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Adoption Information
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| Is Your Heart Leading You To India?
Celebrating our 30th Anniversary of
Service to the Children of India |
We are not accepting applications to the India program at this time, due to the current in country processing time. We hope to see this change in the coming months. For more information please contact Lisa Anderson.
NAMASTE. My name is Lisa Anderson. Finding homes for Indian Children is my goal in life. I am thrilled to be the India Program Director for Children's House International. CHI has been placing Indian children in loving homes for 30 years now, and is recognized by the Central Adoption Resource Agency (CARA) of India. We are licensed to assist anyone living in the United States (or U.S. Citizens living abroad) with international adoption. This photo is of me with my two children. I have been through the same process that you are beginning twice and I understand your questions, emotions and uncertainties.
 CHI's India program is different from other India programs because I work directly with the orphanages, attorneys and court systems in India. We do not network or use facilitators, but handle your adoption personally from start to finish. We sponsor orphanages in Pune and Gujarat. I personally travel to India several times a year and we maintain a staff in India working full time to bring you the best possible service and updates on your children. My Assistant in India has his MSW (Masters of Social Work) Degree and has been working in Indian Adoption for 14 years. Families adopting through CHI's India program have become a close support group. Please contact me so I can put you in touch with our adoptive families. Their insights can be a great source of information and comfort to you.
Indian children are very beautiful, intelligent and loving. They are well taken care of in the orphanages with an average child to caretaker ratio of 2/1. The children bond very quickly with their new families due to the loving attitude of the Indian culture and the wonderful care they receive in the orphanages. Usually, birth families have to abandon them because of economics. One of the main reasons I chose to adopt from India is that the children are not usually exposed to drugs, alcohol, abuse, etc. Their families, for one reason or another, were simply unable to provide for them and chose to give them the opportunity for a better life through adoption.
Lisa Anderson
India Program Coordinator
If you are a US citizen living abroad, please contact our program directors who specializes in helping our families in those situations.
INDIAN GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS
- Single Women are Welcome although not all of our orphanages will refer a child to a single parent
- Couples must be married at least two years
- Either you or your spouse must be a U.S. Citizen
- The combined age for a couple must be under 80 to adopt an infant. Older parents are considered for older children only; however, you must be under 50
- Single women must be at least 30 and not over 45.
- You may have no more than two children already at home
- Preference is given to NRIs (families with Indian heritage)
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CHILDREN WAITING FOR FAMILIES
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Waiting... waiting... waiting... why are these children without families?
Children that are available for international adoption are orphans. They are orphaned for many reasons. This is most often due to their birth families inability to parent based on poverty. Poverty worldwide creates the need for international adoption, but it is not the only reason.
Education is another common factor. In many countries, birth control is not widely offered nor is it taught in the family, community or in school. Birth mothers also can lack education on how to parent a child or have the capability to earn a living wage to support the child. So education can play a large part in children becoming orphaned.
In some situations, when a birth mother does become pregnant she may be shunned by both her family and her community. Many times this leads to desperate situations that force a birth parent to either abandon or relinquish their child.
Sadly there are other factors that create orphans, war, worldwide famine, drought and the AIDS epidemic have also created orphans in many countries. These factors are the most common reasons for children to become available for international adoption.
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GENERAL TIME FRAME
- Four to six months for a referral (after receipt of your dossier) for NRI families; six to nine months for families without Indian heritage.
- It can take up to five months for the court process (usually three). Some children have come home much sooner, others have taken a little longer. Our orphanages are in different cities in India, each having a different time frame. Our orphanages have well established foreign adoption programs so your court process will run smoothly. Keep in mind that Indian and American holidays and changes in the judge, etc., can delay your court process.
 INDIAN ADOPTION FEES:
CHI INDIA Newsletter
PLEASE CHECK OUT THESE LINKS:
HOMELAND TOUR OF INDIA:
CHI is seeking India adoptees of all ages, along with their families, that are
interested in returning for a homeland cultural tour of India.
CHI is preparing a homeland tour as part of the celebration of our 30th Anniversary of uniting children with their forever families. CHI began working with the
children of India in 1975. Since 1975, CHI has opened up programs in 18 countries
worldwide. CHI is organizing a Homeland Tour of India for Indian adoptees and their
families.
CHI is searching for children, teens and young adult adoptees that have been placed
through the agency from India that would like to take part in a Homeland Tour of India.
There will be many highlights to the tour which will include: each of the adoptees
orphanage tour, sightseeing in the cites of Goa, Mumbai (Bombay), Pune, New Delhi
and Agra, and a visit to the Taj Mahal, as well as other major landmarks within India.
Plans for this tour are well underway with the scheduled departure date in February of
2005. This will be a comprehensive tour that will be designed to re-introduce both
children and families to India. Cultural activities will include Indian food and cooking
instruction, Bharat Natyam (classical Indian Dance) rangoli, mehndi and much more.
For more information and reservations please contact:
Children's House International
1236 150 West
American Fork, UT 84003
Phone: 504-324-1477
Lisa Anderson, India Program Coordinator: LisaCHIIndia@aol.com
TO GET MORE INFORMATION
Please email me at LisaCHIIndia@aol.com and I will send you a complete information booklet and references. Or, you can fill out this simple Information Request Form if you would like us to contact you with more information.
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