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Children's Cultural Connection

Orphan Hosting Program Winter 2012

What is hosting?

Hosting is a wonderful opportunity to welcome an orphaned child into your home for four to six weeks. During that time, families will love and care for an orphan child who perhaps has only known loneliness and abandonment. It is also a once in a lifetime opportunity for them to see American life, learn English, and know the love of a family. This has proven to give these children hope and to change their life and future. The children that participate in our hosting programs are orphaned boys and girls between the ages of 6 to 15 and are from Ukraine. Hosting is open nationwide.

Being Adopted

Hosting costs

The cost to host is approximately $2500 per child and is 100% tax deductible. The money covers the cost of visas, passports, medical insurance, plane tickets, Ukraine travel and coordination, and much more.

What do I need to host?

␣␣ If there is a child you are interested in hosting, e-mail Ginger to put on hold.

␣␣ Mini home study and home safety visit by licensed social worker

␣␣ Fingerprint clearances and child abuse clearances

␣␣ Deposit: $1000 nonrefundable tax deductible deposit to hold

␣␣ Pay balance of $1500

␣␣ Attend online training webinar.

␣␣ Join the Yahoo group to connect with

families and get access to great resources!

␣␣ The deadlines for hosting will be around

the first week of May.

Change the Life of an Orphan this Summer!

Schedule for Winter
Probable dates are December 21st Through the 15th of January

$1700 Grant 

Who Can Host?

Married couples, singles, families with and without children.

What types of children can be hosted?

Being Adopted!!

␣␣ Healthy children age 5-16

␣␣ Sibling groups of 2,3, or 4 children

and single children with no siblings.

␣␣ Special needs children

␣␣ Some children which are not adoptable but who can benefit from being hosted.

Ukrainian Orphan Statistics

␣␣ Orphans "age out" of their institutions at 16 years old

␣␣ 60% of girls end of in prostitution

␣␣ 70% of boys enter a life of crime

␣␣ 10-15% will commit suicide within 2 years of leaving their institution.

www.heartforhosting.org

1480 E. Main Ave Morgan Hill, CA 95037

Host Director: Ginger Guglielmo

(408) 710-8902 Guglielmoshope@gmail.com

WA & surrounding states: Jo Hershon (817) 301-7379

Hershonfamily@gmail.com

Reaching across the sea to connect orphans with families