Adopting from India
last updated 28 Feb 2008
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Note - I'm updating my list of Indian Orphanages (by State). If you have any to add, let meknow (mgummere@yahoo.com). I also ran across
this site - Mar Severios Charities. Really worth a look
– they support several charities, including a home for the terminally ill, an orphanage,
and a place for mentally handicapped women. I found this quote on their site:
“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
Reversing the trend in Indian Adoptions (worth a read) -
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article1627008.ece
Adoption Agencies
Adoption Agencies in India - http://www.indiaparenting.com/adoption/adoption007.shtml
Gov't of Tamil Nadu list of agencies - http://www.tn.gov.in/adoption/agencies.htm
A Child’s Waiting Worldwide - http://worldwide.achildswaiting.com/
ACCEPT - http://www.acceptadoptions.org/
Americans for International Aid and Adoption - http://www.aiaaadopt.org/
Adoption By Choice (ABC) - http://www.adoptionbychoice.ab.ca
Adoption STAR - http://www.adoptionstar.com/childplacement_international.php
Adoptions from the Heart - http://www.adoptionsfromtheheart.org
Alliance for Children - http://www.allforchildren.org
Bal Jagat Children's World - http://www.baljagat.org
Barker Foundation - http://www.barkerfoundation.org/Adopting_A_Child/Adoption_Programs/International/international.htm
Bay Area Adoption Service - http://www.baas.org/baas_prog.htm
Bethany Christian Services, Inc.- http://www.bethany.org
Children's Home Society and Family Services - http://www.childrenshomeadopt.org
Children's House International - http://www.adopting.com/chi/
Children of India - http://www.childrenofindia.org/
Children of the Nations - http://childrenofthenations.org/
Children of the World - http://www.childrenoftheworld.com/programs.htm
Commonwealth - http://www.commonwealthadoption.org/
Crossroads - http://www.crossroadsadoption.com
Dillon Children's Services, Inc - http://www.dillonadopt.com/
Families Through International Adoption - http://www.ftia.org/
Friends of Children of Various Nations Inc - http://www.fcvn.net
Heaven Sent Children - http://www.heavensentchildren.com
Holt Intl– http://www.holtintl.org
Hopes Promise (Colorado Residents only) - http://www.hopespromise.com/pages/InternationalAdoptions.asp
International Family Services - http://www.ifservices.org/india.html
Island Coast International Adoption - http://www.islandcoastinternationaladoptions.com/
Journeys of the Heart - http://www.journeysoftheheart.net/international/index.html
Life Link - http://www.lifelinkadoption.org/
Love Basket, Inc. - http://www.lovebasket.org/AP/InternationalAdoption.htm
MAPS - http://www.mapsadopt.org
New Life Social Services - http://www.nlss.org/nlssadoption.html
Our Children’s Homestead - http://www.ourchildrenshomestead.org/adoption.asp
Rainbow House - http://www.rhi.org/Programs/
Special Additions - http://www.specialad.org/
Special Children, Inc - http://www.specialchildreninc.com/international.php
Spence Chapin - http://www.spence-chapin.org/054.html
WACAP - http://www.wacap.org
Wide Horizons for Children - http://www.whfc.org
Williams International Adoptions - http://www.williamsinternational.org/
Adoption Groups
I-Child – http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IChild
Indians Adopting Indian Children (IAIC)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IAIC-child
India, West Bengal, and Bangladesh - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bengal-child/
India (list of lists) - http://www.ichild.org/lists.htm
India - Special Needs http://groups.yahoo.com/group/special-ichild/
India & Sri Lanka (Netherlands) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IndiSri/
Indian groups (by city) http://www.karensadoptionlinks.com/asia.html#i
Adoption Links
Adopt from India - http://www.pagejet.com/India98/adopt_from_india.htm
Adoption Forums - http://forums.adoption.com/f67.html
Home Page of Government of Tamil Nadu, India (with adoption information) – http://www.tn.gov.in/adoption/
I-child.org - http://www.ichild.org/
I-Child (adoption information, resources) - http://www.serve.com/ichild/
India.Adoption.com - http://india.adoption.com/
India Focus - http://indiafocus.indiainfo.com/society_and_culture/family/adoption/
Indian Law (adoption and others) - http://www.india4world.com/indian-law/Adoption.shtml
India Times - http://us.indiatimes.com/
Indians Adopting Indian Children - http://www.geocities.com/indiamommy/IAIC.html?946025388670
India Parenting - http://www.indiaparenting.com/articles/data/art04_003.shtml
NRI Links - http://www.nrilinks.com/india/Adoption/usaAdoptionAgencies.htm
Rainbow Kids - http://www.rainbowkids.com/countries/india.html
Adoption Process
See the IChild site (http://www.ichild.org/process.htm) The State Dept site isn’t that informative.
