On October 22 the Joint Council on International Children’s Services (of which Carolina Hope is a member) issued a policy recommendation about cultural sensitivity for U.S. families traveling to Ethiopia to complete an adoption. Here’s the policy recommendation (PDF).
Carolina Hope supports these recommendations and plans to implement them for our Ethiopia Adoption Program.
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We just made the following announcement on our Ukraine Adoption page:
On October 14, 2008 the Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports published official Order #3899 approving revised procedures for submission of new adoption dossiers from foreign citizens in the fourth quarter of 2008. The annual adoption dossiers quota for 2008 had previously been set [...]
On October 7, I posted a call to action from JCICS. JCICS’s advocacy — in conjunction with the advocacy of other stakeholders and concerned Americans — has resulted in at least limited success. Here is JCICS’s announcement.
Dear Colleagues,
After advocating on behalf of adoptive families for the past 6 months, Joint Council is very pleased to [...]
JCICS is urging all adoption stakeholders to actively participate immediately in encouraging USCIS to implement a policy that’s good for families and children regarding I-600A Renewals.
The Ethiopian Orphan Benefit Dinner and Auction was a great success: through the generosity of our sponsors and of those attending, we raised $3600!
Thanks to all who participated.
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Joint Council and others in our field have great concern regarding the one-time renewal of I-600A approvals and the impact on Potential Adoptive Parents (PAPs). It is very clear that the authors of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 intended to ‘grandfather’ all I-600A petitions filed prior to the date on which the Hague Convention went into force in the United States (April 1, 2007). At the time the legislation was drafted, the authors did not foresee the lengthy processing time now associated with adoptions from countries such as China and Haiti.
From our Ethiopian Orphan Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction page:
On Saturday, September 6, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Carolina Hope is having an Ethiopian Orphan Benefit. The event will be held at Furman University in Greenville, SC.
In addition to dinner, the fundraiser will feature…
live musical entertainment
a silent auction with jewelry, rounds of golf, clothing, home interior pieces, [...]
Tomorrow (Tuesday, Sept. 2) at 7 pm, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption agency is presenting a 2-hour workshop introducing domestic and international adoptions. The workshop is free of charge and will be held at Carolina Hope’s office in Greenville, SC.
More information and sign-up information is available at Carolina Hope’s adoption workshops page.
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Carolina Hope invites you to join us for an Ethiopia Orphan Benefit Dinner & Auction at Furman University (Greenville, SC) on Saturday, September 6, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
In addition to dinner, the fundraiser will feature…
» live musical entertainment
» a silent auction with jewelry, rounds of golf, clothing, home interior pieces, purses, spa treatments, a girls night [...]
Back in March I asked you to consider donating to the Ethiopian Group Home that we’re helping out. Well, I’m asking again. We’ve made some good progress, but there are many items that are still needed. Please take a look at the needs and consider making a donation.
Thanks!
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James 1:27 says, “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction.” God’s people are to be marked by a compassion for orphans and widows. We have received compassion that we might have compassion on others who are in need of it. [...]
Carolina Hope announces the launch of our new International Adoption website. The site features our country adoption programs and a new interface to maximize usability.
If you haven’t yet watched our Ethiopia video, let me encourage you to take the next 3 1/2 minutes and watch it.
Announcement about the annual Guatoberfest, to be held in Myrtle Beach, SC, this October. All adoptive families are welcome. Check out their website. (more…)
Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency is now accepting applications for its new Ethiopia Adoption Program. Although this international adoption program has taken longer than expected to be fully operational, we are very excited to now be helping Ethiopian orphans find homes with adoptive families in the United States.
Carolina Hope has achieved 1-year temporary Hague accreditation through the Council on Accreditation. This status permits Carolina Hope to conduct adoptions from all Hague countries and to do Hague-approved South Carolina adoption homestudies.
Over the weekend we received our first donations to specific needs at the Ethiopia Group Home. Check out the list of needed items to see what’s been given and what is still needed. And thanks to those who gave!
(You can watch video footage here of Ethiopian orphans who were visited by Carolina Hope’s Lisa Prather [...]
This is our Ethiopia video that premiered at our recent benefit concert with Caedmon’s Call. It was created by Brannon McAllister from footage captured on our recent trip to Ethiopia. The children shown in this video live at one of the orphanages with which we work, an orphanage located in a village with [...]
Here is the adoption video that Desiring God made for our Caedmon’s Call benefit concert for our Ethiopia orphan care and adoption programs. Enjoy!
I cannot express how thankful I am for all the volunteers who helped with our Caedmon’s Call benefit concert. It was a great opportunity to raise awareness of and funds for the Ethiopian orphans we are sponsoring as an agency. The concert began with a deeply moving three minute video created by Brannon McAllister from footage [...]