Friday, March 1, 2013

A New Hope

                There a lot of abandoned children in the country. They are mostly abandoned due to the lack of support their own family could give them. They are then left on the streets to ask for money and people usually ignore these children. People are either afraid of them or they think that they are working for a syndicate. But how do we give them a chance to have a better life?

                Here comes adoption. It’s nothing new in this country but it is becoming the least solution to the problems of abandoned children. Adopting a child is giving them a new life. People should not adopt not only due to pity but because they are really willing to give them a chance to be loved by a family. 

                In adopting, people should see that the children they are adopting are not different than them. No matter where the children came from, parents should treat them like they have always been a part of the family. But they should also tell their adopted children the truth as they have the right to know it. Love and acceptance should be the priority of the children. Because of adoption, they have been saved from a lonely world.
               
                People should be more aware of adoption and this has been done by the Department of Social Welfare and Development and also the help of McCann Philippines’ Love Sees Beyond Differences. Different families who adopted have gathered to celebrate the good things about adoption. Not everything is bad about adoption. It gives chance to the abandoned and also, love is spread. Personally, I know a relative who has been adopted. Now, she is excelling in school and sports. She has been given good education and she has been brought up well by her parents. This shows that adoption is not bad at all. The process might be long but the end result is fulfilling for both the parents and the children.

                A new perspective on adoption should be seen by the people. It might open up the minds of the people and make them consider adopting a child. We should all see beyond our differences. Because in these differences, we find the hope and love we are looking for. 

by Abigail Diaz

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