Organizations, Documentaries and Related Resources
Organizations
Africa Children's Educational Trust
funding Birhan Weldu's education
A-CET
P.O. Box 8390
Leicester LE5 4YD
www.a-cet.org
Beijing Cultural Development Center: Angel Network Award Recipient
National Geographic Afghan Girls Fund
National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
www.nationalgeographic.com/donate
The Salvation Army Christmas Cards
Call 1-877-KID-WISH to make a donation to receive these cards.
www.redkettlecampaign.org
Learn More About Chinese Adoptions
Chinese Children Adoption International
To learn more about adopting a Chinese orphan, contact Chinese Children Adoption International, the largest China adoption agency in the United States.
6920 South Holly Circle
Centennial, CO 80112 USA
www.chinesechildren.org
Family Resource Center
5828 N Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60660
www.f-r-c.org
Great Wall China Adoption
248 Addie Roy Rd., A102
Austin, TX 78746
www.gwcadopt.org
Pearl S. Buck International and Welcome House Adoption Program
From The Good Earth author's first adoption of a bi-racial child in 1949 to the present day, Pearl S. Buck International and Welcome House has helped nearly 7,000 children find loving adoptive families in the United States.
www.pearl-s-buck.org
Documentaries
Band Aid's 20th Anniversary
Band Aid released the Live Aid DVD and Band Aid's 20 rerecorded the 1984 hit single "Do They Know It's Christmas Time?"
Available in stores now or through the Live Aid website www.liveaiddvd.net.
Chinese Foot Binding: The Vanishing Lotus documentary can be purchased through Filmakers Library
124 East 40th Street, NY, NY 10016
www.filmakers.com/indivs/ChineseFootBinding.htm
The Dying Rooms, documentary
https://truevisiontv.com/dying.html
Care of China's Orphaned and Abandoned (COCOA), created in response to The Dying Rooms, is a non-denominational UK charity devoted to the care of babies and young children kept in China's orphanages.
www.cocoa.org.uk
National Geographic's Explorer with Lisa Ling
The Afghan Girls airs December 31
China's Lost Girls airs January 9
Check local listings for times
www.nationalgeographic.com/channel
Also mentioned on the show:
Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation, Inc.
Richard and Maureen Kanka made it their lives' mission to see the enactment of Megan's Law, which requires each state in the United States to notify the public when dangerous sexual offenders are residing in the area.
P.O. Box 9956
Trenton, NJ 08650
www.megannicolekankafoundation.org
The Kim Phuc Foundation
P O Box 31025
475 Westney Road North
Ajax, Ontario CANADA
L1T 3V2
www.kimfoundation.com
Ryan White Care Act
https://hab.hrsa.gov/history.htm
Amber Klaas
After suffering the tragedy of his daughter Amber's kidnapping and death, Marc Klaas started the KlaasKids Foundation to educate parents and advocate legislation to prevent crimes against children, including the Amber Alert.
www.klaaskids.org
Africa Children's Educational Trust
funding Birhan Weldu's education
A-CET
P.O. Box 8390
Leicester LE5 4YD
www.a-cet.org
Beijing Cultural Development Center: Angel Network Award Recipient
National Geographic Afghan Girls Fund
National Geographic Society
1145 17th Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
www.nationalgeographic.com/donate
The Salvation Army Christmas Cards
Call 1-877-KID-WISH to make a donation to receive these cards.
www.redkettlecampaign.org
Learn More About Chinese Adoptions
Chinese Children Adoption International
To learn more about adopting a Chinese orphan, contact Chinese Children Adoption International, the largest China adoption agency in the United States.
6920 South Holly Circle
Centennial, CO 80112 USA
www.chinesechildren.org
Family Resource Center
5828 N Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60660
www.f-r-c.org
Great Wall China Adoption
248 Addie Roy Rd., A102
Austin, TX 78746
www.gwcadopt.org
Pearl S. Buck International and Welcome House Adoption Program
From The Good Earth author's first adoption of a bi-racial child in 1949 to the present day, Pearl S. Buck International and Welcome House has helped nearly 7,000 children find loving adoptive families in the United States.
www.pearl-s-buck.org
Documentaries
Band Aid's 20th Anniversary
Band Aid released the Live Aid DVD and Band Aid's 20 rerecorded the 1984 hit single "Do They Know It's Christmas Time?"
Available in stores now or through the Live Aid website www.liveaiddvd.net.
Chinese Foot Binding: The Vanishing Lotus documentary can be purchased through Filmakers Library
124 East 40th Street, NY, NY 10016
www.filmakers.com/indivs/ChineseFootBinding.htm
The Dying Rooms, documentary
https://truevisiontv.com/dying.html
Care of China's Orphaned and Abandoned (COCOA), created in response to The Dying Rooms, is a non-denominational UK charity devoted to the care of babies and young children kept in China's orphanages.
www.cocoa.org.uk
National Geographic's Explorer with Lisa Ling
The Afghan Girls airs December 31
China's Lost Girls airs January 9
Check local listings for times
www.nationalgeographic.com/channel
Also mentioned on the show:
Megan Nicole Kanka Foundation, Inc.
Richard and Maureen Kanka made it their lives' mission to see the enactment of Megan's Law, which requires each state in the United States to notify the public when dangerous sexual offenders are residing in the area.
P.O. Box 9956
Trenton, NJ 08650
www.megannicolekankafoundation.org
The Kim Phuc Foundation
P O Box 31025
475 Westney Road North
Ajax, Ontario CANADA
L1T 3V2
www.kimfoundation.com
Ryan White Care Act
https://hab.hrsa.gov/history.htm
Amber Klaas
After suffering the tragedy of his daughter Amber's kidnapping and death, Marc Klaas started the KlaasKids Foundation to educate parents and advocate legislation to prevent crimes against children, including the Amber Alert.
www.klaaskids.org
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