International Adoption by Country

Information on the steps toward completing an Ethiopian adoption.

Learn the general requirements for China adoptions, travel times, and waiting periods.

A quick walk through on adopting from Guatemala. Guatemala's adoption requirements are laid out as well as information on needed paperwork.

China has a new policy for a single woman adoption program. This program focuses on matching special needs children with single woman. Learn more about single woman adoption.

The Cincinnati, Ohio based organization, Friends Through Guatemalan Adoption, sent a group of women who call themselves Moms on a Mission to Guatemala in the summer of 2005. The group was made up of women who have adopted from the country, women who just want to help children and teen girls. The group's focus was on working in "hogars," or Guatemalan orphanages, and special care facilities.

Learn the basic steps and guidelines needed when considering adopting a child from Haiti. Many became interested in adopting a child from Haiti after the January 2010 earthquake.

The January 12, 2010, earthquake that hit Haiti, left thousands of children orphaned and those already in the adoption process in a legal limbo. The Help Haiti Act of 2010, was developed and passed to help Haiti's children.

The January 2010, earthquake left many worried about the safety and welfare of their children and how to get them into their adoptive homes faster.

A quick walk through on adopting from Russia.

Current problems with Russian adoptions fueled by the recent murders of adopted Russian children.

A walk through the process of Ukraine adoptions. Learn about the waiting children, travel times, home study proceess, and the general requirements of a Ukraine adoption.

During the best of times, an adoption from Japan was more for those already residing in Japan. Learn more about Japan adoption.