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Country-Specific Support Groups

Ethiopia

• Ethiopia Adoption Madison is a Yahoo group for families in the Madison area with children adopted from Ethiopia. The group is a venue for posting questions, comments, pictures, and information about upcoming events.

China

• Families with Children from China has a wealth of information for families adopting from China.


• China Adopt contains Frequently Asked Questions about adopting from China.


• a-parents-china is a very large listserv for Chinese adoptions. Follow the link to learn how to register for this Yahoo group.


• Attach China educates parents of internationally adopted children about post-adoptive issues, especially those related to Reactive Attachment Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Korea

• Families Through Korean Adoption has a local chapter in the Madison area. Contact Miya Cox (miyacox @ charter.net) for more information.
• Adopt Korea has links related to Korean adoption.
  
• The University of Wisconsin-Madison has information about their Committee for Korean Studies at Tiger 2000.

Guatemala

• Latin American Adoptive Families of Wisconsin (LAAF-WIS) is a group of adoptive families in Wisconsin who have adopted children from Latin America.
• Milagros de Guatemala is a Madison-area support group for families with children from Guatemala.
• The biggest listserv for Guatemala adoptions is "GUATEMALA-ADOPT". To subscribe, send an email to with the command: "Subscribe Guatemala-Adopt firstname lastname". (replace "firstname lastname" above with your real first and last names).
  
• Other listservs for Guatemala adoptions include Yahoo's Guatemala Adoption group and Yahoo's Guatemalan Adoptions group.

Eastern Europe

• Eastern European Adoption Organization has many good links regarding adopting from Eastern Europe. This includes links to country-specific message boards and listservs.
  
• Other listservs include Yahoo's Kazakhstan Adoption group and the Russian Adoption group.
  
• Families for Russian and Ukrainian Adoption has a chapter in Wisconsin, with activities throughout the state and pre- and post-adoption counseling and education available.

Vietnam

• Though Vietnam is currently (as of October 2003) closed to international adoptions, information about Vietnam adoptions and the current status of adoptions there can be found at Adopt Vietnam.
  
• The Adoptive Parents of Vietnam discussion list can be accessed at the Adoptive Parents of Vietnam website.
  
• The Families with Children from Vietnam website has information for families as well as contact information for the chapter of FCVN near you..

India

• India Adoptive Family Support Group Is for families with children from India. Contact Barb at 608-835-9516 for more info.
• Namaste is an organization of families from Wisconsin that include, or intend to include, children from India.