The net provides a means whereby orphanages can exchange ideas, closely support each other. One institution may undergo a crisis and sister organizations can step in to assist. Kids with special needs and staff members may rotate more easily and common problems tracked. Many institutions have developed unique solutions to challenges and can share these experiences as part of a growing on-line manual of best practices. Complex issues of adoption, psychological problems, etc. can be discussed in mail threads. Contact info. can be organized to facilitate far flung interactions.
To assist in creating a pilot web community site for orphanages in Mexico and its border regions. The first step will be to find as many as possible on the net, add those known, but not on the net, and incorporate them. The institutions should be contacted, proposals solicited, email lists created, and so on.
Aren't orphanages obsolete with the rise in foster care? Many poorer countries with large family sizes are unable to place every child in foster homes as do wealthier countries with proportionally more small and childless families. Thus the need for orphanages persists to rescue the most endangered children and provide the basics, while the society develops and birthrates decline..