The Adoption Guide: Getting Started in Lesotho Adoption

Lesotho Adoption
Lesotho Fast Facts: 2009 adoptions:n/a, the program opened in 2009 Estimated Total Cost: $12,000, not including travel Profile: Newborns to five years old, both genders. Some have special needs (HIV). Parent Ages: Parents must be at least 25 years old and at least one parents needs to be at least 21 years older than the child. Family Status: Married couples and single women may adopt. Travel: One trip, at least one parent must travel. One week in Lesotho, followed by about four days in Johannesburg, South Africa. Timeline: From completed dossier to placement, approximately 6 to 12 months. Lesotho Adoption Directory Find an adoption agency placing children from Lesotho in your state:
	Completely surrounded by the Republic of South Africa, Lesotho is a small, landlocked country and enclave in southern Africa. In 2007, the government of Lesotho suspended the adoption of children by foreigners. In 2009, Lesotho re-opened to adoption with the United States. Lesotho is not a mmeber of the Hague Adoption Convention.
Helpful articles from Adoptive Families magazine AF interviews Melissa Fay Greene The author of There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children talks about the AIDS scourge in Africa, and more. On the Outside, Looking In Phil Bertelson, an award-winning filmmaker and transracial adoptee, explores issues of racism and transracial adoption in an interview with AF. Cornrows, French Braids, and Life As a white mom learns about her black child's hair, both come of age.
Helpful Books for Lesotho Adopters There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children, by Melissa Fay Greene I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World, by Marguerite A. Wright
Helpful Websites for Lesotho Adopters U.S. State Department Adoption Information for Lesotho