Sunday, June 08, 2008

Jack's orphanage

Update on Deyang Social Welfare Institute - about 90 km from the epicenter. I think I mentioned that the building below (taken during our trip for Jack) is unsafe now but standing.
All the children are safely housed in tents.

Melody (a volunteer worker) and Madame Wu, director of the orphanage, displaying the supplies that have been pouring in from China and individuals in the US.
I believe Jack was in one of these cribs, although occupancy has increased!
Roads were destroyed, so the volunteers took treacherous, alternative routes in interest of time.
"The Wall"
A photograph of every child adopted out of Deyang. Jack is middle row, 3rd from right.

One upshot is that 10,000 Chinese families have come forward to adopt the newly orphaned in Deyang and Wenchuan. All is on hold now, as the effort to reunite surviving children with family continues.

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