Why Adopt From Kazakhstan?
We get asked this question alot - so here is why we decided to adopt from Kazakhstan.
- We meet all of the requirements for Kazakhstan Adoption (which were a lot!)
- Babies are eligible for adoption as early as six months old
- Kazakhstan has some of the cleanest orphanages & best caregiver to child ratios
- Much lower risk of fetal alcohol syndrome than other Eastern-European countries
- The Kazakhstan Government requires an in-country bonding period (14 days)
The biggest reason of all is Kazakhstan's unique, blind referral program. When adopting internationally in most countries you are sent a referral prior to traveling; which includes a photo and background of a child. At this point you can accept or decline based on that referral. In Kazakhstan, we will travel with no information on our child. Once arriving, we will be able to find and meet our daughter! We are very excited to actually be involved in the placement process.
posted by The Stone's @ 6:07 PM
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2 Comments:
We agree whole heartedly with you. we are just now considering our second adoption... and are looking to Kazakhstan for the very same reasons you have mentioned.
Have you been able to find a reliable agency to help you through the process? We just completed an adoption from Guatemala (August 2007) and have learned first hand how critical it is to have a reliable agency, especially for the international side of the process.
I am just catching your blog at this point, so I apologize if you have already mentioned this earlier.
We are using The Gladney Center for Adoption and have had a great experience so far. This is our first adoption - so we'll see how things go once we are in country.
Congrats on your first adoption and good luck on your upcoming one.
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