Comments on: First, Do No Harm http://www.lwbcommunity.org/first-do-no-harm Love Without Boundaries Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:25:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: What are you doing about Post-Adoption support? Part 2 « ICM Adoption Network http://www.lwbcommunity.org/first-do-no-harm/comment-page-1#comment-15515 What are you doing about Post-Adoption support? Part 2 « ICM Adoption Network Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:11:45 +0000 http://www.lwbcommunity.org/?p=2956#comment-15515 [...] Love without Borders is a non-profit organization started by a group of adoptive parents “to provide the most loving and compassionate help possible to orphaned and impoverished children in China”.  They are now providing ongoing in-country medical care, foster care, education, orphanage support and other help in order to be a long-term support to the country from which their children are from.  Here’s a link to a thought provoking post on their blog:  “First, Do No Harm” [...] [...] Love without Borders is a non-profit organization started by a group of adoptive parents “to provide the most loving and compassionate help possible to orphaned and impoverished children in China”.  They are now providing ongoing in-country medical care, foster care, education, orphanage support and other help in order to be a long-term support to the country from which their children are from.  Here’s a link to a thought provoking post on their blog:  “First, Do No Harm” [...]

]]> By: edj http://www.lwbcommunity.org/first-do-no-harm/comment-page-1#comment-2740 edj Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:37:28 +0000 http://www.lwbcommunity.org/?p=2956#comment-2740 VERY thought-provoking post! I think this is applicable to much of the way charity is done across cultures. The answer is not to stop giving, or to just throw money at a situation and leave it to recipients to organize w/o supervision, but to take time and learn to understand a situation. Thanks! I'm saving this and I'm sure I'll link to it at some point. VERY thought-provoking post! I think this is applicable to much of the way charity is done across cultures. The answer is not to stop giving, or to just throw money at a situation and leave it to recipients to organize w/o supervision, but to take time and learn to understand a situation.
Thanks! I’m saving this and I’m sure I’ll link to it at some point.

]]> By: roomforatleastonemore http://www.lwbcommunity.org/first-do-no-harm/comment-page-1#comment-2711 roomforatleastonemore Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:40:58 +0000 http://www.lwbcommunity.org/?p=2956#comment-2711 Amy, in answer to your last question, yes. It is a delicate balance. The thing I tire of is people in American feeling like we have it all figured out in regards to unwanted children. We don't!!! Just look at our F*ster Care system. If one more person asks me why it takes so long to adopt from China, I may lose my mind! :))) Not really but it takes a long time to adopt from anywhere including the US. In reality, many of our *ways* are not better just different. We often feel our way is better b/c it is familiar to us, but familiarity doesn't always equal better. As we are on the eve of bringing home our waiting older son, my heart aches at all he will have to learn about including our very material society that surrounds us. It is what it is. On a happy note though, go and check out the photo we just received of him! I am probably the proudest and most blessed Mom in the world … or I would at least argue that with anyone who wanted to challenge me!!! :) Amy, in answer to your last question, yes. It is a delicate balance. The thing I tire of is people in American feeling like we have it all figured out in regards to unwanted children. We don’t!!! Just look at our F*ster Care system. If one more person asks me why it takes so long to adopt from China, I may lose my mind! :) )) Not really but it takes a long time to adopt from anywhere including the US.

In reality, many of our *ways* are not better just different. We often feel our way is better b/c it is familiar to us, but familiarity doesn’t always equal better. As we are on the eve of bringing home our waiting older son, my heart aches at all he will have to learn about including our very material society that surrounds us. It is what it is.

On a happy note though, go and check out the photo we just received of him! I am probably the proudest and most blessed Mom in the world … or I would at least argue that with anyone who wanted to challenge me!!! :)

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