Alicia is a 10 year old little girl living in an Orphanage in Eastern Europe. My niece and nephew were adopted from the same Eastern European country, so this is a country that is very dear to my heart. Sadly, Alicia has recently been transferred out of her orphanage to an institution for older children. This girl NEEDS out!
I'll share some things about Alicia from a family that visited with her in July 2010.
"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 didn't 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 didn't 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 unshaven 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 is not afraid of men but is not 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!"
Alicia is a super LOVING little lady and deserves a mama and papa of her very own.
Read the requirements below and prayerfully consider adding Alicia to your family.
- Married couples only
- Married individual adoptions available for those who qualify
- No stated family size restrictions
- As of late 2011, there’s no longer an upper age limit for parents
- At least one parent must be a minimum of 15 years older than the child
- Total with travel approx $25k
- First trip, 2-4 weeks to attend court
- 10 day wait after court (parents can return home)
- Only one parent must return to complete the adoption for approx 14 days
- No diagnosed history of mental health conditions or certain infectious diseases
- No criminal history
- May adopt multiple unrelated children
- This is a very fast program! Start to finish is an average of 7 months. Families committing to children in this program, especially the children at risk of the institution, should be in a financial position to complete the adoption quickly. It is a blessing to be able to adopt so quickly, but leaves little time for major fundraising efforts.
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