Which South American adoption agencies can you recommend?

Question

My wife and I would like to adopt some children from countries like Chile, Paraguay, or Uruguay, as we have a cultural affinity with them and would feel at home with them.

But it seems difficult to find adoption agencies there. I am fluent in Spanish though, and would be happy to engage in correspondence in Spanish with any agency you can recommend to me.

In case you wonder, we live in New Zealand, and would need to "export" the children to it.

Thank you for any input.

;-)

Answer 1

No idea of agencies working in New Zealand - but as an adoptive parent I do have a request.  Please don't use the term "Export" when refering to children.  

I know it sounds picky and PC of me - but if you had any idea of the idiotic things we have to hear about "Buying" children etc - you would get why I am asking.  Probably made worse for us folks in the USA given our history with slavery and all that junk.

We did adopt from South America.  It was a rough experience - mostly because the Government was not stable in this country so the policies were not Set in Stone....

But - I love much of the culture of South America - and being fluent in Spanish is a great help - especially if you adopt older kids.  

Good luck to you and your family.

Answer 2

I searched and found:

A Guatemala program here:

http://www.faithfuladoption.org/registra...

But to be honest, that is all I found after 30 minutes of searching.  Apparently international adoption is not too popular in NZ, especially not from the countries you are interested in.

However, go to abcadoptions.com, adoption.org and adoption.com and get on the international forums.  There you will be able to post your question and probably get some suggestions!

Good luck!

Answer 3

Look for agencies in New Zealand with programs in the area of the world where you want to adopt.  They'll be able to guide you through the process.