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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 prospective adoptive parents in their quest to give love and security to these parentless children.

Membership of International Adoption Guide gives you all you need to successfully complete your adoption.

Become a member now 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

Emotional Blocks

I have a load of things to do on my to do list. And every morning I sit down and put them in the order of the most important and those things that I really need to get done TODAY. And then....
Published - Jan 27, 2012

Letter to the UN

Att: UNICEF Rights of the Child in Child Friendly Language
Published - Jan 20, 2012

New borns, Fashion, Thank yous and Creative Ideas

Absolutely thrilled with the arrival of my friend Molly and Nik's little boy, born yesterday evening. We have been waiting on tender hooks for this little one's arrival - and now he has arrived and the family is complete.
Published - Jan 19, 2012

Adoption News

Post Adoption Centre extends advice line phone hours

PAC, formerly the Post-Adoption Centre, is extending its phone advice service to include a Wednesday evening slot.
Published - Jan 20, 2012

Haiti Two Years On

2 years after Haiti disaster over 6000 children still have not found their families: “There are thousands upon thousands of children in institutions in Haiti. I’ve never seen anything quite like it,”
Published - Jan 06, 2012