes her for weekend trips. She is well loved by therapists and others who’ve been involved in her care over the years and they’ve advocated for her to help her find a forever family.
Carmen is considered delayed in all aspects of her development. She feeds herself and drinks from an open cup. She walks and can go up and down steps independently. She cooperates with all self-help skills such as dressing and undressing. She maintains eye contact and responds to her name. Her speech is delayed, but she understands what is said to her. When she sees something she likes or wants, she will smile and clap. She interacts with the other children and participates in games and group activities. She is making progress in all aspects of her development. Her report has not been updated in over a year, so we are working to get information on her current developmental progress.
DOB: Sept 9, 2002
PRC
Special need: cerebral palsy
Though she was diagnosed to have mental delays, it’s been noted that it’s like orphanage delays in general. She does will in day-to-day tasks. In the orphanage, she has much less education and very rare contact with the outside world compared to other children of same age.
She has been attending the special education class in the orphanage. Yet, she will go to the local special education school in mid-September.
She enjoys playing with balls, listening to music and dancing. She doesn’t like being ignored. She likes pink and green, and she likes wearing dresses.
She can walk and go upstairs with no problem. Every day she dresses up, takes the bath, eats and sorts out the bedding by herself. She can fully take care of herself.
Additional photos and video available.
Girl, born February 2001
Diagnosis: severe grade of the mental delay, hydrocephalus, fibrosis of hyaloid, secondary glaucoma, exfoliation/detachment of retina, congenital defect of the heart partition
Angela is very small for her age. She needs a family!
Girl, born November 1999
PRC
Erin needs to be adopted before she turns 14 in November, or she will forever lose her chance at a family.
Erin is a smiling 13 year old girl who has been diagnosed with aural atresia of both ears, auricle deformity, and delays in intelligence and growth development.
She was admitted to the institute as a baby, and has been there since. Erin is able to go up and down stairs without help and can understand the basic instructions of an adult. She can wash her hands and eat with a spoon. She is also able to help with chores such as sweeping the floor. Her language development is limited, but she can say goodbye to others and can understand adult’s gestures. Erin gets along well with her classmates and is closest to her caretakers. She is a sweet girl that likes to be cuddled and enjoys playing with her good friends. Under the care and love of her caretakers, Erin has built a close relationship to them, and has grown to be a happy and satisfied child.
Girl, born Feb 2003
PRC
epilepsy
Danielle is a sweet 10 year old girl who came to the institution at 5 years of age. She tends to have an episode when the weather suddenly turns cold. She will usually start to feel better after lying down for half an hour. Danielle is a very polite and sensible little girl. Usually, when she has nothing to do, she likes to help the nannies with whatever she is able to help with. She enjoys playing games with other children and really loves to talk. She is lively and open, and is well liked by everyone.
Danielle has become an active little girl. She likes to go jogging in the morning with the other kids and can run 400-500m. She did not attend school due to flare-ups of her condition, and because she has not been attending school, her intelligence is a bit lower compared to her peers. However, she has good language ability and can communicate with others normally. She enjoys singing songs and can recite some poetry. She can also write numbers. Danielle is also very hospitable. When guests come, she will warmly greet them, ask if they would like to sit down, and will shake their hand to say goodbye when the guests are leaving. She also considers herself as the Big Sister and will take care of the younger children.
