| Adopting from Uganda last updated 05 September 2007 http://www.riverfund.org/programs/images/uganda_little_boys_3_.jpg Worth Looking At: For Life Onlus - "Help support Combonian Missionaries from the Combonian Fathers Village in Kotido, Karamoja in Northern Uganda. For Life Onlus Charity help communities improve their management of natural resources, by introducing livelihood diversification, drought control, formal education, livestock health programmes, disease control , marketing local products, preventive health services, development and management of water sources.. Each year our gala fundraising events and donations provides essential income and support for the For Life Onlus Charity and the people of Karamoja." They have a terrific webpage - worth looking at. Quote worth noting - “When you count in general, you can find statistics numbering the total of orphans around two million or 7% of the population! According to avert.org the number of orphans due to HIV/AIDS is 51%. The immediate following contributing factor however is MALARIA.” Children’s Welfare Center Must See Links Support the Women of Uganda, and take a look at these fantastic, hand-made baskets! http://www.projecthaven.com/baskets.html Check out the Uganda Orphans Fund. Their profits from selling coffee goes towards supporting orphans! Four different types of gourmet coffee – http://www.ugandaorphans.com/premier_gourmet_coffee.html Adoption Links Amani Baby Cottage (I was told they do adoptions, contact them for details) - http://www.amanibabycottage.org/ Orphan Children Rescue (has a new adoption program) - http://www.orphanchildrenrescue.org Uganda Adoption - http://uganda.adoption.com/ Uganda Foster Care and Adoption Association (not active due to lack of funding, but was promoting foster care/adoption in-country) - http://www.crin.org/organisations/viewOrg.asp?ID=965&name=Uganda+Foster+Care+and+Adoption+Association UN Convention of the Rights of the Child, Uganda, 1996 (talks about adoption requirements for residency of 3 yrs and fostering the child for 2 yrs) - http://www.unhchr.ch/tbs/doc.nsf/(Symbol)/CRC.C.3.Add.40.En?OpenDocument UN Convention of the RIghts of the Child, Uganda, 2000 update (doesn't change anything) - http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu2/6/crc/doc/report/srf-uganda-2.pdf US Embassy Uganda - http://kampala.usembassy.gov/adoption.html Status of Uganda Inter-country adoption - Depending on where you look you either have a 3 yr stay in country, or things have changed. Holt's webpage on Uganda mentions this. I haven't been able to find it on the web. Bit I did find this speech from 2004. I'm (not sure who gave it, but it was given in Washington DC onJune 17, 2004 (Here's the link - it's cached, and when I try to pull it up, it give's me something else, so I have copied the last couple of paragraphs - http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:LaCihi9yec8J:www.pbs.org/php/democracy/ ...) "Finally, let me say a word about intercountry adoption. President Museveni graciously received our delegation, and we had the opportunity to explain our position. Namely, the coalition feels that children flourish with loving families, but suffer in institutions. Of course, Uganda's traditional culture would normally absorb orphaned children in precisely the way we think is most appropriate-first with their family, secondarily within their community. However, we feel that where these social systems have been overwhelmed, as they have been in Uganda, a country should consider the option of international adoption. We believe that a nation can have no better ambassador to the United States than a child who has been adopted into a U.S. family and now has an active interest in their home country. We have seen it in China, Korea, and Russia. The process of intercountry adoption simply connects Americans to another country in a way they otherwise never would be. So with these thoughts in mind, President Museveni has agreed to review our request that Uganda ratify the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption. International adoption is not going to be a solution to the very important tasks ahead of Uganda. However, in the lives of the children who find parents this way, intercountry adoption will be a true blessing." (I also found a reference to it under an article called "Review Adoption Law - US Senator" New Vision (Kampala) - May 29, 2004 by Joe Nam, Kampala Charitable Adoption Now (supporting street children in Uganda) – http://www.adoptionnow.co.uk/ Aid Uganda - http://aiduganda.home.comcast.net/ Children’s Welfare Center - http://www.cwm-uganda.org/uganda/orphans/ For Life Onlus - http://www.forlife-worldwide.com Lutheran World (helping refugees, aids patients, development) - http://www.lutheranworld.org/What_We_Do/DWS/ Restoration of Hope (supporting the orphans in Uganda) - http://www.restorationofhope.org/Orphans.htm Softpower Education (Helping the orphans of Uganda) - http://softpoweruganda.brinkster.net/home.htm Uganda Martyr Orphan’s Project - http://ugandamartyrsorphansproject.org/ Uganda Orphans Fund - http://www.ugandaorphans.com/ Government Links Embassy of Uganda, Washington DC - http://www.ugandaembassy.com/ Governments Institutions (lists of webpages) - http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/ug.html Minister of Foreign Affairs - http://www.mofa.go.ug/index.php Statehouse, Republic of Uganda (articles on Uganda Presidential activity, links, etc) - http://www.statehouse.go.ug/index.php U.S. Embassy,Kampala, Uganda - http://kampala.usembassy.gov/ Links of Interest Article "UGANDA: A new hope for orphans" from UN Integrated Regional Information Networks - August 16, 2004 - http://www.aegis.com/news/irin/2004/IR040848.html Article about Noah's Ark Children's Ministry (helping Uganda’s orphans) - http://www.mnnonline.org/article/7435 Hope for Kids, Mission trips to Uganda, 2006 - http://www.hope4kidsinternational.org/global/uganda/index.cfm My Uganda (Uganda on the net) - http://www.myuganda.co.ug/ Photos of a school for orphans in Jinja Uganda - http://www.jonhyatt.com/uganda/uganda.html Save the Children UK, report from 2004 “Taking Better Care? Review of a decade of work with orphans and vulnerable children in Rakai, Uganda” (has some stats) – http://www.savethechildren.org.uk/scuk_cache/scuk/cache/cmsattach/1423_TakingBetterCare.pdf The Name Campaign - http://www.creativevisions.org/name/ "The Scars of Death" Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda (Human Rights Watch Report) - http://www.hrw.org/reports97/uganda/ SoftPower Education, has links for several pre-schools in Jinja – http://softpoweruganda.brinkster.net/projects_newsletters.htm Ugandan Observer Article “Girl Child favored for Adoption” (dtd 8 April 2004) - http://www.ugandaobserver.com/new/archives/2004arch/news/apr/news200404084.php “Further, the Adoption Act 1967 prevents non-British and non-Ugandan citizens from adopting a child, yet there are many non-Briton and non-Ugandan parents who would like to adopt children." News The New Vision - http://www.newvision.co.ug/ Uganda Observer - http://www.ugandaobserver.com Orphanages - Click Here Sponsor an Orphan Children of Grace - http://www.childrenofgrace.com/ Holt Intl (Sponsorship program) - http://www.holtintl.org/uganda/faq.shtml Long Distance Adoption (in Italian) - http://www.santegidio.org/it/solidarieta/minori/adnews_20041011_uganda.htm Uganda Mission - http://www.projecthaven.com/ Weather and Time Time and Date - http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=115 Weather - http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/63680.html Questions, Answers to Life's Little Questions - e-mail me (mgummere @ yahoo.com) 9/4/07 |
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