Adoptions and Orphans

Adoption services and agencies are one of the most remarkable services in the world, because of the emotions involved. These are places where families who have been longing for years to have a child of their own are matched with children who have been orphaned by circumstances and in need of what they can call [...]

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In the early hours of Dec 26th 2004 the Western world awoke to the unfolding horror that we came to know as the Asian Tsunami. Those of us still recovering from obscenely large amounts of food and drink from the previous day sat transfixed as we watched a horror story of biblical proportions unfold before [...]

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Saturday, 10/13/07
By ANITA WADHWANI
For The Tennessean

When Melva Black and her fellow churchgoers first encountered the South African home for children orphaned by the AIDS/HIV epidemic, she says, she was astounded by the conditions she saw.
"There were 60 children living in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom house," Black said.
Even worse, the landlord was trying to evict the children [...]

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International adoption is a very positive alternative for couples who’ve endured disappointing fertility results and failed domestic adoption attempts. International adoption differs from domestic adoption because of the sheer number of orphans available for adoption from around the world.
The availability of orphans means that you generally get to exert more control over the process of [...]

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Today in the United States and Canada people who wish to adopt children will have to wait years and years. Sometimes people decide that it is not worth the hassle and they give up trying to adopt a child. This is a shame as there are children in the world today that deserve to have [...]

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