America World Adoption News

Kenya Program Updates

The Kenya program is pleased to have submitted a dossier to our partner agency in Kenya, Kenya Children’s Home, and we are helping several other families in their dossier building process. The Kenya program is actively recruiting families for boys and girls ages 12 months and older who are healthy or who have special needs. Recently we learned of many children, boys and girls, of all ages who are HIV positive and waiting for their forever family. Please view this HIV adoption advocacy post to learn more about available resources.

An adoption process from Kenya can be completed in less than two years. Families stay in Kenya for a 3 month bonding period to get to know their child while living in Kenya. After the bonding period, you'll complete the court processes which will take an additional few months. Please visit the Kenya webpage for details and contact us to learn more about the in-country stay details and adoption process from Kenya.

HIV Adoption Advocacy

America World has been privileged to partner with many families over the past several years who have adopted children with HIV from our Ethiopia program. HIV adoption opportunities could be available in our Ethiopia, China, India, and Kenya programs. If there are any future advocacy opportunities for waiting children with HIV in our Haiti, El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Honduras and Ukraine programs, we will keep clients and prospective families informed of these details.

Recently the India and Kenya adoption programs have also begun to offer HIV adoption opportunities for families. We cannot guarantee any specific referral for a family in these programs until the approved home study has been received and we can then see what referrals are available for adoption at that time. However, there is currently no waiting list for families in the Kenya or India program for an HIV adoption. Families who may be interested in learning more about these adoption opportunities can contact us.

There are many outstanding resources for parents who want to learn more about caring for a child with HIV.  Some of the resources include the websites and nonprofit groups Positively Orphaned, Project Hopeful, and the AWAA HIV educational manual.

We are committed to educating and equipping parents for these adoptions and for advocating for these children around the world. Please join us in prayer for children with HIV waiting for their forever families, and for those families who are training and equipping themselves to bring one of these children into their home.

Kenya Program Updates

There are waiting children in Kenya-boys and girls ages 12 months and older, healthy or with medical needs. Medical needs include HIV, limb differences, cerebral palsy, heart conditions, vision impairments. We have several resources to assist families with training and preparing to adopt a child with medical needs.

America World is working with Kenyan Children’s Home in Nairobi to help place children for adoption. Kenya’s adoption program requires adoptive families to stay in country for several months for a bonding period and court process and we can assist families in planning for this time away. Please visit our website for information about the program and contact our program staff for more information on this program.

New Program: Kenya

America World is excited to announce the opening of our Kenya program! There are many boys and girls over the age of 12 months available for adoption to prospective parents who have the ability to stay in Kenya for 6-12 months to complete the adoption process. While the time spent in-country can seem daunting, we have contacts for families and people who have adopted from or who currently live in Kenya and who can help a family navigate their stay and make the most of their experience learning the culture of Kenya while bonding with their child.

After a family submits their dossier they can be matched with a child within a few months, and a few months later receive approvals to go to Kenya.  Kenya is a Hague adoption country and America World is partnering with a well-established and experienced adoption society. There are many children waiting for their forever families. 

Please visit the website or call or email AWAA staff to learn more about these precious children and join us in prayer for them and the country of Kenya.