| Adopting from Congo (Democratic Republic) last updated 5 May 2008 Note - There are two African countries that are called Congo. The Republic of Congo gained it's independence in 1960 from France. It was called Middle Congo and is now sometimes called Congo (Brazzaville) after it's capitol city. The other country is the Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly the Belgian Congo, also called Zaire between 1965-1996). It is sometimes called Congo-Kinshasa, and is the larger of the two countries. Agencies None found. However, the U.S. Embassy in Kinshasa has a list of attorneys known to work with U.S. citizens) - http://kinshasa.usembassy.gov/attorneys_in_congo.html Adoption Information State Dept Adoption Info - http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_2953.html Although the Ministry of Justice has jurisdiction over adoptions, individual cases are handled by the Tribunal de Paix in the region where a prospective adoptive child resides . The DRC Province Names/capitals (for what it’s worth) can be seen at http://www.statoids.com/ucd.html Charitable Baptist World Alliance – http://www.bwanet.org/bwaid/CongoProjects10.htm Congo Center for Street Children - http://www.ecmafrica.org/Page.aspx?id=36290 Crusades International (Helping orphans in Congo) - http://www.crusadesintl.org/africa/ministry/orphan.htm Save Sub-Saharan Orphans - http://savetheorphans.org/ The Lily Foundation (Sponsor an orphan in Congo) - http://www.lilyfoundation.co.uk/ Government Democratic Republic of Congo Embassy in Washington DC (no webpage) – 1726 M Street, Suite 601, NW, Washington, DC 20036, USA Tel: (202) 234 7690/1. DRC Diplomatic Mission to the US - http://www.un.int/drcongo/ US Embassy Kinshasa – http://kinshasa.usembassy.gov Links of Interest Bits of Culture (lots of interesting background facts on language, culture, people, etc) - http://www.massgeneral.org/interpreters/b_drc.asp CIA World Fact Book (great background info) - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cg.html Congo Art (a must see!) - http://www.congo-pages.org/congoartnet/congo_art.htm Congo Orphans (some photos of orphans/orphange/room) -http://www.nwtxconf.org/page.asp?PKValue=776 Congo’s Ebola Orphans - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/crossing_continents/3052657.stm Congo Pages (a site with lots of Congo links – art, culture, maps, people, etc) - http://www.congo-pages.org/ Stanford U. library listing of Congo webpages (very extensive) - http://library.stanford.edu/africa/zaire.html Maps Library of U. Texas Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/zaire.html World Atlas (maps and info – cool site) - http://worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/africa/cd.htm News All Africa -http://allafrica.com/congo-kinshasa Congo Vision (English/French) - http://www.congovision.com/nouvelles.html Yahoo News (from the DRC) - http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/World/Democratic_Republic_of_Congo/ Orphanages - Click Here Sponsor an Orphan Every Child Ministries - http://www.ecmafrica.org/Page.aspx?id=36252 The Lily Foundation (Sponsor an orphan in Congo) - http://www.lilyfoundation.co.uk/ Weather/Time Time and Date Kinshasa - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=121 Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/ZR.html Questions, comments, updates - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) |
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