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                       My Adoption Links
                                                                                             last updated 7 Mar 2008

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I went looking for a picture that showed Spring time in Africa and found this photo from the Musashino Art University. "Hayashi Makiko, Mujima no izumi (Mujima Spring), 182 x 249cm, pigment on paper . The beautiful Mujima Spring is an actual spring in Africa, and the image of hippos wading
there is widely recognized through film and photographs. This painting was inspired by the mystery of nature as captured in a real image."

Some comments: Anyone read the latest People Magazine article (for the week of 6 April 2008). It showed some of the richest celebrities and what they spend their money on. It should come as no surprise that Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie donate quite a lot of their income on causes that support children. Those of us who have been touched by international adoption are aware of the tremendous need of children in orphanages worldwide. My heartfelt applause to the Joli-Pitt family for doing so much for the kids.

Whenever anyone asks me how we ever ended up with seven children (all internationally adopted), I usually tell them that I couldn't turn my back on
the ones left behind. So, in your adoption search, remember the journey doesn't end when you get home your child home. It ends when all the children get home. Pick a country, and pick a cause. The need is tremendous.

                             "Do do that voodoo that you do so well.” You do something to me (Cole Porter)

Here’s what to do if you are interested in adopting from a certain country:

1) Find out if there is a yahoo adoption group for it. Karen at Karen’s adoption links, keeps track of just about every yahoo group and webpage that pertains to international adoption. If there is an adoption program there is usually a corresponding adoption group. Join it, or several, and do your primary research there. Some countries, such as Russia, even have particular provinces that have groups.   Some countries, such as Ukraine and
Russia even have adoption groups for independent adoption, or even a specific orphanage.

2) Go to the US State Department webpage on Intercountry Adoption and read their latest update. Sometimes the updates are old, but in the more popular countries, such as the ones in Eastern Europe, they are usually pretty up to date with their info.

3) Google it! I love Google.com because it’s low on the advertising and high on content. You can use it for text, or if you want something really specific, like a certain orphanage, check out their Image search. It’s how I found a lot of Russian orphanages.

4) If the link is dead check out the “Way Back Machine”. Use the primary link (i.e. up to the .com or .org) and then hit enter. You can usually
find what you want (I’d say up to 90% of the time).

5) Don’t be afraid to google in a different language. If the country you are interested in (such as some of the North African countries, or Eastern African Countries) that don’t have many adoptions for Americans, they probably adopt to the country that had them as a colony for a number of
years. I found a lot of French yahoo groups for places such as Morocco, Mauritiaus, etc. Use a good on-line translator such as Bablefish.
The one I use a lot is http://www.translate.ru/eng (only because I searched a lot of Russian sites for orphanage and adoption information.)

That’s about it. Good luck and good hunting! And about your poodle…

Mary
    Life in Buckley continues...counting down till the stinky pig poop fertilizer festival begins the last weeks of Arpil..

                                              “What I am doing is just a drop of water in the big ocean.
                                         But some times that big ocean needs that drop of Water.”
                                                                                       Mother Theresa


A
Afghanistan - No Adoptions, but interesting links - Click here
Africa - Click Here
African Orphanages (Benin to Morocco) - Click Here
African Orphanages (Mozambique to Tunisia) - Click Here
African Orphanages (Uganda to Zimbabwe) - Click Here
Albania - Click Here
Algeria - Click Here
Armenia - Click Here
Azerbaijan - Click Here

B
Barbados - Click Here
Belize - Click Here
Belarus - On Hold - Click here
Benin - Click Here
Bolivia - Click Here
Bosnia Hercegovina - Click Here
Brazil - Click Here
Bulgaria - Click Here
Burkina Faso - Click Here
Burundi - Click Here

C
Cambodia - Closed to U. S. - Click Here
Cameroon - Click Here
Central African Republic - Click Here
Chile - Click Here
China - Click Here
China Adoption Agencies - Click Here
Colombia - Click Here
Congo (Democratic Republic of) - Click Here
Costa Rica - Click Here
Cote D'Ivoire - Click Here
Croatia - Click Here
Czech Republic - Click Here

D
Dominica - Click Here
Dominican Republic - Click Here

E
Ecuador - Click Here
El Salvador - Click Here
Estonia - Click Here
Ethiopia - Click Here

G
Georgia (country of) - Click Here
Ghana - Click Here
Greece - Special Needs Only - Click Here
Guatemala - Click Here
Guyana - Guyanese-Americans Only - Click here

H
Haiti - Click Here
Honduras - Click Here
Hong Kong - Special Needs only - Click Here.
Hungary - Click Here

I
India - Click Here
Indian Orphanages - Click Here
Indonesia - Residents only - Click Here
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) - Click Here

J
Jamaica - Click Here
Japan - Click Here
Jordan - Click Here

K
Kazakhstan - Click Here
Kenya - Non-agency adoptions only - Click Here
Korea - Click Here
Kyrgyzstan - Click Here

L
Latvia - Click Here
Lebanon - Click Here
Lesotho - Click Here
Liberia -Click Here
Lithuania - Click Here

M
Macedonia - Click Here
Madagascar - Click Here
Malaysia - Click Here
Mali - Click Here
Malta - Click Here
Marshall Islands (Republic of) - Click Here
Mauritius - Click Here
Mexico - Click Here
Moldova - Click Here
Mongolia - Click Here
Montenegro - Click Here
Morocco - Click Here
Mozambique - Click Here

N
Nepal - Click Here
Nicaragua - Click Here
Nigeria - Click Here

O
Orphanage Links (without an adoption page) - C lick here

P
Pakistan - Click Here
Panama - Click Here
Peru - Click Here
Philippines - Click Here
Poland - Click Here
Portugal - Click Here

R
Russia - Click Here
Rwanda - Click Here

S
Samoa (Western) - Click here
Serbia & Montenegro - Click Here
Sierra Leone - Click Here
Singapore - Residents Only - Click Here
Slovak Republic - Click Here.
South Africa - Click Here
Sri Lanka - Click Here
St. Kitts and Nevis - Click Here
St. Lucia - Click Here
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Click Here

T
Taiwan - Click Here
Tajikistan - Click Here
Tanzania - Residents of Tanzania only - Click Here
Thailand - Click Here
Togo - Click Here
Turkey - Click Here

U
Uganda - Click Here
Ukraine - Click Here
     Agencies/Facilitators - Click Here
     Orphanage Links - Click Here
Uruguay - Click Here
Uzbekistan - Click Here

V
Venezuela - Click Here
Vietnam - Click Here

Y
Yugoslavia (Former) - Click Here

Z
Zambia - Click Here
Zimbabwe - Click Here

                        "I asked God how much time I had. He replied "Enough to make a difference."

Suggestions, broken links, additions, queries - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com)