| o the big population in China, there are many | | | | different ways; an arrangement with the biological |
| unfortunate people stricken by poverty. There are | | | | parents, privately, or through the adoptive parents |
| many destitute children in this vast and densely | | | | and a family attorney. If you go through an adoption |
| populated country. Through an act of mercy and | | | | agency, you fill an adoption application form, which |
| kindness, charitable organizations have come up to | | | | acts as a screening tool for families interested in |
| help feed, clothe, shelter and house the needy. | | | | adoption. Agency protocol varies from one agency to |
| Charities are voluntary organizations whose overall | | | | another, hence the acceptance or rejection of the |
| goals must be charitable. Some of the main purposes | | | | application could also vary. Once an application is |
| include prevention of poverty and advancement of | | | | accepted, the next step is a home study, which |
| religion, education, health and saving lives. Charities | | | | consists of interviews that professional social worker, |
| also look at the advancement of reconciliation or | | | | conducts. He first makes sure that the adoptive child |
| conflict resolution, human rights as well as promote | | | | will receive good care, and gets the adoptive family |
| racial harmony. | | | | ready for their child. A home study requires a lot of |
| Due to the large number of homeless children in | | | | patience f4rom the adopting parents and may take |
| China, charitable organizations greatly encourage the | | | | several months. |
| formation of adoption support groups. This group | | | | Once an adoption agency approves an adoptive |
| assists and encourages adopted children, by providing | | | | family, they begin the legal procedures. Hiring of |
| educational and varied social opportunities. Adopting | | | | adoption attorneys is easier than personally handling |
| child is a blessing since it means opening heart and | | | | the legal procedures. Child adoption is different from |
| committing to raise and house a child who is in need. | | | | country to country. Charities in China encourage |
| This graces deed not only brings joy to the child, but | | | | foster care, which aims at the re-unification of birth |
| also to the adoptive family. Child adoption requires | | | | children and their parents. Many childre4n remain in |
| much planning and preparation as well as a financial | | | | 5the foster homes if their parents cannot meet the |
| obligation of the adopter. After deciding to adopt a | | | | requirements to have custody of their children. We |
| child, it is important to know the gender, ethnicity, | | | | also have the cases of open and closed adoptions |
| age, and region the child will come from. | | | | where in open adoption; there is a possibility of the |
| Chinese children may be in need of families to adopt | | | | birth parents meeting the adoptive family. A closed |
| them due to diverse reasons like neglect, abuse or | | | | adoption is one where the child never interacts with |
| physical disabilities. Agencies are available to assist | | | | the birth parents. Charities in China really advocate |
| people adopt children, and you can easily access | | | | for the open adoption where both the child and the |
| them through the internet. You can adopt a child in | | | | parents have a chance of re-uniting. |