I came across this picture on an advocacy Facebook page yesterday.
This child is a seven-year-old girl who is blind. She reminds me so much of Kellin. She has the same long, delicate fingers and the ears that stick out a bit. :-) This, this is what Kellin would have become had he stayed in his orphanage. Wasting away, frail, and alone. If he had even survived.
This little girl is available for adoption. Her file has been on the shared list, overlooked for years. The shared list is where the files of the toughest kids sit. Agencies can pull files off of the shared list for children they think they can find a family for, so the shared list mainly consists of children whose age, gender, or needs make them unlikely to be chosen.
It will take a special and brave family to choose this little girl. But let’s not forget that she is just a child and needs a parent’s love. Someone who recently met her feels that there is great potential for improvement with love and good medical care.
This child is one of the truly forgotten children, destined to spend her life in that crib unless adopted. There must be a family out there for her.
