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Do Children Die at Ukrainian Orphanages?
Terry Hallman (American living in Ukraine) wrote an blog/opinion piece that he titled Ukraine’s Death Camps for Children. I really didn’t like the emotional language that he choose to use. I did an...
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Thinking About Adopting From Ukraine?
Thinking about adopting from Ukraine? Me too… I have been thinking about adopting a second child from Ukraine for a while now. I have always wanted to parent 2 children. I think the sibling...
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Total International Adoptions By Americans Drops – Part 1
The news media has jumped all over the 2006 visa numbers from the US State Department. These visas numbers reflect the number of children adopted internationally by Americans. I think the stories are...
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International Adoptions By Americans Drops – Part 2
Continuing from part 1. Here is another paragraph that was a problem for me. In some cases, reform campaigns are coupled with skepticism toward foreign adoption, including concern about occasional...
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Ukrainian Oblasts – Where Do Families Adopt From?
From 2001 to 2003, I had a survey that I called Angela’s Expectations vs Outcome in Ukrainian Adoption. I was very fortunate and 217 families participated in this survey. The survey included families...
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Dossier Quota – Complex Mathematical Formula
Ukrainian regulation is now restricting the number of adoptions. And it has already impacted the Canadians. Ukraine will only accept 24 dossiers from Canadians for 2007. And 24 dossiers have been...
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Quota Slowing Down Ukraine Adoptions
The Ukrainian government has started restricting the number of international adoptions. This is partly good news. It makes the adoption process more predictable. During the last 2 years it has been a...
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Dossier Submissions and Appointment Dates
FRUA is still down. I miss it so much. Like many others, I use FRUA to see how dossier submission is going… and what appointment dates have been issued. So I have decided to volunteer to gather...
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No Child – Family’s Story
I started AC’s story in Returning Home Without Child. AC is a Canadian who very recently traveled to Ukraine with her husband. They had 2 appointments and couldn’t find a child 24 months or younger....
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Statistics – Dossier Submissions, Appointment Dates
On April 30, 2007 I volunteered to keep statistics on how long it takes to submit a dossier and get an appointment for Ukrainian adoption. I will be updating this page (popping it to the top) when I...
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