ETHIOPIA ADOPTION PROGRAM UPDATE – FEBRUARY, 2009

Lynn and I just returned home from spending eight wonderful days with our staff in Ethiopia. We met with government officials, orphanage staff, foster home staff, and U.S. Embassy officials. We also met with officials from Ethiopian Airlines and three major hotels in Addis. In addition, we escorted two beautiful children from their foster homes to their adoptive family in Dallas, Texas.

We currently have 27 adoptions in progress in Ethiopia. Twelve will be finalized with the next two months. Our Ethiopian staff set a goal of assisting a minimum of 70 orphaned children to be placed with wonderful families in the United States through West Sands Adoptions in 2009! Our goal is to more than double that number in 2010. We are all committed to accomplishing this goal. In addition, WSA is in the process of establishing a Free Medical Clinic in Ethiopia.

We have worked hard to streamline the adoption process and keep the cost of adopting as low as possible. Please contact us at asacredmission@gmail.com, 435-313-6323 or toll-free at 866-677-3077 for: 1) A list of the step by step procedures in adopting from Ethiopia, and 2) Our current fee schedule. We will be more than happy to personally answer any questions you may have.

*Government policy (MOWA) allows single women to adopt from Ethiopia. Please note that the difference between the age of the adoptive mother and adoptive children should not exceed 40 years. For example, if an adoptive mother is age 55, she can adopt children 15 years of age or older.

Ethiopia

ETHIOPIA IS CURRENTLY ACCEPTING ADOPTION APPLICATIONS FROM MARRIED COUPLES AND SINGLE WOMEN FROM THE AGES OF 25 TO 55. APPLY TODAY WHILE THIS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY IS OPEN.

Overview

We are proud to be directly licensed to conduct adoptions from Ethiopia. Please contact us directly for more information about our adoption program in Ethiopia. We also encourage you to watch our Ethiopia Adoptions Videos (A Sacred Mission and The Orphans of Ethiopia) and read about the services we provide.

You can download an Ethiopia Adoption Fee Schedule.

Founder of Ethiopian Children's Charity charged with sexual abuse of 6 Ethiopian children in U.S. court

Kennard, founder of children's charity, held without bail, ordered to hire attorney .

By Christopher Smart

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated: 03/24/2010

Who's playing God?

By Tim Gavel and Jennifer Andrew

Updated 1 hour 43 minutes ago

The recent spate of media attention focusing on a foreign inter-country adoption program involving Ethiopia children has led to speculation about the Ethiopian-Australian program. (AFP: Roberto Schmidt, file photo)

We're at the checkout at our local IGA, working fast because the kids have spotted the chocolates placed strategically at kid-friendly height. The woman next in line asks pleasantly, and within ear-shot of one and all, whether their 'real' parents are dead. I smile and say politely 'yes'.

Romanian Office for Adoptions suggests lifting some restrictions imposed on international adoptions

25 Martie 2010Information in English

Articole pe aceea?i tem?

Romanian Office for Adoptions: Romania entirely observes law on international adoptions

Petition on international adoptions in Romania is put end to

12 june 2008

Please Pray

(photo by David Blumenfeld)

For those of you that aren't involved in the Ethiopian adoption community, or don't know already, many families are in crisis right now because of the suspension of adoptions by MOWA (the Ministry for Women's Affairs) for children coming out of Enat Alem orphanage. Rumors about the why's and wherefore's and how long it may take to get sorted out are all over the map. Basically, no one knows all the details, and we may never know the whole story.

I'd like to ask you to pray for the families waiting for their sons and daughters whose adoptions are stalled (including our dear friends the Yateses waiting for baby D). My heart, and I know many of yours are too, is aching for the babies and children stuck in Ethiopia under a pile of red tape and for their Forever Families who've been on a journey to them for months and years now wondering how much longer the wait will be.

Ethiopia revokes licences of nine charitable organizations

APA-Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Ethiopia revoked the license of nine orphanages (charity organizations) who they claim to be involved in ‘illegal’ activities of child rights abuse, APA learns here on Wednesday.

The nine charity organizations have been working to adopt children for the past few years to Europe and America.

However, the office, which is in charge of registering charity organizations at the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice refused to give details as to what kind of illegal activities the organizations were involved with regards to child rights abuse.

Bert & Gretha en Jonneke & Abush, 22 september 2007

Nederland

De laatste week adoptieverlof

Zaterdag 22 september 2007

Onze laatste week adoptieverlof is voorbij, wat gaat die tijd toch snel. Vier weken lijkt heel lang maar het vliegt om. Maar goed dat we nog vakantiedagen gespaard hebben. Afgelopen week hebben we op het werk van Bert kunnen regelen dat hij in oktober nog 2 weken vakantie kan opnemen. Ik ben nog 3 weken vrij nu. Bert gaat maandag weer werken en is dan vanaf 15 oktober nog 2 weken vrij.

Seven Claim Adoption Agency Rolled Them

By MARIMER MATOS

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TAMPA (CN) - Couples trying to adopt children from Vietnam say the Little Pearls Adoptions Agency took $133,000 to "hold" children for them, then informed them it had a "license issue," and refuses to return the money. In the federal RICO complaint, the seven plaintiffs sued Debbie Fischer and Richard Feinberg, directors of Little Pearls, which formerly was known as "An Angelic Choice."

Little Pearls operates out of Tampa and South Pasadena, Fla., according to the complaint. The plaintiffs - three couples and a would-be mom - say the defendants took their money knowing that the adoptions couldn't be completed since the agency was not licensed.

Last update - 11:32 13/03/2008

Adoption shakedown - childless couple left without money and without baby

By Ruth Sinai, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: China, Law, Adoption, Israel

They were married 10 years ago. When the wife couldn't get pregnant she began fertility treatments.