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Eastern Social Welfare Society and Social Welfare Society. These Korean adoption agencies have been partners with CHSFS for many years. In addition to facilitating adoptions, they operate child care centers and schools and provide birth mother services, vocational training, foster care and pediatric medical services. Financial support is generated through the Korean Benefit Dinner and Korean Cultural Exchange each year. Individual donations are also appreciated and will be forwarded to ESWS and SWS to support their operations.
Sharon’s House. ESWS is seeking funding for the purchase of healthy snacks and foods, improving shower facilities, purchasing 2-3 computers for presently lacking educational offerings, and for the promotion of cultural activities outside the facility that increase birthmother activities in the community. Additional funding will support the general operations including pre and post-natal care and education.
There are usually 10 residents at Gyeongbuk Sharon’s House and 15-20 unwed mothers at Sharon’s House in Seoul. The residents are single pregnant Korean women in their late teens and early twenties, who are in need of counseling and lodging during their pregnancies. Once the baby is delivered, the birthmother is allowed to stay as long as she would like, but most women wish to leave the facility within one month after their deliveries. In the case of birthmothers who have chosen to parent, depending on the circumstances of the House, she and the child are allowed to stay up to six months. After that time, ESWS assists her in transitioning to other (non-ESWS) social service facilities and/or housing. Our goal is to raise $25,000 to support this work.
Disabled Children’s Group Home. It is our intention to help in the funding of a Group Home to be built by Social Welfare Society (SWS) in Seoul. Children from poverty-stricken homes, children of unmarried mothers as well as disabled children will be able to live in the home. The children will be referred either by a social worker from Amsa Rehabilitation Center (run by SWS) or by a social worker who has already worked with an unmarried birthmother for adoption counseling or parenting counseling in a support program.
It is the belief of SWS that all children should be cared for by and grow up happily in a family. Therefore, if the child is in a situation where she/he can be placed for adoption, SWS will always refer the child for adoption. Our goal is to raise $20,000 to fund this project.
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