Exciting news everyone! I just got the information below in an email. The referrals aren't for us or even with our agency, however, I think it's great news that things are finally happening as far as movement in Bulgaria and American families will soon be seeing their children!
Good morning! It is with tremendous pleasure that we are able to share with you this morning that Tree of Life Adoption Center has officially receieved two referrals! These families will be traveling in the next three weeks to meet their children! I know that the first question will be “how long have they been registered”.
Please remember how the referrals are given: (old information to most of you but placed as point of reference). When the dossiers are registered, they are also considered specific to the child you are interested in adopting. The number of girls that are available are fewer than the boys: most pre adoptive families want girls: the number of boys available are far greater than waiting girls. (this is just logistical: world wide, there are more boys born than girls). As a result, there will be more referral given sooner for boys than the girls. Also, as this is a ‘referral by request’ program(meaning that the children’s needs are to be primary before that of the requesting pre adoptive families: children are not photo listed as their appearance is not considered when being matched to a family), those children considered to be most ‘in need’ will be considered first(meaning that many families now think that Bulgaria is going to function similar to Guatemala and allow for very very young children to be referred and come home and this is inaccurate). The referrals will be a mix of all parameter of children: the older children, age 4-7, who are most at risk of being moved to the next age orphanages, (children who have been delayed families during the last four years when the country was under acclimation to the Hague), boys(always at risk due to gender), children who are part of sibling groups(most families only want one child at a time), children with medical needs(who should come home as soon as possible due to their need for medical monitoring or further intervention), healthy young children balanced along with when you were registered.
The little ones that were referred are a four year old little girl with a vision need and sibling boys who are 7 and 8 years of age. These referrals were given to two families that have been registered for a relative short amount of time and received referrals as a result of the parameters of the children they were willing to consider.
Our congratulations to these wonderful families!
Kay Montes Tree of Life Adoption Center Portland, Oregon www.toladopt.org
We are in hopes that our dossier will be registered by the end of October, so more news to come soon, hopefully!
Friday, October 17, 2008
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