A wartime adoptee’s search for the ‘missing child’ he became

Adoptees face a long list of questions as they grow up, not only who their parents were and why they were put up for adoption in the first place, but who they would have been had they not. Nelson DeWitt, born in El Salvador, adopted in Honduras and raised in the United States, has gotten [...]

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NPR Investigative Series: Native Foster Care: Lost Children, Shattered Families

I’ve been following this series over the last week and applaud NPR’s initiative to go beyond the usual fluff pieces.   Nearly 700 Native American children in South Dakota are being removed from their homes every year, sometimes under questionable circumstances. An NPR News investigation has found that the state is largely failing to place [...]

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Adoptees raise your voices for National Adoption Awareness month

via The Declassified Adoptee November is National Adoption Awareness Month. The basic history of the month is that it started as a state-based initiative to raise awareness about the issues surrounding children waiting in foster care. It was given its own official month by President Clinton and since then has become everything from an all [...]

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Jane Jeong Trenka on Land of a Gazillion Adoptees

Jane speaks with Kevin via skype. Topics covered: Language of Blood, Truth and Reconciliation for the Adoption Community of Korea (TRACK), Adoptee Solidarity Korea (ASK), Convention On the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), Hague Adoption Convention, Korea Central Adoption Resources (KCARE), Eastern Social Welfare Society (ESWS), Social Welfare Society, Inc. (SWS), Holt International, Dillon International, Korean family [...]

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Vietnam ‘ready to sign up to adoption convention

It has emerged that following discussions between the Irish and Vietnamese authorities, Vietnam is preparing to ratify the Hague Convention on inter-country Adoption. continued But I have to wonder if it will make a difference where it really matters.  Think happy thoughts.  Think happy thoughts.

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Help the Korean Unwed Mothers Support Network (KUMFA) Raise $7,000

via Land of a Gazillion Adoptees Some Facts About Unwed Mothers in Korea Contrary to public perception, 3 in 4 unwed mothers are aged 25 and over and have completed high school or spent some time in college. Their children comprise a mere 1-2 percent of South Korea’s annual live births. Maternity facilities operated by [...]

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