Friday, January 27, 2012

Waiting Children Advocacy Team

Hello friends and families of IAN,

We all know how much of a heart you have for the waiting children of Ethiopia.

We are excited to announce a new parent led team to continue advocating for waiting children now and once they are home.

This team will manage a blog called Hoping You Home at www.hopingyouhomeian.blogspot.com.

Here we will have information on the waiting children (information that is allowed to be shared) and other adoption resources geared specifically to waiting children and older child adoptions.

We encourage you to follow this blog and share the posts as they are published.

Our goal is to help these precious children find a family and to encourage and support those families along the way.

If you have any questions or thoughts, please feel free to email the Team Leader Charisa Knight at gcknight@verizon.net

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

January 2012 Ethiopia Trip Report

Please check the Current Updates section of our Family Center on the IAN Website for the January 2012 Ethiopia Trip Report

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Referral Acceptance!

Congratulations to the family of 'OO' and 'AO' from the waiting child site! OO is a 3 year old boy and his brother, AO is a 6 1/2 year old boy who have been waiting for 4 months to find their forever home.

List movement:
Infant girl: everyone after #30 moves one spot
Infant boy: everyone after #17 moves one spot
Toddler girl: everyone after #15 moves one spot
Toddler boy: everyone after #10 moves one spot
Siblings: everyone after #12 moves one spot

Friday, January 6, 2012

Referral Acceptance!!


Congratulations to the happy family who accepted the referral for a beautiful 2 year old girl today!!

List movement:
Infant girl: everyone after #20 moves one spot.

Infant boy: everyone after #9 moves one spot.

Toddler girl: everyone after #8 moves one spot.

Toddler boy: everyone after #3 moves one spot.

Siblings: everyone after #6 moves one spot

Family's time on the waiting list: Twelve months, fifteen days