| Adopting from Greece last updated 29 Apr 2008 Adoption Requirements - Greek children can be adopted only by people who are either Greek citizens or of Greek origin and residents in Greece. Exceptions will be made only for children with health problems. http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_387.html ADOPTION AGENCIES AND ATTORNEYS: There are many governmental institutions and orphanages in Greece which care for orphaned or abandoned infants of Greek or other ethnic descent. (See the State Dept site for a list of lawyers) Greece Adoption Law (translated) - http://www.adopting.org/adoptions/adoption-law-greece.html Adoption Agencies Children's Home Society and Family Services - http://www.chsfs.org Adoption/Social Welfare Agencies in Greece http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_387.html Mitera Foster Home (in cooperation with P.K.P.A.-Patriotic Institution of Social Welfare and Assistance). 65 Dimokratias St., Athens, Greece Tel: 01-262-7155 Aghios Stylianos (Municipal Home for Foundings) 99 28th October St., 546 42 Thessaloniki Tel: 031-940-057 or 031-911-600 Adoption Links Adoption.com http://greece.adoption.com Adoption Forums http://forums.adoption.com/f162.html Balkan Adoption - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Balkan_Adoption Family Matters for Americans in Greece - http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7243/family.html Greek Adoption Law (translated)- http://adoption.about.com/library/legal/blgreeklaw.htm Greek Born Adoptees - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GreekBorn_Adoptees Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (controls adoptions in Greece) - link no longer working Charitable Benjamin Child Support Societyt (support to orphans in Greece and Former Yugoslavia) - http://www.benjamin.hr Government Links US Embassy in Greece - http://www.usembassy.gr Greek Embassy in Washington - http://www.greekembassy.org Links of Interest Global Volunteers - http://www.globalvolunteers.org/1main/greece/volunteer_in_greece.htm Omogenia (chat room, news, photos, etc) - http://www.omogenia.com/ Paralegal Services for Greece http://angelfire.com/ny4/consulate1 Reunion Registry http://www.seasyp.gr/search.htm Saranda - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/saranda Maps Map of Greece http://theodora.com/maps/greece_map.html News Greece Network http://newgreece.8m.com Orphanages Agios Nektarios Foundation - http://www.usconsulate.gr/output2/page_01.htm Children's Ark Orphanage - http://www.barnensark.se/en/grekland.htm Filoxenia Reception centre Hatzikyriakio Girls’ Orphanage (Piraeus) - http://www.helada.org/habitat_for_humanity.htm "Hellas" Orphanage Metera Foster Home, 65 Democratias Street, GR-131 22 Athens, Greece, tel: 262-1911 or 261-1181 Orphanage "Child's Shelter" (I Stegi tou Pediou) P.I.K.P.A. (Patriotic Institution for Social Welfare and Assistance), 5 Tsoha Street, Ambelokipi, GR-151 21 Athens, Greece tel: 642-7856 (As a rule, the prospective adoptive parents must belong to the Greek Orthodox Church.) The Municipal Home for Foundlings (Demotikon Vrefokomeion), Painoniou and Domokou No. 2, Stathmos larissis, 04 40 Athens, Greece tel: 882-2500 or 883-0343 SOS Children's Village - http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/sos-children-charity/greece.htm "Zonguldak Spastik Cocuklar Dernegi" Orphanage (provides care and a home for orphaned spastic children) Weather Time and Date Athens - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=26 Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/GR.html Additions, broken links, suggestions - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 4/11/06 |
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