Comments on: Start Reform from the Ground Up http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/start-reform-from-the-ground-up A blog for and about parents who have placed a child for adoption. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:02:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jenna Hatfield http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/start-reform-from-the-ground-up/comment-page-1#comment-2572 Jenna Hatfield Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:24:41 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/06/18/start-reform-from-the-ground-up#comment-2572 Romee;<br /> <br /> <em>Unfortunately, it is such a drop in the bucket compared to the need. </em><br /> <br /> That's how any start at reform begins. Sometimes it takes just one person to get the ball rolling. Sometimes it takes more. But someone has to start it. :)<br /> <br /> Sandra; mentoring is great, IMO. I haven't mentored since we got pregnant with Nicholas due to time but hope to begin again once the children reach managable ages. (Read: go to school!)<br /> <br /> Romee;

Unfortunately, it is such a drop in the bucket compared to the need.

That’s how any start at reform begins. Sometimes it takes just one person to get the ball rolling. Sometimes it takes more. But someone has to start it. :)

Sandra; mentoring is great, IMO. I haven’t mentored since we got pregnant with Nicholas due to time but hope to begin again once the children reach managable ages. (Read: go to school!)

]]> By: romee_1101 http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/start-reform-from-the-ground-up/comment-page-1#comment-2571 romee_1101 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:18:41 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/06/18/start-reform-from-the-ground-up#comment-2571 Jenna,<br /> <br /> I so appreciate this article. And no, you did not mention abolishing adoption in the other blog. Hope my responses did not indicate that I thought you did. <br /> <br /> I stumbled across the article on Nepal myself while doing some research on the plight of children in third world countries. The statistics are frightening.<br /> <br /> While living in SE Asia I saw the effects of the sex trade there. Many young girls from the villages end up in Bangkok working in the sex trade to send money back to their families. Often they leave, not realizing exactly what they will be doing to earn that money. If you are ever in Bangkok and wander through Patpong you will see what I am talking about - yuck.<br /> <br /> I am very interested in supporting prgrams in my son's home country. I already to support other programs, but it is great to see that there are many opportunities.<br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it is such a drop in the bucket compared to the need. <br /> <br /> Romee<br /> <br /> Jenna,

I so appreciate this article. And no, you did not mention abolishing adoption in the other blog. Hope my responses did not indicate that I thought you did.

I stumbled across the article on Nepal myself while doing some research on the plight of children in third world countries. The statistics are frightening.

While living in SE Asia I saw the effects of the sex trade there. Many young girls from the villages end up in Bangkok working in the sex trade to send money back to their families. Often they leave, not realizing exactly what they will be doing to earn that money. If you are ever in Bangkok and wander through Patpong you will see what I am talking about – yuck.

I am very interested in supporting prgrams in my son’s home country. I already to support other programs, but it is great to see that there are many opportunities.

Unfortunately, it is such a drop in the bucket compared to the need.

Romee

]]> By: Sandra Hanks Benoiton http://birthparents.adoptionblogs.com/weblogs/start-reform-from-the-ground-up/comment-page-1#comment-2570 Sandra Hanks Benoiton Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:49:58 +0000 http://birth-first.www.adoptionblogs.com/2007/06/18/start-reform-from-the-ground-up#comment-2570 Bravo, Jenna!<br /> <br /> Pressuring governments to act on behalf of women's rights must also happen, and organizations like the UN should have this at the top of agendas. Unfortunately, many still consider mistreatment a cultural quirk that can't be addressed in fear of offending. It's appalling that in 2007 women and children are no more than chattel in some places, and that this fact of life isn't a deal-breaker when it comes to inter-country relations.<br /> <br /> Mentoring in is one of the simplest, most direct and effective ways of contributing change for the positive. A woman-to-woman chain can be one of the strongest substances on earth, but it has to be safe to form. Bravo, Jenna!

Pressuring governments to act on behalf of women’s rights must also happen, and organizations like the UN should have this at the top of agendas. Unfortunately, many still consider mistreatment a cultural quirk that can’t be addressed in fear of offending. It’s appalling that in 2007 women and children are no more than chattel in some places, and that this fact of life isn’t a deal-breaker when it comes to inter-country relations.

Mentoring in is one of the simplest, most direct and effective ways of contributing change for the positive. A woman-to-woman chain can be one of the strongest substances on earth, but it has to be safe to form.

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