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ADOPTION CONTACTS & RECOMMENDED READING
We earn no income from this Adoption Information Portal - we do it for the love of happy endings so please tell us about yours!
Email us at info@giftovlife.com
With the help of now parents of adopted babies, we have compiled a list contact people and places that may be able to assist you in finding your little bundle of joy.
There are not as many white babies available for adoption in South Africa as used to be the case year ago.
This is as a result of two reasons, primarily; the abortion laws in South Africa allow minors to seek an abortion without the consent of their parents and
teenage and young pregnancy is not regarded with the same social embarrasement as was the case in previous generations
There are however many black babies desperately in need of homes and parents in our country. Contributing to this is:
- The high AIDS death rate in South Africa which leaves so many orphaned children and babies and
- An increasing number of AIDS orphans whose parents are either deceased or too poor or ill to look after them
Remember that if you have not made contact with all the possible agencies, social workers and welfare organisations possible, how will anyone know that you are looking for a child to adopt? Be Proactive!
ADOPTION CONTACTS
Joan Nathanson
Social Worker
Telephone: (011) 784 2412 / 341 0687/ 084 4663790
Email: plan@mweb.co.za
Site: www.adoptionsa.co.za
Zoe Cohen
Social Worker
Telephone: (011) 8837887 / 0825540625 Email: thecohens@telkomsa.net
Site: www.adoptionsa.co.za
ABBA
Tel: (012) 3437721/1
Email: katinka@abbaadoptions.co.za
Site: www.abbaadoptions.co.za
Advise from one of our moms..."This is definitely an adoption agency to pursue. Even if the books are closed, keep calling!"
Africa’s Angels – Adoption from South Africa
Site: www. Africasangels.org
Sheri Shenker
Accredited Social worker and international adoptions
Site: www.adoptionsa.co.za
Bethany House Trust
Tel: (011) 660 2763
Email: gertj@intekom.co.za
Site: www.childrenincrisis.org.za
Family Counseling (FAMSA)
Tel: (011) 975 7106/7
Lani de Klerk
Children’s Home in Roodepoort
(011) 768 4943
Jubilee Place of Safety Boksburg
Tel: (011) 319 6597
Christian Social Council
Tel: (012) 460 9272
Email: louise@cmrntvl.co.za
K&S Adoptions
Tel: (011) 640 6685
Site: www.adoptionsa.co.za
Princess Alice Adoption Home
Tel: (0110 646 5641
Catholic Woman’s Association
Tel: (011) 802 1388/ 083 2600237
Margaret House
Tel: (011) 618 1533
Email: adoptions@mweb.co.za
Site: www.adoptions.org.za
Child Welfare South Africa
Tel:(011) 4922888
Email: childwelfaresa.org
Email: info@childwelfare.org.za
Cape Town Child Welfare
Tel: (021) 63 83127
Email: helpkids@mweb.co.za
Site: www.helpkids.co.za
Site: www.helpkids.org.za
Johannesburg Child Welfare
Tel: (011) 29 88500
www.jhbchildwelfare.org.za
Northern Cape Child Welfare
Tel: (053) 831 6400
Email: northerncape@childwelfare.org.za
Barkley West Child Welfare Society
Tel: (053) 531 0529
George Child Welfare
Tel: (044) 87 40424
Email: gchildwf@telkomsa.net
Kimberley Child Care Society
Tel: (053) 871 3220
Email: childcare@inext.co.za
Limpopo Child Welfare
Tel: (015) 297 6415
Email: limpopo@childwelfare.org.za
Planned Parenthood Association
Tel: (011) 634 1500/ 082 6425647
Gauteng Child Welfare
Tel: (011) 49 22950/6
Email: gauteng1@childwelfare.org.za
CMR
(012) 46 09272
Durban Children’s Society
Tel: (031) 31 29313
Email: dewswork@global.co.za
Pinetown Highway Child and Family Welfare Society
Tel: (031) 701 3288
Email: pinetowncws@mweb.co.za
Phoenix Child Family Welfare Society
Tel: (031) 502 1024
Email: child@iafrica.com
ACVV (Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereniging)
Tel: 021 461 7437
BADISA
Tel: 021 957 7130
Email: badisa@kaapkerk.co.za
Child Welfare Adoption Centre
Tel: 021 638 3127
Email: information@helpkids.org.za
Suid-Afrikaanse Vrouefederasie
Tel: (021) 325 3920
Site: www.savf.co.za
The Love of Christian Ministries
Tel: (011) 948 8095
Email: home@tlc.org.za
Site: www.tlc.org.za
Gary Murphy
Tel: 083 4097503
Orphanage Owner
Sue King
Midwife
Tel: 082 5735191
Shepard’s Keep
Tel: (031) 46 66106
Email: info@shepardskeep.co.za
Site: www.shepardskeep.co.za
Registrar of Adoptions: Department of Social Development
Tel: 012 312 7593
Email: marikeb@socdev.gov.za
Email: rosina.mnisi@socdev.gov.za
Affiliated Bureau for International Social Services
Tel: 012 312 7790
Adoption SA
Tel: 082 5540625/ 084 4663790
ACVV Adoption Services
Tel: (0210 461 7437
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Raising Adopted Children by Lois Ruskai Melina
Twenty Things Adopted Kids wish their Adoptive Parents knew by Sherrie Eldridge
Secret Thoughts of an Adoptive Mother by Jana Wolff
Adoption is a Family Affair by Patricia Irwin Johnston
Mommy did I grow in your Tummy? By Elaine Gordon (ages 6-12)
A Blessing from Above by Patti Henderson (ages 4-8)
Brown Like Me by Noelle Lamperti 9ages 4-8)
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