Tag Archives: India

Federal Adoption Policy Changes, A Call to Courage

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

Amid federal policy changes impacting adoption, a WACAP adoptive mom and case manager reminds us what waiting children need … Continue reading →

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Happy Heart’s Day! —  India Adoption, the Children, and a Heart Connection

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

A Valentine’s Day post about adopting from India … and focused on the heart. Continue reading →

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Happy Heart’s Day! —  India Adoption, the Children, and a Heart Connection

Posted on February 13, 2018 by

A Valentine’s Day post about adopting from India … and focused on the heart. Continue reading →

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Is There a Child Waiting for You?: WACAP’s Partner Countries at a Glance

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

Is there a child waiting for you? Do you have questions about adoption, or about the children waiting for families? Continue reading →

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Eight Things To Do While You’re Waiting

Posted on December 6, 2017 by

WACAP families, parents and staff share their advice with on how to manage the wait during the holidays. Continue reading →

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Adopting From India: Q&A With Family Finders

Posted on November 14, 2017 by

Here, WACAP’s Family Finders Manager Jo Reed talks about adopting from India, the children, and getting help with the process. Continue reading →

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What’s changed with India?

Posted on April 7, 2017 by

Children who Need Families in India Raising awareness about the growing need for families interested in adopting a child from India may seem a little unusual. For the millions of Indian children growing up without parents—or whose childhoods passed in … Continue reading →

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Traveling to India: Kerala

Posted on January 15, 2016 by

This week our travels in India are continuing. Our second stop was to the state of Kerala. We chose to come to Kerala because several of our families have been matched with children from this state and we have learned … Continue reading →

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Traveling to India, Why We’ve Come

Posted on January 9, 2016 by

I, along with WACAP’s India program manager, Priyanka Joshi, have been traveling in India – through New Delhi, Hyderabad and Kerala. These trips always bring so many feelings to the surface. Priyanka and I both miss our families, and as … Continue reading →

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The Power of Family

Posted on June 17, 2015 by

WACAP believes in the power of family to transform lives. We get to witness this transformation time and time again, as we see children come home to loving families. Mia recently came home to her family, joining her brother Maddox, whom we … Continue reading →

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