WHERE WE WORK: CHINA
Tens of thousands of children are abandoned in China each year. In 1991, WACAP became the first agency to provide adoption opportunities to orphaned and abandoned children in the People’s Republic of China. Since then, WACAP has found homes for not only hundreds of baby girls, but also for many older kids and children with special needs in China.
In 1999, WACAP launched the six-year Peony Project with funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Peony Project provided training to orphanage caretakers and delivered special education and physical rehabilitation to hundreds of orphans and other children with neurodevelopmental disabilities in Henan, one of China’s poorest provinces.
Today WACAP continues its work on behalf of children with special needs in Henan and works to find adoptive families for orphans of all ages from all parts of China.
WACAP’s work in China includes:
WACAP Journey of hope Project
In an exclusive partnership with the China Center of Adoption Affairs (CCAA), WACAP has accepted the task of finding homes for older children (ages 10-13) living in China’s Henan province. Under Chinese law, children become ineligible for adoption on their 14th birthday. Because of their age, these children are now at risk of losing the chance for a permanent family. WACAP relies on funding by generous donors to lower the adoption fees for these kids and help find them loving families. Learn more.
WACAP PROMISE FUND
Many children waiting to be adopted are older, have specific medical or developmental needs, or are siblings. Because of this, they have been left behind. WACAP has made a promise to these special children - to do our best to find families for them. WACAP’s Promise Fund supports our ability to identify waiting children around the globe, create materials to promote their adoption, and provide grants to families when finances are a barrier to bringing them home. With your donation, you can help WACAP find families for these specially-identified children.
PARTNER FOR CHILDREN IN CHINA
WACAP’s monthly giving program, Partner for Children, provides funding for WACAP’s work for the children left behind - children who are older, sibling, and/or have medical issues. For as little as $25 per month, you can help to ensure that these children are not forgotten and that we have funding available for WACAP’s ongoing work for Chinese children, as well as for new initiatives.
Visit the Partner for Children Monthly Giving page