Hi everyone!
After 4 years of navigating the international independent adoption world, we finally have found our children in Uganda! We have a referral for a baby girl, almost 5 months old, and a 2.5 year old boy, and we couldn't be happier. We have found an amazing lawyer in Uganda who is caring and thoughtful, knows what he's doing, charges reasonable fees, and helped us find our children. We found an orphanage in Western Uganda where there are many (not sure exactly how many, but many is too many) children receiving the best loving care the staff can give. We found a treasure trove of beautiful photos of these kids on flickr ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snaptography/
and while we are happy to have our referrals for our two children, there are so many children in Uganda needing families!
I'm only bringing all of this up because, while we have been on this adoption roller coaster for 4 years now, adopting independently from Uganda is a relatively simple and inexpensive option for people wanting to adopt internationally. So yes, I'm recruiting!!
We were involved with Rwandan adoption for a while as well, and thanks to Jaya (ariahsmum) here on MDC, we learned so much about the adoption program there as well. It takes a little longer, and there are a few more steps with your paperwork, but it's also an inexpensive, fairly quick, and *I think* very reliable program, though it is just getting organized and sorted as there have been more families wanting to adopt from there recently.
It can be scary to get involved with lesser known countries, but there are many families who have adopted from these countries who would be more than happy to see more kiddos find their families, and would be thrilled to help someone navigate the process.
I know that there are children in need of families in every country around the world, but just in case someone out there is thinking of an independent adoption from Africa, I wanted to let you know that it is possible, and not as difficult as you may think! feel free to pm me if you want more info!
After 4 years of navigating the international independent adoption world, we finally have found our children in Uganda! We have a referral for a baby girl, almost 5 months old, and a 2.5 year old boy, and we couldn't be happier. We have found an amazing lawyer in Uganda who is caring and thoughtful, knows what he's doing, charges reasonable fees, and helped us find our children. We found an orphanage in Western Uganda where there are many (not sure exactly how many, but many is too many) children receiving the best loving care the staff can give. We found a treasure trove of beautiful photos of these kids on flickr ...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/snaptography/
and while we are happy to have our referrals for our two children, there are so many children in Uganda needing families!
I'm only bringing all of this up because, while we have been on this adoption roller coaster for 4 years now, adopting independently from Uganda is a relatively simple and inexpensive option for people wanting to adopt internationally. So yes, I'm recruiting!!
We were involved with Rwandan adoption for a while as well, and thanks to Jaya (ariahsmum) here on MDC, we learned so much about the adoption program there as well. It takes a little longer, and there are a few more steps with your paperwork, but it's also an inexpensive, fairly quick, and *I think* very reliable program, though it is just getting organized and sorted as there have been more families wanting to adopt from there recently.
It can be scary to get involved with lesser known countries, but there are many families who have adopted from these countries who would be more than happy to see more kiddos find their families, and would be thrilled to help someone navigate the process.
I know that there are children in need of families in every country around the world, but just in case someone out there is thinking of an independent adoption from Africa, I wanted to let you know that it is possible, and not as difficult as you may think! feel free to pm me if you want more info!