How do you get US/Canadian citizens to submit pictures of the babies they adopted from Guatemala?

Question

I'm going back work in Guatemala in 3 weeks and will be submitting a suggestion to an NGO as well as putting pressure on them to create a website that will have photos posted of children that were adopted, so mothers can at least locate their children. I know hundreds of women that are complaining for help from the Guatemalan govt. to help them but nothing is being done because of the international red tape.

What would be some ways to get Ap's to become willing to come out of the closet and post photos and information about the adoption so these mothers can at least know where their children are at?

Answer 1

We adopted our son from Guatemala.  If there was a safe place (meaning no pedophiles would have access to photos, they wouldn't be used for other purposes, etc.) I would gladly submit my son's photos (and I know most adoptive parents would do the same) and I would have no problem having another DNA test on my son.  

If it was shown that my son was stolen (Gd forbid!), my husband and I would work with our son's first mother to come to a solution.

Answer 2

There is no way you can legally compel persons to post photos of their children or of anything else for that matter.  All you can do is appeal to their good will and their sympathies however for many parents I can't see them wanting to get involved.  I've not adopted from there but just the thought that someone could, if they wanted to, claim that my child was theirs (I'm assuming that it was not the case) it could open up a whole can of worms for nothing.  

I just remember back to when my wife and I lived in India and adopted from there.  We were advised, both by Canadians and by Indian nationals, not to travel out of New Delhi with our daughter as there was often cases of people claiming that someone had abducted their child/grand child just in the hopes of extorting money.  Working in the circles that I was working in India at the time I know for a fact that it was an issue for a few western couples/families that had adopted while living there.

I think that your intentions are certainly well founded however with the amount of red tape and conflicting jurisdictions involved I think it's only that, good intentions.