Purchase an Orphan's "Ticket Home"

It's the holiday season, a time when many of us buy a ticket home to see our families. But what if you had no way to purchase a ticket? Or even worse...what if you had no family to go home to? We need your help to purchase a ticket for children across this world to come "home" to see their "family". Your participation with us will determine whether many ever get that "ticket home."

We have embarked on a fundraising campaign to raise $1,000,000 to purchase "tickets home" for children. For some it simply means the initial stage of securing birth certificates and crucial legal documents that provide them with a legal identity that make the dream of a ticket to a loving home much more of a reality. For others it means a safe and clean transitional home where they can await adoption. And for others, it means a loving and adoptive home.

This $1,000,000 will give 5,100 children the opportunity for a ticket to a loving home.

If each America World family participates by purchasing one "ticket" at the cost of $300, we can meet and exceed this goal! Your ticket purchase will allow children "admission" to a system that would move them towards a permanent home. Would you please read ahead and see specific ways that you can join us in this effort?

Purchase an Orphan's "Ticket Home"

America World Adoption is proud of its many accomplishments since its first adoption in 1994. Along with over a thousand adoption placements, we've also sent numerous mission teams to volunteer in orphanages and worked on development projects to help orphans all around the world.

China was initially the only country America World worked in; today we're in six countries and we continue to launch new efforts to help build families through adoption.

Launching initiatives in new countries is a daunting task, but with millions of orphans in the world, it's a task we take seriously. America World is committed to researching and developing new adoption programs and we need your help to bring these programs to reality.

Identity for Orphans in China & El Salvador 3,780 children given the opportunity for a "home"

One of the greatest challenges orphans face is they do not have the necessary paperwork in order to be adopted. With your support, America World is undertaking a new initiative to make children "paper-ready" in countries such as China and El Salvador. Through this program, we hope to provide the necessary legal services and documentation to help orphaned children overcome this problem and become eligible for adoption. What's more, documentation for children is crucial for those who will not be adopted as well. Simple basic documents, such as a birth certificate, provide children a ticket to a better education and health care. Purchasing one ticket provides identity papers for one child in El Salvador and up to four children in China.

Opening America World Adoption programs in Bolivia, Brazil, India, Rwanda, and Vietnam 585 children given the opportunity for a "home"

Opening America World adoption programs in new countries is a priority of the America World development staff. Researching and developing these programs is a slow and expensive process. Your help will provide families more options in deciding where to adopt as well as provide new homes to countless more children. With your gift, many more children will have the opportunity to grow up in a home and not an institution.

America World Transitional Homes in Ethiopia 405 children given the opportunity for a "home"

Part of America World's work in Ethiopia is to implement development projects for orphans and vulnerable children. One of those projects in rural Ethiopia is to help rebuild a children's home that receives abandoned children from the government. Supporting this project will help these children have an opportunity to find permanent families in both Ethiopia and abroad. Your support will provide basic needs such as daily nutrition, medical treatment, clothes, toys, and 24 hour a day nanny care.

Older Children's Cultural Exchange Program in Ukraine and Russia 459 children given the opportunity for a "home"

America World Adoption is developing a program to bring older orphans, between the ages of 5 and 12, to the U.S. to stay with an America World family like yours. This new hosting program will provide older children in Ukraine (and soon other countries like Russia, Ethiopia, and China) the opportunity to spend two weeks with a prospective adoptive family. Your support can provide an orphan with the opportunity to find a place to call home.

Purchase an Orphan's "Ticket Home"