http://fostercareparenting.com/topic/lian-sian-kim2010-04-16T07:01:04Z2010-04-16T07:01:04ZAP Newstag:fostercareparenting.com,2010-04-16:/worlds-refugee-orphans-seeking-homes-850498a/

<div id="subtitle">Orphaned by war, disaster: World's refugee children seeking more foster homes in the US</div><div><p>Hiding from merciless militiamen and trekking through unforgiving mountainous terrain, Madhel Majok escaped the mass slayings and genocide of the <a title="Sudan" href="/topic/Sudan" >Sudan</a> that killed his parents. The 9-year-old orphan fled to neighboring <a title="Kenya" href="/topic/Kenya" >Kenya</a>, where he then survived vigilante shellings on his crowded refugee camp...

2010-03-27T10:51:46ZAP Newstag:fostercareparenting.com,2010-03-27:/photo/refugee-orphans-2140633p/

Foster parents <a title="Michelle Zimmerman" href="/topic/Michelle+Zimmerman" >Michelle Zimmerman</a>, left, and her husband Peter, right, both of <a title="Leicester" href="/topic/Leicester" >Leicester</a>, Mass., look on as their foster son <a title="Lian Sian Kim" href="/topic/Lian+Sian+Kim" >Lian Sian Kim</a>, 18, center, a refugee from <a title="Myanmar" href="/topic/Myanmar" >Myanmar</a>, programs music into an <a title="Apple iPod" href="/topic/Apple+iPod" >iPod</a> in the kitchen of thei...