International Adoption Guide

This day, 6 years ago, my son and I became a family. I stood in the hallowed halls of the Russian Family Court and heard the words, "The Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation and the City of St Petersburg now award you CT permanent custody of the orphan child XX"

3 October 2011 - update regarding receipt of adoption applications in India

The Department for Education has received a further notification from the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), the Central Authority for adoption in India, that due to administrative reasons it will not be possible for CARA to receive adoption applications for a further period upto 31 December 2011 or…

A shocking story of how our system has failed vulnerable unprotected children.

One of the first members of International Adoption Guide has taken the step to begin the process of adopting a child from India!

I am hoping that this will be the first of many, many, many of you.

The couple confidently made the first phone call on Wednesday and received their application form today.

It was so lovely to talk to this member  just before she made the big phone…

Today's figures reveal that only 60 babies were adopted in the UK last year, which means many are unnecessarily languishing in care. News reports and articles are siting all sorts of reasons.