How could I start an orphanage/adoption agency in a foreign country?
ByI have been thinking that it would be great to start an orphanage/adoption agency in a foreign country that has a lot of orphans and kids living on the streets. I was thinking about China. I know that a lot of people adopt children from there. I was just curious about what financial and political steps that I would have to go through to do something like this.
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January 29th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
I’m afraid it doesn’t work like that. China does not have adoption agencies. All of their adoptions (both domestic and international) are facilitated through one government-regulated body: the CCAA (China Centre of Adoption Affairs). All dossiers of adoptable children are sent from the individual orphanages (also government regulated) to the CCAA. The Chinese government would never allow an independant orphanage or agency. The Chinese government is also very strict with who is allowed to volunteer at the orphanages and very rarely allow non-citizens to participate.
January 29th, 2010 at 6:18 pm
Kazi made great points. bottom line is that you have LOTS of homework to do. first step will be to select a country…and then start reading. rules will be different in each country (obviously you’ll have to know the law from both U.S. and that country for a start). I would suggest interviewing directors of agencies already working in that country. they can quickly coach you on the cities to stay away from or to focus on areas that still need help. good luck and be patient. there is much to learn and some countries (i.e. Russia) change their adoption policies and rules very often.
January 29th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I would suggest starting an orphanage in Kenya. The average age in Kenya is 16 because of all the adults dieing of AIDS. There are also many orphanages that are struggling to get funding.
You should research several different organizations online and learn from the mistakes they made when starting their orphanages.