AMBASSADORS from all over the world are organising events and parties, bringing together people from all walks of life to celebrate World Adoption Day on 9 November. This day is commemorated worldwide to celebrate family and raise awareness for adoption.
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Locally, the National Adoption Coalition of South Africa (NACSA), under its umbrella initiative AddOption, will launch its, Right Way to Adopt campaign, delivering a simple but crucially important message about how to go about adopting a child in the correct and legal manner.
“Ensuring that adoptions take place in a legally compliant manner is crucial in protecting the rights of the child, the birth parents and the adoptive parents,” said Katinka Pieterse of NACSA.
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“We have seen examples on social media, of desperate mothers advertising children for ‘adoption’ or unregistered and unaccredited baby homes ‘selling’ children to unknowing parents. Abductions are a reality, as is dealing directly with a birth parent without an accredited social worker and accepting a child from a public servant without going through the legal adoption process,” Pieterse added.
“Ultimately we need to educate people that anything less than the right way to adopt amounts to child trafficking,” explains Dee Blackie, child protection researcher and activist.
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NACSA has developed various educational materials detailing the correct, 7-step legal process of adoption as follows that includes, application, screening and including finalisation.
To learn more about the right way to adopt, go to www.adoption.org.za, email info@adoption.org.za or WhatsApp 072 521 3429 for any adoption queries. To celebrate World Adoption Day on 9 November 2017, draw a smiley face on the palms of your hand and take a photo. Post the picture to social media using the hash tag #WorldAdoptionDay.
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