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10
Feb

Ten Things to Do Before Travelling to Africa

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in Burkina Faso
Parents adopting from Africa will likely need to travel to their child’s country of birth to bring their child home. Parents who adopt from countries such as Congo, Burkina Faso or Ethiopia are required to take at least one trip to the country to finalize their adoption process. Traveling to Africa comes with some inherent risks ...
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9
Feb

Politics and Adoption in Africa

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in Burkina Faso
In the same week that we opened our Burkina Faso international adoption program, Burkina Faso’s President, Blaise CompaorĂ©, was overthrown after a twenty-seven year long rule. Outraged protesters took to the streets after learning that Compaoré intended to make changes to the Burkina Faso constitution to allow him to extend his twenty-seven year rule. In a show of ...
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6
Feb

Photo of the Week

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in Photo Of The Week
We’re celebrating adoption from Africa the weekend of February 20th and 21st! For more information visit mljadoptions.com/events If you’re interested in having your child featured as our Adoption Photo of the Week, please email info@mljadoptions.com    
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4
Feb

Why Use MLJ Adoptions as Your Primary Provider?

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in Adoption News
The Universal Accreditation Act of 2012 (UAA) has shaken the world of adoption with respect to independent international adoptions. Now families are required to work with Hague Adoption Service Providers for all international adoptions. However, adoption service providers are not necessarily prepared to work with all families. This change leaves a huge gap in services in international ...
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3
Feb

Families Travel to Ouagadougou When Adopting from Burkina Faso

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in Burkina Faso
Families adopting from Burkina Faso, located in West Africa, are required to make at least one trip to this small African nation to complete their adoption process. While Burkina Faso is a small nation with a population of 16.9 million, it is estimated that nearly one million of its inhabitants are orphaned children. For those families wanting to ...
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30
Jan

Photo of the Week

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in Photo Of The Week
        Is there anything as sweet as a big smile on a kiddo’s face? We don’t think so! If you’re interested in having your child featured as our Adoption Photo of the Week, please email info@mljadoptions.com To learn more about adoption from Africa, please join us the weekend of February 20th and ...
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26
Jan

Communicating Through the Language Barrier

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in Support Services
When adopting a child internationally parents often struggle in the beginning with how to communicate with their children when they don’t speak their language. The language barrier definitely makes parents think outside the box when it comes to how to communicate with their children, but a language barrier can actually be a positive thing in ...
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23
Jan

Photo Of The Week

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in Photo Of The Week
There’s nothing as sweet as love between siblings! We still have spots opens in our Samoa Adoption Program. If you’re interested in learning more about this program, please email us at info@mljadoptions.com. We’d love to feature your family in our photo of the week! Please send your photos to info@mljadoptions.com.
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21
Jan

Join Us to Celebrate Adopting from Africa!

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in Events
MLJ Adoptions’ Fourth Annual Celebrating Africa Adoption weekend will take place on February 20 and 21. We will have events scheduled for families who have brought home children from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as well as families currently in the adoption process and families interested in learning more about adopting from Africa. Since 2011, ...
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19
Jan

Transracial Parenting and Culture Class

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in Events
On Saturday, February 21st at 10:00am, MLJ Adoptions will host a Transracial Parenting seminar and cultural training education for families who wish to parent children from our programs in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burkina Faso. Families who are adopting from Haiti through MLJ Adoptions may also attend this training in order to help ...
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16
Jan

Adoption Photo of the Week!

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in Photo Of The Week
With snow on the ground, we’re dreaming of spring days like these. We still have spots in our Samoa Adoption Program. If you’re interested in learning more about this program, please email us at info@mljadoptions.com If you have sweet adoption photos, we’d love to feature them in an Adoption Photo of the Week, please email ...
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12
Jan

Spots Available for Families Interested in Adopting from Haiti

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in Haiti
If you are interested in adopting from Haiti, there are still openings in MLJ Adoptions’ Haiti International Adoption Program. We have not yet had to limit the number of families accepted into the program for a variety of reasons, and, at this time, dossiers are able to be submitted to Haiti immediately upon completion. This is ...
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10
Jan

Adoption Photo of the Week!

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in Photo Of The Week
  This family’s adoption journey began at an MLJ Adoptions Information Session. Our next information session will be held on January 22nd in our offices in Indianapolis at 6PM. To RSVP, please click here. We’d love to feature your family in our photo of the week! Please send your photos to info@mljadoptions.com.
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8
Jan

Should I Adopt from a Pilot Program?

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in Adoption News
You may notice that some international adoption programs are labeled as “pilot” programs. Parents interested in a country program labeled as a “pilot” program often have two important questions: (1) What does “pilot” program mean?; and (2) Should this label send me running for the hills? What does a “pilot” program mean in international adoption? ...
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6
Jan

Engaged Education

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in MLJ Adoptions, Resources
Starting in January and going through March, each family that becomes an MLJ Adoptions’ client by making a first payment, will receive a free copy of The Connected Child. MLJ Adoptions is committed to supporting parents before, during and after adoption. One of the ways we work to do so is by preparing families as ...
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5
Jan

I’m Single. Can I Adopt Internationally?

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in Adoption News
The short answer to this question is yes! While single adoptive parents may have more hurdles to cross, international adoption is still a very viable option to grow your family. With such a significant need for adoptive families, it would be ideal if the requirements to adopt from a foreign country were standard across the ...
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