The Shepherd's Crook does not specifically endorse any of the agencies listed on our Web site. Our intention is to spread the word on any of our waiting special-needs orphans, not to endorse the agencies listing those children. It is important that all adoptive families carefully check into any agency with which they are considering working. We will be happy to connect interested parties with The Shepherd's Crook families who have already worked with the agencies listed on our site. Please contact us if you would like additional information about any of the agencies listed on our site.

The "Invisible" Orphans
You will notice that many of the children on our site don't have pictures with their listings—and some of them don't even have names listed. This is not because of our choice. Some countries will not allow us to put photos or names on the Internet, and we have to comply with these restrictions. But please be aware that each of these listings represents a real child in desperate need of a family. Children who are listed without pictures are often automatically overlooked because there is no "face" associated with the write-up. We all love to have a face to connect with when we are considering adoption, but please remember that these are all very real children with very real stories, and that they will rarely even be considered for adoption simply because there is no picture on the site. We do have pictures of most of them that we can send to families desiring more information. Please consider writing for more information about one of these regularly overlooked "invisible" children. Please don't allow a sending country's restrictive policies to eliminate hope from these children's lives as they wait for families.

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