http://www.lovewithoutboundaries.com

"Love without boundaries is a group of volunteers around the world who have realized that people who have a pure love for helping children can truly make a difference. We all donate our time and gifts in an attempt to brighten the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable children. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization."

" One of LWB's projects for 2006 is to compile and translate a teaching manual for orphanage staff on medical special needs. This book will explain each special need in a very simple and basic way, with lots of photos and helpful information, as well as an encouragement that the majority of children with special needs are highly adoptable. Each section of the book will be reviewed by a medical specialist for that particular need both here and in China. One of LWB's main goals for this project is for more orphanages to submit children with special needs, and we believe this book can help orphanage staff know how wanted and adoptable these children are. LWB's believes it can also provide some helpful information on day to day care of the kids, such as the need for sunscreen for children with albinism. "

I will be assisting the medical director of Love without Boundaries as well as other adoptive parents to compile a handbook that will be distributed throughout China's orphanages

This is a wonderful opportunity and I will be helping with the orthopedic section of this book.

LWB's will be sending a team to China in Jan. 2006 to present this to CCAA.

If you have adopted from China and/or have expertise in the medical conditions descibed below please contact me and I will forward your information to the medical director of LWB's.

Blood Diseases (Hepatitis B and Thalassemia, Diabetes)
Skin Conditions (Clefts, Burns, other Scars, Port Wine birthmarks, Albinism)
Tumors (Teratomas, Hemangiomas)
Heart
Orthopedic (Club Feet, Syndactlyly, Missing limbs or fingers)
Heart Defects
Spinal Defects (Spina bifida, scoliosis, funnel chest)
Ear Defects (Microtia, Deafness)
Eye Defects (Blindness, Glaucoma, Cataracts, Small Eye lids, Missing Eyes)
Colon (Anal Atresia, Mega Colon, Hernia)
Brain Defects (Cerebral Palsy, Epilepsy, Down syndrome, Hydrocephalus)
Genital Defects (Ambiguous genitalia, Hypospasdius, Undescended testes)

-Anita