Home for Haven (Ethiopia Lifeline Adoption Story)

I wanted to tell this story because like Haven, my father was abandoned as a child. Similar to Haven, it took a significant amount of time (6-months) before my dad was adopted because of the legal process. After my dad was found at a church in Springville, Ill., he lived with the local police officer who discovered him and nuns until he came home to my grandparents in Texas.
I've personally felt the love of adoption.
Unfortunately, happy endings like my family and the Kinsley's experienced aren't always the case for most vulnerable children. Of the estimated 153 million orphans worldwide only about 30,000 will be adopted each year. The rest usually end up in forced human trafficking, prison or don't make it past their 18th birthday. The numbers are shocking (UNICEF.org).
-less than .1% of the orphans worldwide will ever be adopted (about 30,000)
-75% of orphans worldwide will be forced into human trafficking & prostitution
-15% of orphans worldwide will be imprisoned or dead by 18
I will be traveling to Uganda, Africa to share how a ministry of Lifeline Children's Services called (Un)Adopted (unadopted.org) is working to help those children. Throughout the trip, I'll be posting stories and video on (Un)Adopted's work on myfoxal.com, twitter ( brittonlynn) and on Facebook ( fox6traffic).
If you want to help (Un)Adopted right here in Birmingham you can signup for the R(un) for One 5k (unadopted.org/run/) taking place on August 16th.
Runs will also be taking place in Louisville, KY , Fayetteville, GA or the "Run Where You Are" from any place in the world.