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		<title>Two Years Later, and It Feels Like Yesterday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:18:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you may know, Joint Council has participated in Haiti’s child welfare system since 2003, but following the January 2010 earthquake, we significantly stepped up our efforts on behalf of Haitian children. Together with our partner organizations, we served over 45,000 children and families through programs at hospitals, medical clinics, child care centers, and adoption [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3312&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Russia: Making Progress, Thanks to You</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2010, you sprang into action when Joint Council asked you to show your support of Russian adoptions through our We Are The Truth campaign. Thank you for your support! What a difference a year makes. This past July, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov signed a bilateral adoptions agreement that will strengthen procedural [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3309&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala &#8211; Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Dreams</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year has been another difficult one for the more than 300 children who are still trapped in the broken system that has halted intercountry adoptions in Guatemala. Only 32 adoptions of Guatemalan children by families in the United States were completed in the past year. Only 32 more children are now spending their holidays in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3306&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vietnam Adopts Hague Convention &#8211; and You Helped!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of your involvement with Joint Council&#8217;s efforts on behalf of Vietnamese children in need of a family, we wanted to make sure you knew that the U.S. State Department has announced that Vietnam has ratified the Hague Adoption Convention, and that it will go into force beginning February 1, 2012. Under U.S. law, the United States Central [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3303&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Picture Perfect Moment Photo Contest- Help Us Choose the Winners!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We received over a hundred beautiful pictures for our 2011 A Picture Perfect Moment Photo Contest. Help us choose the winners from our top 14! Select one of the picture below and cast your vote.  Please only vote once! Make sure to vote by 11:59 PM EST on December 18th, 2011! Winners will receive gift cards from national [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3292&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>International Exhibition: Life In Motion &#8211; &#8220;I Want To Walk&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life in Motion, a unique photo exhibition created to raise awareness about orphaned children who are unable to live a fulfilled life due to their physical limitations will premier on December 8th at the Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery in New York city.  Life in Motion, is an international collaboration between the International Center of Photography, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3226&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing Joint Council&#8217;s 4th Annual National Adoption Month Photo Contest!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a special child or children in your life? Do you have a picture of them lying around the home that you just love? Share it with us in honor of National Adoption Month for the chance to win a gift card to a national company! Our 4th annual National Adoption Month Photo Contest [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3214&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>JOINT COUNCIL AND THE MEAD JOHNSON NUTRITION FOUNDATION WORK TOGETHER TO HELP VULNERABLE CHILDREN WORLDWIDE</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 15:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alexandria, Va, September 20, 2011 – Recognizing that proper nutrition is critical to every child’s growth and development, The Joint Council on International Children’s Services and the Mead Johnson Nutrition Foundation today announced the launch of a program dedicated to improving nutritional care for vulnerable children living without parental care around the world. Globally, millions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3192&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adoption Nutrition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What children eat in their earliest months impact them for the rest of their lives. New research out of the University of Minnesota shows that under-nutrition in adopted kids is not always obvious and may actually worsen if gone untreated during the period of “catch-up growth” post-adoption.  Joint Council, in partnership with SPOON Foundation, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3184&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crossroads of America Adoption Conference 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MLJ Adoptions is thrilled to be hosting the Crossroads of America Adoption Conference September 30 – October 1, 2011 in Indianapolis Indiana. This is a great opportunity for anyone interested in adoption. WHO: There will be several well-known speakers in the adoption world. We will be blogging about many of our speakers leading up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=betheanswerforchildren.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9296630&amp;post=3175&amp;subd=betheanswerforchildren&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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