Themis Youth Law & Advocacy

Jonah is facing one of the toughest challenges of his life. Following his removal from Atlantis Leadership Academy in Jamaica, where he experienced extreme abuse and neglect, he was placed in the permanent custody of Jamaica when his adoptive parents failed to plan for his return to the U.S.

When Jonah finally returned, and upon turning 18, he was left without stable housing or transportation to work to support himself. Dawn J. Post's work in Jamaica for Jonah and the other abandoned adoptees led to the founding of Themis Youth Law & Advocacy. We are now rallying to ensure he has the support, shelter, and resources he needs to get on his feet.

No one should have to go through this alone. With your help, we can provide Jonah with a safe place to stay, basic necessities, and transportation so that he can rebuild his future and provide for himself. Any amount—big or small—will make a huge difference in his journey toward stability and hope.

Donations through this GoFundMe will automatically be directed to Jonah's care.

If you can’t donate, please share this campaign with others who might be able to help. Your kindness and generosity mean the world.

If donations exceed the goal, the money will be used for Jonah's longer-term plans, including relocation and pursuing other educational or work opportunities.

While Jonah is the priority, Dawn J. Post, a career non-profit children's rights attorney, has personally funded Themis Youth Law & Advocacy's mission of providing legal advocacy for abandoned adoptees. However, to grow our impact, we need your help. Please consider making a general donation if you can, if not now, in the future through the Themis website (www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org).

Thank you for your support!

Photo Credit Abbie Townsend for the Sunday Times Magazine's Investigative Report by Decca Aitkenhead 'I’d rather die than go back’: Jamaica’s school for troubled US boys.

Help "Robin," another abandoned adoptee dumped in Florida.

She just aged out of a religious institutional program outside the US. One that operated under the guise of care but instead subjected her to years of isolation, control, and emotional and psychological abuse. When she turned 18, she was abandoned in Florida with no skills, no support system, and nowhere safe to go.

Now, she’s navigating a world she was never prepared for—alone. She has no family, home, income, or access to basic resources. She is one of the many hidden victims of institutional harm, the kind of youth that advocates like myself and organizations like Themis Youth Law & Advocacy fight tirelessly to protect: young people failed by every system that was supposed to help them.

She is incredibly vulnerable. And now, she’s left to fend for herself in a world that can feel overwhelming and unsafe.

She needs immediate support to survive—and eventually to heal.

Funds raised here will go directly toward:

Emergency housing and food

Transportation to a safe and stable location

Basic needs: clothing, hygiene, communication tools

Educational and vocational resources

Every dollar helps—truly. If you can’t give financially, simply spreading the word can make all the difference.

This is about survival, but also about dignity. About giving a young woman a chance to reclaim her narrative and build a life of her own choosing.

Thank you for seeing her, believing her, and standing with her. ❤️

I'm reaching out for help on behalf of someone who has been through more than most people can imagine.

Ana was born in Kazakhstan and adopted internationally as a child, only to be abandoned and later placed into the “Troubled Teen Industry” — a system that has harmed rather than healed. Now, due to recent traumatic events involving a crime, Ana is being relocated for safety and recovery.

This fundraiser is to support both short-term needs — food, clothing, safe shelter, therapy, and transportation — and long-term goals like stable housing, education or job training, mental health care, and building a life free from the cycle of abandonment and institutional trauma.

Why this matters:

Your donation helps with:

Even $20 can make a difference. If you can’t donate, please share this story to help get support to someone who truly needs a second chance at life.

Thank you for seeing the person behind the pain and believing in healing.

Jonah Bevin knows firsthand what it means to be abandoned, but he also knows the power of community and support. While he is incredibly grateful for the generosity shown to him, he is now turning his focus to those who remain unseen—other abandoned adoptees facing homelessness, medical emergencies, and survival without a safety net.

I have continued to work closely with the two other youths who were abandoned alongside Jonah at Atlantis Leadership Academy and who also need assistance. In addition, alarmingly, another facility in Jamaica has approximately 170 adopted children and teens in its care, most of whom are from the United States: Youth of Vision Academy (YOVA). We are working with survivors of this facility who report serious physical abuse, including serious injuries suffered during physical restraints, and tactics such as solitary confinement for months on end. Some of these teens have been warehoused there for years, have been deprived of an education, and have had no contact with the outside world. Most leave the program without their high school diploma and become trapped in a cycle of crisis while trying to work, pay their own bills, figure out how to be an adult, and work through the trauma they have faced, all without a stable safety net. Many of their adoptive parents have completely cut contact with them, going as far as blocking their numbers and removing them from their health insurance.

In the last few weeks, I have personally covered urgent care costs and paid for emergency shelter for young adults in crisis. I have also traveled across the country to advocate for them legally and support them as they navigate an incredibly uncertain future. These are young people left without family, resources, or a voice.

Jonah is using his platform to raise awareness and amplify the voices of abandoned adoptees who need help. Your donation will go directly toward life-saving emergency needs—safe shelter, food, medical care, and the stability they deserve, much like Jonah is receiving now through the community's generous support.

While Jonah and the youths are the priority, Dawn J. Post, a career non-profit children's rights attorney, has personally funded Themis Youth Law & Advocacy's mission of providing legal advocacy for abandoned adoptees. However, to grow our impact, we need your help. Please consider making a general donation through the Themis website (www.themisyouthlawadvocacy.org).

Let’s stand together and make sure no one is left behind.