Charitable
Agape Children’s Center (Ministry to Street Children, Bangalore) - http://www.agapeindia.com/contact.php
Children Walking Tall (helping street kids in Gao) - http://www.childrenwalkingtall.com/
Cogwheel Trust for Destitute Children (runs several orphanages in India) - http://www.cogwheeltrust.org/ I-India and http://www.i-indiaonline.com
Holy Cross - http://www.holycrosschild.org/
Home of Hope (assisting orphanages) - http://www.hohinc.org/
India NGO’s - http://www.indianngos.com/
Joe Homan Charities (supports Boys Town, Girls Town, Children’s Villages)
- http://www.joehoman.org.uk/boystown.asp
Kanji Project (supports St Anthony Orphanage) – http://www.geocities.com/thekanjiproject/home.html
Les Galopins de Calcutta (helping the street kids) - http://serweb.oamp.fr/perso/tresse//galopins/galopinsenglish.html
Love Humanity - http://www.lovehumanity.org/beginning.php
Mar Severios Charities - http://pratheeksha.org/seva/Default.htm
(worth a look – several charities, from homes for the terminally ill, to an orphanage, a place for mentally handicapped women) -
Open Hands Relief - http://www.openhandrelief.org/
Udavum Karangal (Helping Hands) - http://www.myhelpinghands.org/
Culture
Articles on social issues in India - http://www.digantik.com/
Cultural India - http://www.culturalindia.net/
Google.com http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Asia/India/Society_and_Culture/
Indian Culture (Gov’t site) - http://www.indiaculture.org
India.com (Links to Indian Arts and Culture) http://www.india.com.ar/india202.html
Indian Heritage (links for temples, dance, Hindu Gods, paintings, etc) - http://www.saigan.com/heritage/
NRI World - http://www.nri-worldwide.com/
Government
Central Adoption Resource Agency (Cara) - http://www.adoptionindia.nic.in/
Indian Embassy, Washington DC (Adoption Info) - http://www.indianembassy.org/consular/Adoption
US State Dept Consular Info Sheet -http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1139.html
US Embassy, New Dehli - http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/in1/wwwhmain.html
Links of Interest
Adoption among Hindus (Indian law regarding adoption of children for Hindus) -
http://www.helplinelaw.com/docs/main.php3?id=ADPH2
CIA World Fact book - http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/in.html
Den Haag Indian Children's Adoption Assistance Fund (for Canadians) - http://www.dhfund.org/
India Parenting.com (info about India's adoption laws) - http://www.indiaparenting.com/articles/data/art04_003.shtml
Indian Child - http://www.indianchild.com/
India Children (info on adoption, faq's, questions, etc) - http://www.indiachildren.com/adoption/main.htm
Indian NGO's (lots of info on Adoptions from India) - http://www.indianngos.com/issue/child/adoption/index.html
Monsoon Summer (a book by Mitali Perkins - http://www.mitaliperkins.com/
Map of India
Linguistic Map of India - http://www.askasia.org/teachers/maps/map.php?no=53&era=&grade=&geo=
Maps of India (city guides, etc) - http://www.mapsofindia.com/
University of Texas Maps - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/india.html
News
Deccan Chronicle - Andhra Pradesh - http://www.deccan.com
India Times - http://us.indiatimes.com
Kashmir Observer
- http://www.kashmirobserver.com
The Indian Express (in English)
- http://www.expressindia.com
The Statesman
- http://www.thestatesman.org
The Times of India - http://www.timesofindia.com
Orphanages - Click Here
Sponsor an Orphan
Note - just a few places listed, most orphanages have sponsorship programs)h
Bethesda Life Center - http://www.blchome.org/sponsor.html
Blessed Children - http://www.blessedchildren.org/help.html
Carrie-the-Joy Childrens Homes - http://www.redemptionministry.org/orphanage.htm
Children of Promise (runs orphanages in India) - http://www.promise.org/sponsorship.html
Haven Home - http://www.wshp.org/waitingchild.html
Little Stars School - http://aghor.org/ways_to_give/sponsor.php
Mary’s Children’s Home - http://holyoasisministries.org/orphanage.htm
Master’s Children’s Home - http://www.visionnationals.com/Ministry/childrens_home.html
Mission of Joy - http://missionjoy.org/sponsor.htm#child
Mother Children's Home - http://www.dawnmissiontrust.org/dawnmain.htm
Precious Children - http://www.preciouschildren.org/sponser.shtml
Soul Winner’s Orphanage - http://www.soulwinnersindia.org/
World Harvest Ministries - http://www.whm.org.au/india/sponsorship.html
Weather
Time and Date in India - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html%3Fn%3D176&e=747
Weather in India - http://www.wunderground.com/global/IN.html
Talk, talk and more talk - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com)
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