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
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.