RK ADDA newsletter december

I want to mention that trafficking is a huge concern in the
international adoption community! The only legal way to adopt from
India are the ways I will outline below. The Indian government has
worked hard, with other countries, to enact Hague agreements to
deter unlawful adoptions that end up with the abuse of children and
families.
Still with me? Great! Let’s break it down. There are different
categories of PAPs (prospective adoptive parents). I will list them in
order of priority given.
Domestic families - Indian citizens living in India and non Indian
citizens living in India
NRI - NonResident Indians - they are treated on par with domestic
families, except they have to go through an agency in the country they
Article of the Month
Adopting From India
November was National Adoption Awareness Month in the USA. And
it is an exciting time in the adoption world for India. For the first time
ever, thousands of families in India and abroad are joining the que to
adopt India’s children. Which is a good thing, because India’s children
desperately need families.
If you are considering adoption or know someone who is, please read
on and share. This is not an article to guilt those who are not
interested into adopting. Adoption is an act of love, but it is also
steeped in loss and no one should take on a child if they are not truly
passionate about doing so and researching and constantly learning the
ways to help these children reach their full potential in life and
happiness. Parenting an adopted child can be very hard at times,
although the life-long reward is so worth it.
So who am I to be writing this? I am an adoptive parent, married into
the Indian culture. I run an international support group on Facebook
for those adopting from India. I am involved in the adoption world
and the adoptee world. I have seen and experienced an incredible
amount. Seen so much tragedy, like the unnecessary abuse and deaths
of children in orphanages and seen children united with families who
were labeled as “un-adoptable” and otherwise left for dead. I have
seen these children, once given the love and attention they deserve,
thrive to be happy amazing people. I have seen wonderful, successful
orphanages and the opposite. I have often worked with Indian
authorities to save children’s lives and expose unethical Orphanage
workers involved in bribes and abusing children.