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Welcome to the International Adoption Guide

All the vital information you need to help you adopt a child from outside the UK.

International Adoption Guide believes that every child has a right to a family and adoption is a positive option for the 163 million children worldwide living without parental care.

Fulfilling children's rights to a family by making your adoption journey quicker, easier and less stressful 

We want children in need to find loving homes and we honour you as a prospective adoptive parent in your quest to give love and security to a beautiful parentless children.

For less then a cup of coffee a week, as a member of International Adoption Guide, you will have all the resources you  need to successfully complete your adoption and bring your baby home.

Become a member now and fulfil your dreams of becoming a parent.

Successful adoptions into the UK

Inter-country adoption into the UK is more popular than we are led to believe. There are over 3000 children who have found their forever families in the UK.
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Thinking of adopting internationally?

To be a parent is the most wonderful, challenging, rewarding experience in the world!
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All you need to know

Do you know that there are 700000 children in Russia needing loving homes? Do you want to know what it feels like when you first meet your child? Are you curious as to the health of children from Ethiopia? Do you know what RAD is? Can you give a home to a child in need? Find all the answers to all your questions here.
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Next steps

I have created the website to give everyone an opportunity to get an overview of what is involved in an inter-country adoption. The more nitty-gritty details, the access to Q & A, the opportunity to contribute to the forum, being kept up to date with e-mail alerts and to receive a montly newsletter then please join our community here.
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My personal international adoption story

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16 months after my first phone call I was holding my future child in my arms!

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IAG Blog

Dr Jane Aronson's Journal from the Field

Haiti Journal #3 from Dr. Jane Aronson Pediatrician and CEO, Worldwide Orphans Foundation
Published - Apr 27, 2012

Adoption Blogs

There is a wealth of valuable material on the internet - the best of it written by people like you - adoptive parents talking about their journey.
Published - Apr 24, 2012

Positive Older Adoption Story

Nobody's taking my Mommy. She's tooken. We're together forever!" Talynn exclaims. It's an especially tender moment, considering the two met just two years ago. That was when Lucien, a single professional who was then 49, adopted Talynn (pronounced Tay-LINN) from a foster care setting.
Published - Apr 23, 2012

Adoption News

Delays in placing children

Hundreds of children are forced to wait an average of 20 months from entering care to moving in with their adoptive parents – six months slower than the timetable set out in national guidance, according to official figures published today.
Published - May 11, 2012

Indian adoptions to be quicker

Adoption is about to get easier and faster. A simplified procedure, time-bound approvals and specialised centres in every district are among a series of steps planned to speed up the procedure, which drags for months and at times even years.
Published - May 08, 2012