Hello! We are Claudia and Lisa!

Dear Birthparents,

we know that it is not an easy decision to consider adoption for your child, but we respect you for making this choice and finding the best home for your baby. We know how concerned you are about your child, and it is very important to us that your child knows how much you love it, too. Please consider that we will always be appreciative to you for having the courage to have made this choice. So we would be happy to maintain contact with photos or letters, if you like.

We would love to hear from you! Don't hesitate to contact our adoption attorney in New York, Michael Goldstein, or his wife Joy. They are also both adoptive parents and social workers.

Toll-free at 1-800-582-3678. They can tell you more about us and the adaption process. you can also send us an e-mail

Adoptions from Africa are wrong, Kreviazuk says

Victoria Times ColonistJune 23, 2009

Celebrities such as Madonna and Angelina Jolie are making a mistake by adopting African children, says Canadian pop singer Chantal Kreviazuk.

Kreviazuk--who plays a fundraiser in Victoria today for War Child Canada--said she believes Madonna and Jolie are well-intentioned, but the celeb adoption trend is merely a Band-Aid solution to a complex problem.

"It's traumatic; the(adopted African children) never truly feel they belong. They always wonder where their siblings are," Kreviazuk said in an interview from Los Angeles.

Mercy in London to bond with Madonna

By VIRGINIA WHEELER

Published: Today

WIDE-eyed Malawian orphan Mercy James gazes at the hustle and bustle of London yesterday — just 48 hours after arriving in Britain as Madonna’s new daughter.

In the first photograph of the four-year-old since she was whisked from her African homeland, she appears transfixed as she is held by her nanny.

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Mercy's world of Madgeness

EXCLUSIVE by Nick Owens 21/06/2009

Tot flown 6,000 miles from home to meet new mum Madonna and family in London.. and is whisked straight to a Kabbalah meeting

Little Mercy James spent 12 hours flying 6,000 miles to start her new life with adoptive mum Madonna yesterday… then was driven straight to a Kabbalah meeting.

Under cover of darkness in Malawi on Friday the three-year-old was taken from all that was familiar to her, put on a private jet and flown into Madonna’s arms in London.

A gay couple adopted our grandchildren.. and kids think we're dead

Exclusive: By Thomas Smith 21/06/2009

The heartbroken grandparents of two children adopted by a gay couple have been told they will never see them again.

Despite looking after their five-year-old grandson and four-year-old granddaughter for three years, social workers decided they were "too old" and unsuitable to continue.

And, tragically, the children now think that their grandparents are dead.

Foreign Adoption

The lessons of Idah's long journey from Malawi to Burlington

11-year-old Idah, in traditional Malawi dress, in the den of her family's Burlington home.

With their four-year legal battle to adopt from Malawi, Ontario family paved the way for Madonna to do the same. But their stories have sparked fierce debate, as activists worry these cases are flouting the country's laws

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Organisation bids to cut adoption times

Organisation bids to cut adoption times

21 June 2009

By Susan Mitchell

A new organisation that claims it will cut the waiting times for people who want to adopt children from overseas has lodged a formal proposal with the Adoptions Board.

Compass explores the changing nature of inter-country adoption in Australia. In the 1970s hundreds of babies were airlifted out of Vietnam for adoption by Australian families. Today increasing affluence in the developing world, and tighter controls on adoption procedures mean fewer babies are available to would-be Australian parents. It's no longer common for overseas babies to be adopted. They are more likely to be young children. This program explores what happens when a child is adopted out of its birth culture, and examines whether an adopting parent has an obligation to manage ongoing relationships with their child's birth parents and culture.

Credits

• Geraldine Doogue, Presenter
• Deborah Boerne, Producer
• Francoise Fombertaux, Researcher