Charlie's Orphanage

Our adoption agency partners with Baotou Social Welfare Institute in Inner Mongolia.   They advocate for the children who range in age from newborns up to 13 years old and have special needs such as cleft lip and palate, heart conditions, limb differences, digestive disease, vision and/or hearing issues as well as conditions that are more serious like cerebral palsy and down syndrome.  A team, including a doctor and occupational therapist, visited this last April.to help begin the process of registering the children for adoption and to do evaluations on the children. They also took the opportunity to take pictures and video.  They gathered as much information as possible about the children to help them find families.  We do not know much about the orphanage yet, but hope to receive more information as we move along in our journey.  Here are some photos of the outside and inside.  As far as we know, Charlie has lived here since an infant.


orphanage

Gates leading to the orphanage

 


Outside of the orphanage

 


Inside of orphanage

 



Map of China - Inner Mongolia is North