Adopting from Jamaica
last updated 11 August 2006
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Adoption Procedures
State Dept Procedures - http://travel.state.gov/family/adoption/country/country_404.html
Consulate General Website - http://www.congenjamaica-ny.org/General%20Info/Adoption%20of%20Children.htm
Adoption Links
Adoption Lawyers in the Caribbean (Search Engine) - http://www.caribinfo.com/lawyers.html
Adoption Forums - http://forums.adoption.com/forumdisplay.php?forumid=134
Global Children (sponsorship) - http://www.global-children.org/programs_jamaica.html
Jamaica Adoption - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/jamaicaadoption/
Jamaican Adoption Authority - http://www.cda.gov.jm/
Jamaican Adoption Information - http://www.geocities.com/adoptedchildinternational/
Jamaica (adoption information) - http://www.golocaljamaica.com/readarticle.php?ArticleID=4092
Jamaica Adoption - http://jamaica.adoption.com/
Adoption Agencies (U.S)
Ametz Adoption Program - http:www.jccany.org
Creative Adoptions - http://www.creativeadoptions.org
Adoption Agencies (Canadian) (from http://www.familyhelper.net/ad/chooser.html)
CAFAC (Man.) http://www.cafac.ca/
Cornerstone (Ont.) http://www.cornerstoneadoption.ca/
Children's Resource and Consultation Centre of Ontario, Michael Blugerman, 21 Price St., Toronto M4W 1Z1,
1-800-290-2931, 416-923-7771, fax 923-1260, mjblug@total.net.
Paul J. Conlin (Ont.) Conlin & McAlpin, Barristers & Solicitors
1719 Bank Street, Suite 305 Ottawa, Ontario K1V 7Z4
Tel:(613)737-4140 Fax:(613)737-7903
E-mail: pconlin@conlinlaw.com
Charitable
Children First (works with street children) - http://www.jamaica-kidz.com/childrenfirst
Give a Hug Foundation - http://www.worldbeatcenter.org/gahf/gahfinaction.htm
Jamaica Kidz (helping at risk youth) - http://www.jamaica-kidz.com/about.php
Rural Family Support Organization - http://www.jamaica-kidz.com/rufamso
Western Society for the Uplife of Children - http://www.jamaica-kidz.com/wsuc
Government (Note - The Jamaican Adoption Board is now the Child Development Agency, under the Ministry of Health)
Consulate General of Jamaica (in New York) - http://www.congenjamaica-ny.org
Embassy of Jamaica in Washington DC http://www.emjamusa.org/
Jamaica Consular Info Sheet - http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1147.html
Jamaican Information Service - http://www.jis.gov.jm/jamaica_links/index.asp
US Embassy in Jamaica - http://usembassy.state.gov/kingston/
Ministry of Health (covers the Adoption Board) - http://www.moh.gov.jm/Child_Care_protection1.html#AD
Links of Interest
Caribbean Forum - http://www.greatestcities.com/community/forum/Caribbean/?skip=25
Caribbean Forum II - htttp://www.caribvoice.org
Caribbean On-line Yellow Pages - http://www.caribbeanonlineyellowpages.com
Caribbean-Search (look for links) - http://www.caribbean-search.com
Caribbean Cultural Association (Yahoo group) - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CaribbeanCulturalassociation
Caribbean Island Info - http://www.caribinfo.com/island_info.html
Christmas in the Caribeean - http://www.silvertorch.com/c-christmas.htm#Haiti
Google Directory - http://directory.google.com/Top/Regional/Caribbean/Jamaica/Society_and_Culture/ Jamaica
Mission Trips to the Caribbean - http://missiontrips.com/
Moving to Jamaica - http://www.escapeartist.com/jamaica/moving.htm
Yellow Pages http://www.yellowpages-caribbean.com/Countries/Jamaica/index.cfm
Supreme court of Jamaica - with useful links http://www.sc.gov.jm/Links/links.htm
The Jamaica Pages (culture, music,history, etc) - http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/austen/26
Map
Map from U of Texas Library - http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jamaica.html
News
Gleaner Newspaper - http://www.go-jamaica.com/
Jamaica Observer – http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/
Orphanages
Alpha Boys Home in Kingston and the St. John Bosco Boys Home in Mandeville - http://www.cfcausa.org/wherewework/cp_jamaica.jsp
Best Care Children's Home
Best Care Lodge
Copse Place of Safety Boys Home
Covenant Christian Academy & Children's Centre
Dare to Care - http://www.mustardseed.com/children/dare_to_care.html
Garland Hall Orphanage - http://www.saintandrews.org/jamaica/jamaica_projects_garland_hall.html
Jamaica Christian Boy's Home
Jerusalem Village http://www.mustardseed.com/children/jerusalem_village.html
Jerusalem children's Home - http://www.mustardseed.com/children/jerusalem.html
Moneague http://www.mustardseed.com/children/moneague.html
Montego - http://www.mustardseed.com/children/montego.html
Mrs. Anderson Orphanage - http://www.clmissions.org/content.php?pageID=proj_andersorph
My Fathers House - http://www.mustardseed.com/children/my_fathers_house.html
and http://www.jaminjamaica.com/missions.html
Mustard Seed (supports several orphanages) http://www.mustardseed.com
New Hope Children's Home - http://www.newhopechildren.com/
Our Lady of Hope Children’s Home - http://www.oloh-jamaica.org/
Sofie's Place - http://www.mustardseed.com/children/sophies_place.html
SOS Children's Village - http://www.sos-jamaica.org/
Saint Andrews - http://www.saintandrews.org/jamaica/jamaica_projects.html
Saint Anthony's Children's Home -
Sunbeam Orphanage http://www.atonementlutheran.org/outreach04/outreachJamaicaHome.htm
West Haven Children’s Home for the Disabled - http://www.saintandrews.org/jamaica/jamaica_projects_westhaven.html
Widows Mite - http://www.mustardseed.com/children/widows_mite.html
Weather
Time and Date - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=120
Weather Underground - http://www.wunderground.com/global/JM.html
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