Comments on: Return to Tbilisi Infant House http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/ Journalism and Photography from Armenia and the Surrounding Region Sun, 12 Feb 2012 09:13:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Lee http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-5302 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:39:23 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-5302 Hi.. Love your blog. Very interesting. You remind me of myself when we were researching international adoption for 3+ years. We adopted from Georgia last year in May. Came home in June 08. We had an absolutely wonderful experience before, during and after. We used ADORE in CA. Our now 4 year daughter is amazing. No adjustment issues what so ever. She's fun, loving, smart as a whip and just a joy to be around. We too visited the baby house in Tbilisi. Got a full tour. We got to tour the facility, spend some time with the kids and watched them eat dinner. It was heart breaking to not be able to take another one home. :o( . Please contact me via email if you'd like more information regarding our experience. I was also courious if in your travels you'd run into anyone who might have been taking pictures of the children in the Tbilisi Baby House between January 2005 and August 2007. I would love to track down a baby picture of my daughter. The earliest pictures I have were just before her 3rd birthday. My daughter has a very unique look to her so I'm sure I would recognize her even at a newborn age. Thank You and Have a wonderful Holiday Lee Oh.. yeah.. I am involved with an organization called "packages of hope" a not for profit that is helping us raise money for the children at the baby house. I can tell you more about this and the state that the children are in. Thanks. Hi.. Love your blog. Very interesting. You remind me of myself when we were researching international adoption for 3+ years.
We adopted from Georgia last year in May. Came home in June 08. We had an absolutely wonderful experience before, during and after. We used ADORE in CA.
Our now 4 year daughter is amazing. No adjustment issues what so ever. She’s fun, loving, smart as a whip and just a joy to be around. We too visited the baby house in Tbilisi. Got a full tour. We got to tour the facility, spend some time with the kids and watched them eat dinner. It was heart breaking to not be able to take another one home. :o ( .
Please contact me via email if you’d like more information regarding our experience. I was also courious if in your travels you’d run into anyone who might have been taking pictures of the children in the Tbilisi Baby House between January 2005 and August 2007. I would love to track down a baby picture of my daughter. The earliest pictures I have were just before her 3rd birthday. My daughter has a very unique look to her so I’m sure I would recognize her even at a newborn age.
Thank You and Have a wonderful Holiday
Lee
Oh.. yeah.. I am involved with an organization called “packages of hope” a not for profit that is helping us raise money for the children at the baby house. I can tell you more about this and the state that the children are in.
Thanks.

]]> by: Nino http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-5262 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:33:26 +0100 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-5262 I want to adopt the child, what steps can I take in foster organization? I want to adopt the child, what steps can I take in foster organization?

]]> by: Onnik http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-3416 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:03:20 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-3416 Hi Frieda, the whole process is carefully monitored before and during fostering by the social workers I spent last week with. It's also wort pointing out that there are various aspects to their work depending on the situation of the child. <blockquote>i) Reinteegration into the biologica family if possible ii) Fostering iii) Adoption</blockquote> There's also Prevention i.e. trying to stop children being placed in institutions, something that social workers from MSF-France used to do in Armenia before passing on the work to World Vision. Hi Frieda, the whole process is carefully monitored before and during fostering by the social workers I spent last week with. It’s also wort pointing out that there are various aspects to their work depending on the situation of the child.

i) Reinteegration into the biologica family if possible
ii) Fostering
iii) Adoption

There’s also Prevention i.e. trying to stop children being placed in institutions, something that social workers from MSF-France used to do in Armenia before passing on the work to World Vision.

]]> by: Frieda http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-3415 Sun, 11 Mar 2007 10:49:00 +0000 http://oneworld.blogsome.com/2007/03/11/return-to-tbilisi-infant-house/#comment-3415 Great post. Thank you. Regarding the change in Tiblisi from "institutional orphanages" to Foster home system which is indeed a great idea. But how do they follow up with Foster families making sure that there is no abuse and kids are indeed taking care of? do they have such a process? Great post. Thank you.
Regarding the change in Tiblisi from “institutional orphanages” to Foster home system which is indeed a great idea. But how do they follow up with Foster families making sure that there is no abuse and kids are indeed taking care of? do they have such a process?

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