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HelpPlease welcome Benjamin, León, Anjali & Ritu!
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Please welcome Benjamin Kipruto, León Felipe, Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira!
Benjamin Kipruto is a nine years old boy from Kenya. He has been living in the orphanage his whole life after he was found on the doorsteps one morning without as much as a note. The caregivers are therefore not exactly sure of his birth date but assume he was around six weeks old at that time. Benjamin is very kind, helpful but also very ambitious. While in orphanage he was often helping with the smaller kids and came up with many creative activities in their pastime. In the past few weeks since he was told he will be adopted into the USA, he has been working on his English and has already mastered the basics and is acquiring new words daily. He has been practicing long distance running in a hope to make it to the Olympics and earn some money, and according to his trainer was one of his most talented students, and would love to continue with the training also in his new family.
León Felipe is a eight years old boy from Honduras. Then an infant he has been miraculously found unharmed but without his parents after the damaging floods in 2008. The authorities expect his parents were two of many victims of the floods. In the orphanage he has been given the name León Felipe and it fits him very well. León is very determined and strong willed. He is a very good student and has been fascinated by planes ever since he saw one. He wants to become a pilot, this dream however has a few cracks as León had problem with his heart since he was a baby. Later it was discovered that one of his heart valves is damaged, but for financial reasons he never had it corrected. León speaks limited English.
Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira are three years old twin girls from India. They've been given up for adoption right after their birth as their parents already had six older children at home and couldn't take care of two more. Despite their fate they are lively and happy girls and you can often see them running around giggling together. They haven't gotten many toys in the orphanage, but they have a little plush bunny that always sleeps between them and whom they carry around all the time. Neither of the girls speaks English at the moment.
Please let us know how Benjamin, León, Anjali and Ritu are doing in their new family.
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Benjamin Kipruto is a nine years old boy from Kenya. He has been living in the orphanage his whole life after he was found on the doorsteps one morning without as much as a note. The caregivers are therefore not exactly sure of his birth date but assume he was around six weeks old at that time. Benjamin is very kind, helpful but also very ambitious. While in orphanage he was often helping with the smaller kids and came up with many creative activities in their pastime. In the past few weeks since he was told he will be adopted into the USA, he has been working on his English and has already mastered the basics and is acquiring new words daily. He has been practicing long distance running in a hope to make it to the Olympics and earn some money, and according to his trainer was one of his most talented students, and would love to continue with the training also in his new family.
León Felipe is a eight years old boy from Honduras. Then an infant he has been miraculously found unharmed but without his parents after the damaging floods in 2008. The authorities expect his parents were two of many victims of the floods. In the orphanage he has been given the name León Felipe and it fits him very well. León is very determined and strong willed. He is a very good student and has been fascinated by planes ever since he saw one. He wants to become a pilot, this dream however has a few cracks as León had problem with his heart since he was a baby. Later it was discovered that one of his heart valves is damaged, but for financial reasons he never had it corrected. León speaks limited English.
Anjali Devika & Ritu Indira are three years old twin girls from India. They've been given up for adoption right after their birth as their parents already had six older children at home and couldn't take care of two more. Despite their fate they are lively and happy girls and you can often see them running around giggling together. They haven't gotten many toys in the orphanage, but they have a little plush bunny that always sleeps between them and whom they carry around all the time. Neither of the girls speaks English at the moment.
Please let us know how Benjamin, León, Anjali and Ritu are doing in their new family.
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http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/149468
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It’s been two years since the Eliot-Wellcroft family grew by four, and everyone is pretty much settled in.
When they first adopted the twins, Kat and Jackin had a long discussion about their names. At three, the girls were young enough for a name change not to be much of a problem and their new parents thought they might fit better into their new home if they had new names. After a lot of thought they decided to give them new short first names that mean “loved” and they kept their birth middle names to honor the girls’ heritage. Anjali is now Kara Devika Eliot-Wellcroft and Ritu is now Esme Indira Eliot-Wellcroft. Their new names fit them perfectly and Kat and Jackin are glad that they have ties to American pop culture through their names.
The twins have really profited from having their older siblings; they’re doted on constantly and they’re often read to two or more times a day as Benjamin and León read to learn English. Although they both still play with their bunny from the orphanage and they treasure the toy, they now have as many toys as they want, many of them gifts from their brothers, and they also particularly enjoy playing imaginary games together. Kara heard that Supergirl shares her name and now aspires to be a hero, dressing up and “saving” the toy houses from Esme, who acts like a different type of monster each time. So far Esme is the more social of the two, while Kara is exuberant around her family but shy around others. No matter what, they’re each other’s best friends and they always will be.
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León struggled to connect with his new family at first, feeling stubbornly opposed to this American family that had plucked him from his life in Honduras, but Kat is stubborn as well and his opposition and her determination soon drew a battle of wills. Obviously, Kat won after a while and they bonded over the experience. Jackin also helped to make León more comfortable, showing him his research into adoption and explaining the family’s reasoning for taking León and his new siblings in. Now, looking back, León is glad he had his doubts because they drew him closer to his new parents and helped him to understand everything he was going through.
When they first adopted the twins, Kat and Jackin had a long discussion about their names. At three, the girls were young enough for a name change not to be much of a problem and their new parents thought they might fit better into their new home if they had new names. After a lot of thought they decided to give them new short first names that mean “loved” and they kept their birth middle names to honor the girls’ heritage. Anjali is now Kara Devika Eliot-Wellcroft and Ritu is now Esme Indira Eliot-Wellcroft. Their new names fit them perfectly and Kat and Jackin are glad that they have ties to American pop culture through their names.
The twins have really profited from having their older siblings; they’re doted on constantly and they’re often read to two or more times a day as Benjamin and León read to learn English. Although they both still play with their bunny from the orphanage and they treasure the toy, they now have as many toys as they want, many of them gifts from their brothers, and they also particularly enjoy playing imaginary games together. Kara heard that Supergirl shares her name and now aspires to be a hero, dressing up and “saving” the toy houses from Esme, who acts like a different type of monster each time. So far Esme is the more social of the two, while Kara is exuberant around her family but shy around others. No matter what, they’re each other’s best friends and they always will be.
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León struggled to connect with his new family at first, feeling stubbornly opposed to this American family that had plucked him from his life in Honduras, but Kat is stubborn as well and his opposition and her determination soon drew a battle of wills. Obviously, Kat won after a while and they bonded over the experience. Jackin also helped to make León more comfortable, showing him his research into adoption and explaining the family’s reasoning for taking León and his new siblings in. Now, looking back, León is glad he had his doubts because they drew him closer to his new parents and helped him to understand everything he was going through.
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