| Adopting from Albania last updated 29 Apr 2008 Adoption Agencies Adoption Worx (Canadian) - http://www.adoptionworx.com/greetings.html Bethany Christian Services http://www.bethany.org International Children’s Alliance http://www.adoptica.org Adoption Links Adoption Forum http://forums.adoption.com/f156.html Albania.adoption.com http://albania.adoption.com Boga and Associates (Lawyers) info on adoption - http://www.bogalaw.com/index.thtml/en/Home/ Frosina.org (adoption information) http://www.frosina.org/advisories/default.asp?id=76 Org for the support of Albania’s abandoned babies - http://www.osaab.org/pages/1/index.htm Adoption Requirements (From http://www.bethany.org) Children from group homes throughout Albania, children Available - Healthy and children with special needs (2-15 years), married couples - two years minimum, Parents - ages 25-50 years, Single women accepted, waiting Time for Referral - 12-24 months (estimated), waiting Time after Referral - Approximately 3-6 months, Travel - two options for travel: one trip, 4-5 weeks in country, or two trips, one week each. Both parents must travel for first week, Only one needs to remain for final processing, From the State Dept Site - http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_373.html ALBANIAN ADOPTION PROCEDURES: Individuals may not deal directly with the Albanian Adoption Committee or with individual orphanages or biological parents. The Albanian child must have a certificate from the Albanian Adoption Committee stating that s/he is adoptable. This means that the child has been in an orphanage for at least six months with no contact from his/her biological parents, and that the orphanage has been unsuccessful in placing the child with an Albanian family. The prospective adoptive parents may not go to an orphanage to select a child without authorization from the Albanian Adoption Committee. (Authorized local adoption agencies, i.e. International Children's Alliance, or Bethany Christian Services, can contact the Albanian Adoption Committee to obtain authorization for the prospective adoptive parents to visit an orphanage.) In general the Committee will propose a child whom the prospective adoptive parents may accept if they wish. Charitable Albanian Orphans Mission - http://www.albanian-orphans.org.uk/ Albanian Service Organizations - http://www.albanianyellowpages.com/cgi-bin/yb/index.pl Hands of Hope - http://www.handsofhope.org Hope and Homes for Children - http://www.hopeandhomes.org/ Missionary Help to Orphans - http://www.kingscare.org/Albania/index.html Missionary Help to Orphans #2 - http://www.cry.org.uk Open Hands Relief - http://www.openhandrelief.org/ Government Links Albanian Adoption Authority - http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=authorities.details&aid=47 Albanian Embassy - http://www.ethoseurope.org/ethos/ Albanian Minister of Foreign Affairs - http://www.mfa.gov.al/english State Dept Consular Info - http://travel.state.gov/travel/albania.html US Embassy in Albania - http://www.usemb-tirana.rpo.at Links of Interest Alba Find (Albanian Web search engine) http:/www.albafind.com Albania Info – http://www.albinfo.com/news Albanian News - http://albania.newstrove.com/ Article on Albanian Orphanage - http://parish.ashtead.org/harv99/albania.htm Country Watch (News) http://www.countrywatch.com/cw-country.asp?vcountry=2 Country Information - http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/al.html Information & Research Centre for Children's Rights in Albania (IRCCRA) - http://www.crca.org.al/Default.htm National Albanian American Council http://www.naac.org Rebuildig Albania (article from BBC) - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1607036.stm Sponsor an Albanian Orphan - http://openhandsrelief.org/sponsorship.htm Map Map http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/albania.html News Albanian Daily News - http://www.albaniannews.com/ Orphanages Acandia Orphanage Hannah’s House of Hope - http://www.christmemorial.org/pages/Ministries/Outreach/GlobalOutreach/go_home.html Home for Street Children in Tirana - http://www.hischildren.co.uk/ Home of Hope - http://www.cry.org.uk/page/home_of_hope New Beginnings Children’s Home - http://www.kingscare.org/Albania/index.html Prague Orphanage Pictures - http://www.ecn.cz/balkansunflowers/pictures/TiranaOrphanage/TiranaOrphanage.html Scutari Girls' School and Orphanage SOS Village (Tirana) - http://www.sos-childrensvillages.org/html/tirana.html "St Sophia" Baby Orphanage - http://sofia.ecis.org/newsletter/AAS%20Weekly_files/AASWeekly14.html The Home of Hope (Elbasan, Albania) - http://www.cry.org.uk/page/home_of_hopesponsor a child "Zyber Hallulli" Orphanage Sponsor an Orphan Albanian Islamic Cultural Center - http://www.aicc-ny.org/Indexe.html Open Hands Relief - http://www.openhandsrelief.org/ Weather Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/AB.html Comments, questions, broken links - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 4/3/06 |
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