This evening from 7 until 8:30 (Eastern), there is an online education course about Transracial and Transcultural Adoptions. This adoption course is offered as a webinar, which is a teleconference combined with web interface so that participants can see the presenter’s PowerPoint slides as she talks. The cost is $15 (free for Carolina Hope families). [...]
Tuesday May 6, Carolina Hope is holding a free evening workshop on domestic and international adoptions. Our office is located in Greenville, SC. Please call ahead to register. (more…)
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.
John and Connie met each other at church during their college days at Oklahoma State University. What started out as a very casual and comfortable friendship steadily grew into much more as they spent more and more time together in church/ministry, and hanging out with friends–less than 14 months after they met, they were married!
They [...]
Just a reminder that tomorrow evening (Tuesday, March 4) from 7 to 9 pm, Carolina Hope is conducting an informational workshop about domestic and international adoptions at our office in Greenville, SC.
Here’s the announcement from our workshops page:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (7-9pm)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and [...]
From Carolina Hope’s Adoption Workshops and Education page:
Workshop on Ethiopia Adoptions with Wesenyelew Sahilemariam
Saturday, March 1, 2008 (9am - Noon)
Come hear Carolina Hope’s Ethiopia adoption coordinator, Wesenyelew Sahilemariam, this Saturday at Woodruff Road Presbyterian Church. The workshop is free of charge. Advance registration is appreciated but not required. Simply contact us to indicate your interest. [...]
The picture below was taken at the same orphanage where these three pictures were taken (one, two, three). As I mentioned in the post of the first picture linked to above, we had just handed out colored pencils and paper to the children. They were all very quick to sit down to start drawing. [...]
Carolina Hope is scheduling our basic informational workshop about international and domestic adoptions for the first Tuesday of every month. Here’s the announcement from our Workshops page:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
first Tuesday of every month
next one: Tuesday, March 4, 2008 (7-9 P.M.)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption [...]
Over at the conservative website Townhall.com, John Stossel (formerly of 20/20) writes an eyebrow-raising piece called USA Makes Adoption Harder. I want to be very clear that some of Stossel’s statements make me uncomfortable, and this is not an endorsement of Stossel’s article. But much of what he says is a simple reality, however unpopular [...]
The following workshop is being hosted by Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency:
Introducing Domestic and International Adoption
Tuesday, February 5, 2008 (7-9 P.M.)
At this adoption workshop, Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency and the Law Office of Raymond W. Godwin will present basic information about international and domestic adoptions. Topics will include understanding the advantages [...]
I’m passing this request on from another adoption agency. If you have a friend who has faced this problem, please point them here. Personal adoption stories are an extremely effective force for policy change.
Please help me collect stories of families who have had difficulties changing incorrect birthdates on Certificates of Citizenship.
If your child was assigned [...]
The following information is adapted from the post-adoption support files here at Carolina Hope. Note that this information is directly applicable only to SC residents who have adopted from overseas. The information provided here should not be construed as legal advice, for which you should see a qualified attorney.
Once you are home with your child, [...]
On January 11 the U.S. Department of State issued a warning (dated January 9) about the status of Guatemala adoptions. (As mentioned in a previous post, Carolina Hope has put its Guatemala adoption program on hold pending new standardized procedures for adoptions in Guatemala. Of course, cases registered under the old system are still being [...]
Tomorrow, January 17, Carolina Hope’s Director of International Programs Lisa Prather and Director of Ministry Outreach Dan Cruver will be traveling to Ethiopia along with a professional camera man (on loan from another ministry, which has generously made him available to us). The purpose of the trip is to conduct research for Carolina Hope’s Ethiopia [...]
As the result of one of our first adoption interviews, I had the opportunity to meet (via e-mail) a missionary who serves in Ethiopia. It did not take much interaction for me to sense a kindred-spirit. Anthony Mathenia is passionate about the gospel and loves the people of Ethiopia deeply. He and his wife, Amber, [...]
The Joint Council on International Children’s Services has posted copies of the letters sent by the U.S. Congress to Guatemalan President Oscar Berger and to UNICEF. If you participated in lobbying your congressmen to sign the letters, thank you. The announcement (and link) from JCICS are below.
Dear Colleagues,
Joint Council has posted copies online of the [...]
This morning, Thomas DiFilipo, President of JCICS, sent out this update of the Guatemala 5000 initiative. (I’ve previously blogged about this initiative here and here.)
Joint Council Update
Program: International Relations Initiative
Date: October 31, 2007
Regarding: U.S. Congressional Letters – 203 Signatures
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
Through our collective efforts, the Guatemala 5000 Initiative has resulted in 203 Members of [...]
Today Carolina Hope Christian Adoption Agency added a “Donate” page to our main website (www.CarolinaHopeAdoption.org/chdonate.htm). Donations can be made by three methods:
Credit Card
PayPal Account
Google Checkout Account
Right now Carolina Hope is raising funds for two projects: repairs and improvements at an orphanage in Cambodia and start-up of an Ethiopian adoption program. More details will be posted [...]
Today Thomas J DiFilipo of JCICS released an update on the Guatemala 5000 initiative, an effort to organize families with a stake or interest in Guatemala adoptions - or in child welfare generally - to advocate for a humane process while Guatemala transitions to a new adoption law. At present, there is no certainty
As many of you know, Carolina Hope has recently announced our new Ethiopia adoption program. With a population of approximately 80 million people, it is estimated that Ethiopia has between 4 and 5 million orphans. The situation is quickly becoming worse. It is believed that nearly half of Ethiopia’s children will become orphans over the [...]